TradeJustice New York Metro / OWS TradeJustice Joint Meeting Minutes – Friday, June 29th, 2012 In Attendance Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Wendy Scher – Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana – Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Christina Schiavoni, WhyHunger Gabby – Health Global Access Project [...]

Trade Justice New York Metro & OWS Trade Justice Working Group Joint Meeting Minutes 3/20/12   Attending:   Leandra Requena, Peruvians in Action New York Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Bernie McAleer, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Gloria Florez Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals and the [...]

Trade Justice New York Metro & OWS Trade Justice Joint Meeting Minutes 3/16/12 Attending: Arthur Stamoulis, Citizens Trade Campaign Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Fatima Roland Gloria Florez Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Introductory Items: Facilitator: Adam Notetaker: Ruth Next Agenda Maker: Adam Next Facilitator: Fatima Location [...]

In Attendance: Ruth Santana,  Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Adam Weissman,  Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Phil Josselyn, NY Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Beatriz Lopez, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Julian Monroy Eva Lewis, International Peace Observatory   On the Agenda:   1. Trans-Pacific Parternship Actions [...]

In lieu of a meeting this week, we held a demonstration against Rep. Crowley’s Grand Hyatt Hotel Fundraiser at Grand Central. Participants included: Phil Josselyn Steve Berliner Christina Schiavoni Ruth Santana Adam Weissman Fatima Roland Bernardo Issel Dan Wilson Walter Carlos Salamanca Julian Monroy Elaine Choi + about 6 newcomers

In lieu of a meeting, we participated in a forum at DC37 on the People’s Summit vs. the Summit of the Americas (4/13) One of our group members, Carlos Salamanca, was the moderator and a panelist.   Three other members of our group, Leandra Requena, Phil Josselyn, and Juan ??? were panelists. Ruth Santana, another [...]

In Attendance: Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Gloria Florez Bernie McAleer, NY Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Leandra Requena, Peruvians in Action New York http://www.metro.co.uk/news/818000-nestle-faces-kitkat-boycott-over-links-to-palm-oil-killing-orangutans-claim

Minutes still need to be typed. Attendance was: Adam Weissman Ruth Santana Gloria Florez Fatima Roland Arthur Stamoulis (by conference phone)

At this meeting, some college students working on a project sat in to learn more about our group.  They agreed to keep minutes.  Unfortunately, we never heard from them again, and thus don’t have minutes to this meeting. People in attendance were: Adam Weissman Ruth Santana Gloria Florez Mark Fatima Roland Fatima’s friend 3 college [...]

Meeting cancelled in advance due to only two people confirming ability to attend.

In Attendance: Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Minutes Ruth and Adam waited for 45 minutes.  No one else came.  At 8:15 they left.

  AGENDA       1. Introductory Items – 15 minutes   a. Choose Facilitator   b. Choose Notetaker   c. Choose Timekeeper   d. Welcome and Intros   e. Agenda Review14   f. Choose Facilitator and Agenda Maker for Next meeting   g. Choose location for next meeting.       2. Reportback / [...]

TradeJustice NY Metro / OWS Trade Justice Working Group 1/31/12 Minutes In Attendance:   Adam Weissman – Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana – Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Phil Josselyn – New York Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador   1. Introductory Items – 10 minutes [...]

TradeJustice NY Metro / OWS Trade Justice Working Group 2/7/12 Minutes   In Attendance:   Gloria Florez Ruth Santana – Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Adam Weissman – Global Justice for Animals and the Environment   1. Introductory Items– 15 minutes   a. Choose Facilitator   No facilitator   b. Choose Notetakers   [...]

1. Introductory Items – 15 minutes a. Choose Facilitator b. Choose Notetaker c. Choose Timekeeper d. Welcome and Intros e. Agenda Review f. Choose Facilitator and Agenda Maker for Next meeting g. Choose location for next meeting.   2. Reportback / Evaluation on Last Week’s Actions – 10 minutes a. Pfizer Protest b. Interview on [...]

TradeJustice NY Metro / OWS Trade Justice Working Group Joint Meeting Jan 24, 2012 Minutes 60 Wall Street Atrium, 7:30PM   1. Introductory Items Facilitator – Adam Notetaker – Becky TimeKeeper – Ruth   In Attendance: Adam Weissman – Global Justice for Animals and the Environmental Becky Hurwitz – OWS Global Justice Working Group Christina [...]

TradeJustice NY Metro/OWS TradeJustice 1/16/12 Minutes In Attendance: Adam Weissman, Global Justice forAnimals and the Environment Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Guy Williams To accommodate the Afro-Colombian event that conflicted with our Tuesday meeting, we moved our meeting to Monday in Jackson Heights after the Afro-Colombian event at Teraza 7. We [...]

TradeJustice NY Metro / OWS Trade Justice Working Group 1/10/12 Minutes AGENDA   1. Introductory Items – Choose Facilitator. – Choose Notetaker. – Choose timekeeper. – Welcome and Intros – Agenda – Review and Set Times   2. Proposal for 2012 Strategy Meeting   3. 2011 Annual Report   4. Actions – Legislative, Political & [...]

OWS Trade Justice Direct Action Breakout Minutes October 20, 2011 In Attendance: Adam Weissman Nicole Demby Ryan Beckley Alex Krales Colin Baja Julia Traber Ari Cowan Liza Renzulli J. Simpson Facilitator: Adam Adam summarized TradeJustice New York Metro. – 3 trade agreements – Panama, Colombia, South Korea – opposed by people on the left and [...]

TradeJustice NY Metro / OWS Trade Justice Working Group 12/29/11 Joint Meeting * Winter Garden Atrium AGENDA 1. Introductory Items – Choose Facilitator. – Choose Notetaker. – Choose timekeeper. – Welcome and Intros. 2. Old Business – check online spreadsheet 3. Political Action – 2012 Plan of Action (see below) – accountability actions targeting the [...]

OWS Trade Justice Working Group   Nov 6, 2011   In Attendance:   Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Phil Josselyn, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Bernie McAleer, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador   1. [...]

OWS Trade Justice Working Group 10/18/11 Evening Conference Call - 8:30PM Facilitation: Adam Notes: Adam In Attendance —————————– Adam Weissman - Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana - Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Sunyata Altenor-  Latin American and Caribbean Community Center Julie O’Connor - Caring Activists Against Fur Perry Bolkin- Caring Activists Against Fur, Democratic Party, League of Humane Voters of NJ Juyeon Rhee - Nodutol for Korean Community Development Carol Marcus - Long Island Animal Advocates Monica Arias Miranda - Hispanic Coalition New York Phil Josselyn - NY Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador ************************************************************************* Congressional Districts: Adam - Rothman/Maloney Ruth -  Maloney Sunyata - Serrano/Engel Julie - Rothman/Garrett Perry - Rothman Juyeon - Garrett (Nodutol office is in Nydia Velazquez’s district) Carol - King Monica - Tonko Phil - Velazquez ———————————————————————– AGENDA 1. Recap 2. Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor 3. Public Actions (Press conferences, protests, etc.) ———————————————————————– 1.RECAP Adam begins by recapping the morning call. ———————————————————————– 2. OP-EDs AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Garrett [...]

OWS  Trade Justice Working Group 10/18/11 2:30PM Call In Attendance: Adam Weissman - Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ruth Santana - Global Justice for Animals and the Environment John Maher - Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Wendy Scher - Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Bernie McAleer - Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador Steve Berliner – Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador & School of the Americas Watch Ira Stern -  International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Curtis - American Jobs Alliance Alex Penley  - Penley Global Law Sherry Kane - Workers United ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Agenda 1. Letters to the Editor/Op-Eds 2. Letters to Elected Officials 3. Action Planning What districts do people live in? Steve - Crowley Ira- Rothman - works in Rothman, lives in Pascrell Curtis - Maloney / close to Velazquez Ruth- Maloney Wendy - Velazquez John- Rangel constituent Bernie - Rangel Adam - Rothman/Maloney Sherry - Rangel? Alex - can speak to people at Left Forum about media list Curtis – Bacon’s media [...]

OWS Trade Justice Working Group Evening Conference Call 10/14/11 In Attendance: Jake Zychick, Reform Party of NJ (Rothman Constituent) Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals for Animals and the Environment (Maloney and Rothman Constituent) Ruth Santana, Global Justice for Animals for Animals and the Environment (Maloney constituent) Sher Baur, Westchester County, NY (Lowey constituent) Taffy [...]

OWS Trade Justice Working Group Afternoon Conference Call Conference Call, 10/14/11 In Attendance: Adam Weissman, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment Ira Stern, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Sukjong Hong, Nodutol for Korean Community Development Leonard Morin, Brandworkers International   Michelle Chen of Colorlines (http://colorlines.com/) requested a statement from us and submitted [...]