Meeting at Occupy Town Square Fort Greene! Stuff we said we’d do: *Billy has copies CA, going to present to Occupiers and find out when to do CA open discussion *Billy will talk with Occupiers about if/when to do Active Listening Survivor Support skillshare (Angela, Nikki, maybe Leah) *Nikki and Angela facilitating sustainability mtg *Leah [...]

Meeting at Occupy Town Square Fort Greene! Stuff we said we’d do: *Billy has copies CA, going to present to Occupiers and find out when to do CA open discussion *Billy will talk with Occupiers about if/when to do Active Listening Survivor Support skillshare (Angela, Nikki, maybe Leah) *Nikki and Angela facilitating sustainability mtg *Leah [...]

ACUERDO COMUNITARIO DE OCCUPY WALL STREET Propuesto al Consejo Representativo (“Spokes Council”) de OWS por el Grupo de Trabajo de Espacios más Seguros Aprobado por el Consejo Representativo de OWS el 22 de febrero de 2012   I. Declaración de intención de entrar a un espacio Entramos a cada espacio de OWS con un compromiso [...]

Tompkins Square Park Announcements:   Kelly: subgroup of facilitation several meetings with Rinku Sen’s sister Nyantha about how to handle conflict from an anti-oppressive framework (focus on dealing with conflict, not on racism, etc.) need to reserve space at meetings for conflicts that inevitably arise harvesting is short-shafted now that agreements passed, how to integrate [...]

OCCUPY WALL STREET COMMUNITY AGREEMENT Proposed to OWS Spokes Council by Safer Spaces Operational Working Group. Approved by OWS Spokes Council 2/22/12 I. Statement of Intention on Entering the Space We enter each OWS space with a commitment to: mutual respect and support anti-oppression conflict resolution nonviolence towards each other direct democracy We: support the empowerment [...]

People agreed to: (CA) -Fanya will post it on Safer Spaces page, and contact facilitation -Winter will reach out to POC, Jose with medics -Billy will reach out to Queering OWS, Direct Action -Mirza will contact Anti-Racist Allies -Angela will email facilitation and WOW, education empowerment -Nikki will reach out to other community members -Billy, [...]

Present: Angela, Nikki, Mirza, Billy, Leah, Zach, Larissa from WOW, winter, a’yen (two others, didn’t get their names)   This week’s spokes: Monday=Winter Wednesday=Angela   ***Can anyone else be at Town Meeting at 1pm on Saturday at West Park with Mirza to set up our table?  (to bring most recent CA copies, leah will bring [...]

Safer Spaces meeting 01.29.12   present:  Nikki, Mirza, Angela, Zach, Lynn, Fanya, Winter, Bill (Council of Elders), Christine, Rick   Agenda:  Community Agreement, Friday’s Open Space, Housing,   Housing: – Grassroots initiative to sponsor an occupier at Park Slope – need more info re: how $ collection goes – Winter and Nikki will follow up [...]

OCCUPY WALL STREET COMMUNITY AGREEMENT Proposed to OWS Spokescouncil by the Safer Spaces Working Group January 9th, 2012revised for January 11 & 18th; it will be made available in multiple languages I. Statement of Intention Upon Entering the Space I enter this space with a commitment to mutual respect, mutual aid, anti-oppression, conflict resolution, nonviolence, [...]

Safer Spaces Meeting – January 22, 2012   Present: Zak (Mediation), Daniel & Sarah (Occupy Tampa), Billy, Lyn, Fanya, Sean, Calvin (Think Tank and Structure), Leah, Angela came in, and Alexander toward the end of the meeting.   Notes About putting forward the Community Agreement at Monday’s Spokes: Zak will speak to facilitation to encourage [...]

Safer Spaces Meeting 1/15/12 Present: Angela, Fanya, Billy, Sally, Leah, Alexander, A’yen,   Great meeting! Look for your name in bold for your action items!   During the earlier open listening session we talked about concerns + comments on the Community Agreement. We also reviewed proposed language that Lyn and Matt from De-escalation drafted which [...]

[posted retroactively for Working Group compliance]   Safer Spaces 1/1/12 angela, fanya, james, Alexander, mirza, nikki. leah     CA Agreement Timeline Planning -what should timeline be for community agreement? when to ga/when to spokes? -getting working groups to say that it’s the CA of their WG -we could have more safer spaces open forums [...]

[posted retroactively for Working Group compliance] Safer Spaces Meeting Notes – 12/11/2011   In attendance: A’yen (facilitator), Winter (scribbler), Matt, Alexander, James, Fanya (chrono-guardian), Angela, Leah   Agenda: Intros Reportbacks (Spokescouncil, Housing) Grievance Process Safer Spaces/Support Spokescouncil Merge Proposal Open Roles/Support for People Stepping Back Community Agreement Update Accountability Announcements   REPORTBACKS Spokescouncil (more detailed [...]

[posted retroactively for Working Group compliance]   Spokescouncil Reportbacks Finance = Accounting, expenditures will go online (for each working group) Occupy Dignity = need us to contact [email address redacted]  re: suicide attempts (Leah will e-mail him and cc Support people) New potential spaces in Brooklyn and Yonkers, Nan is looking at a 7 floor space [...]

[posted retroactively for Working Group compliance] safer spaces meeting 11/27/2011   present: Matt, Fanya, Leah, Lippe, Winter, Ali, Nikki, Liz, Jodi, Leah CONNECT members?   suggestions for how to keep meeting safe: no yelling, interrupting, check ins, step up step back   Announcements: 12/3 Sat 11-6 open space technology- facilitation tool.  Group makes its own [...]

OCCUPY WALL STREET ACUERDO COMUNITARIO Propuesto al Consejo Representativo (“Spoke Council”) de OWS por el Grupo de Trabajo de Espacios Más Seguros el 9 de enero de 2012 y revisado el 11 de enero de 2012 Disponible en varios idiomas I. DECLARACIÓN DE INTENCIÓN DE ENTRADA AL ESPACIO   Entro a este espacio con el [...]

OCCUPY WALL STREET COMMUNITY AGREEMENT Proposed to OWS Spokescouncil by the Safer Spaces Working Group January 9th, 2012 and revised for January 11th; it will be made available in multiple languages I. Statement of Intention Upon Entering the Space   I enter this space with a commitment to mutual respect, mutual aid, anti-oppression, conflict resolution, [...]

OCCUPY WALL STREET COMMUNITY AGREEMENT 2011-2012 Safer Spaces Working Group safer_spaces@nycga.net (This is a living document to be amended as we learn by living with it; once approved it will be made available in multiple languages) I. Statement of Intention Upon Entering the Space I enter this space with a commitment to mutual respect, mutual [...]

Transforming Harm & Building Safety: Confronting Sexual Violence At Occupy Wall Street & Beyond Statement by members of sexual assault survivor’s team at OWS Media contact: Jason Ahmadi, 408.529.8683   New York, November 4, 2011: We are writing this statement to inform our fellow occupiers about an incident of sexual assault at Occupy Wall Street [...]