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Occupy Vancouver
September 30, 2011 - 8:39pm
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Global rEVOLution Day - Occupy Vancouver Share · Public Event
Time
Saturday, October 15 at 7:00am - December 31 at 11:30pm
Location
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC
Created By
What Is The Plan, Vancouver?, Evan Guilbault
More Info
Greetings Citizens of Vancouver,
As we watch the peaceful protest in New York City, "Occupy Wall Street", explode with massive amounts of people, and groups forming similar "Occupy" protests around the world, we must realize that it is time for us to stand up with them.
On October 15th we will stand peacefully with others from around the world to demand a true democracy.
Occupy Vancouver - General Assembly Meeting
Come and join us on Saturday, October 8th at 1:00pm at the W2 Media Cafe (part of the Woodwards building - 111 W. Hastings St.)
s about the October 15th event. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272031446152373Come and express your comments/questions/concern
Come and meet your brothers/sisters and see the faces of the people you will be standing with when you take a stand on "Global Revolution Day".
Bring your good spirits and help us prepare for this historical event.
If you are interested in helping moderate, organize, and/or volunteer at this event please email occupyvancouver@gmail.com
See you on Oct. 8th :)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=209697819097888
Thanks for this, epaulo13. I will see all you best coast babblers there!
I doubt Radiohead will show up though....
..a thought. finding the right location is important. from looking at occupy wall street, they needed to find neutral ground. they found a private park. the police will not tolerate a continuess shut down but if we have our space to withdraw to it will deescalate the tensions. that is the success in new york from what i've seen. the art gallery is near both rail lines. i like that.
Yeah but can the police just clear out the Art Gallery? People can keep coming back but if the police are legally able to keep a hard curfew at night then that might impede momentum.
I'll be in Portland that weekend but looking to participate when I get back.
The way some people are talking on Facebook it sounds like they are planning an afternoon protest. Seems to me that claiming the space is the important thing.
..come to the meeting on the 8th if you can. is there another spot you have in mind that would also fill our needs to meet, sleep, eat, broadcast out?
I wonder about Harbour Green Park: http://maps.google.ca/maps/place?q=green+harbour+park,+vancouver,+bc&hl=...
I think the location should be picked for maximum potential longevity--but I don't really know details about which places are our best legal bets. Maybe that could well be the Art Gallery...
Vancouver Parks Bylaws: http://vancouver.ca/parks/info/regs/bylaw.htm
In the Parks Control Bylaw I have found this:
So parks might not give us much leverage. Maybe the Art Gallery is best because that's where the occupation is most likely to be tolerated. But while they tolerate day-long protests and smoke-ins here, they may not be so tolerant of a longer term occupation.
..totally agree about the longevity. i like all the green space at the park. it's a little isolated and out of view. i would feel more secure out in ful view for another reason that just popped into mind, to go the art gallery.
eta: so we are smart we will find a way to do what we are doing which is coming together. the police will come down hard or they will let us stay. we need to find out which. i want to experience the assembly. this is a new experience for most of us and i want to absorb it.
STOPPING HIGHWAYS, PIPELINES & TANKERS
Introduction to Direct Action Workshop; Saturday, Oct. 1st @ 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Grandview Calvary Baptist Church 1803 East 1st Avenue in Vancouver
One block East of Commercial Drive (Accessible from the #20 bus)
Light Lunch at 1:00 pm and workshop begins at 1:30 pm.
Show up @ 10AM to help spread the message about our October 15 Revolution.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272031446152373
Hand out leaflets & discuss issues among the group & with the public.
Bring your musical instruments, favorite written works, signs, etc - be creative :).
Remember *This isn't an event to promote yourself*.
Come prepared to share your ideas about the movement with everyone.
Spreading solidarity and gaining support is our goal on Sunday.
Everyone is welcome.
We are the 99%
Expect us.
The Art gallery is close to the Howe street towers. Highlighting certain corporations might be one strategy and many of the worst ones in BC are a within a few blocks of the Art Gallery. If you get away from the financial and corporate center of the city it loses some of its message.
Occupy Howe Street is the Vancouver equivalent to Occupy Wall Street.
oct 8th the assembly - 53 Attending / 16 Maybe /68 Awaiting Reply
..the web site is up. there will also be a live stream set up for the assembly.
http://occupyvancouver.com/
..latest stats so far from facebook:
oct 15 - 1,673 Attending / 814 Maybe /19,924 Awaiting Reply
oct 8th the assembly - 113 Attending / 44 Maybe / 367 Awaiting Reply
This is a place where those interested in participating with their families can come to collectively organize and those interested in supporting those with children through childcare, etc... can come to offer their support.
Topics To Nail Down:
• Where should it be set up
• Who can help run it
• What will be in it!
http://occupyvancouver.com/index.php?page=3&did=4883&level=1&type=unique
This "Occupy" phenomenon is sweeping North America, like the Arab "Spring".
So where is the NDP's endorsement? Is this going to be the 37th time in a row that the federal NDP has stood on the sidelines while grassroots social movements were organizing and mobilizing around important issues? Will the party continue to cut itself off from the very forces it needs to engage if it hopes to form a government?
With provincial election campaigns in Ontario, Manitoba, and PEI, the various provincial NDP sections blindly carry on as if there is no social unrest, no activism, and no alternative to the present crises other than making speeches in a legislature.
..the balance of power is begining to change. this movement will have a direct impact on all political parties and the labour movement. if you look at the list of positions, for example, coming out of ows puts the movement at odds with most municipalities plus prov and the fed government. one of the spanish center pieces is "no one represents us". this is fantastically empowering.
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..latest stats from facebook:
oct 15 - 2,009 Attending / 983 Maybe / 23,575 Awaiting Reply
oct 8th the assembly - 163 Attending / 65 Maybe / 714 Awaiting Reply
Ill mark Im attending even Im over here in Israel there are many of us from this country who support this Global cause and we will be with you all in heart (im from vancouver wish i could be there in person) GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..thank you ruth.
Quick guide on group dynamics in people’s assembliesThis text has been prepared by the Commission for Group Dynamics in Assemblies of the Puerta del Sol Protest Camp (Madrid). It is based on different texts and summaries which reached consensus in the internal Assemblies of this Commission (and which will be made available on the official webs of the 15th May Movement) and from the experiences gained in the General Assemblies held in this Protest Camp up until 31st May 2011.....
http://takethesquare.net/2011/07/31/quick-guide-on-group-dynamics-in-peo...
This has been brought up and acknowledged. If you have an opinion on this matter, we strongly encourage you to join us for the General Assembly on October 8th. http://occupyvancouver.com/index.php?page=2
I am white, middle class, educated and, by all accounts, an extremely fortunate woman.
I live in Canada where my parents’ (sometimes life-threatening) health issues are covered by a provincial medical plan.
My water and air are clean, and food is plentiful.
My husband and I are employed.
I am not desperate, but I am angry; I am not sick, but I am sickened....
http://politicsrespun.org/2011/10/why-i-am-going-to-attend-occupy-vancou...
The 60,000-strong Vancouver and District Labour Council is taking notice of independent organizing efforts for a local version of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement in New York City.
When the Straight reached Joey Hartman on October 4, the first female president of the VDLC, she had just wrapped up a phone call with two fellow executives of Canada’s second-largest labour council about the October 15 Occupy Vancouver event....
http://www.straight.com/article-478686/vancouver/occupy-wall-street-comi...
epaulo13, I had to miss the GA this afternoon due to a prior committment. Did you go? What happened? Would you (or any other babbler who attended) like to write a rabble article/blog post about the meeting? We're all ears!
..the ga is tomorrow. oct 8 at 1pm. can you make it?
..latest stats from facebook:
oct 15 - 2,517 Attending / 1,207 Maybe / 25,571 Awaiting Reply
oct 8th the assembly - 235 Attending / 105 Maybe / 844 Awaiting Reply
..reminder
Occupy Vancouver - General Assembly Meeting
Come and join us on Saturday, October 8th at 1:00pm at the W2 Media Cafe (part of the Woodwards building - 111 W. Hastings St.)
..so it began here, today, the 1st occupy vancouver assembly. we didn't have enough room where we were so we took our chairs and occupied the atrium, a public space. there were at least 300 of us.
..here we became the human megaphone. the first thing we did was learn the signals for agree, disagree, repeat, speaking to long and there might have been one other. next we named the committees. now after naming the committees the facilitators wanted to break off to register for each. others people wanted to talk so the compromise was to break for a 1/2 hr to register than come back.
..all this took place for our first time so it took a while. democracy takes time. the longest conversation was re the police and violence. most wanted a peaceful occupation. most agreed to a diversity of tactics as long as it is owned and that it does not put others in danger. more conversation is needed once the 15th rolls around. we also came up with a broad based statement with 3 or 4 points but once the occupation beings it may be altered or expanded. it was announced that the police have been notified that we will be at the art gallery on the 15th. the police responded that if we are peaceful they will be peaceful. there were a few who didn't believe the police. in any case we will have a unique "kid zone" and the police have been told about that as well.
..all this took 3 hrs. i left at 4pm because people were exchanging numbers etc for the committees. some may have met right away. i didn't join a group yet. i'll wait till the 15th, i kind of know what i want to do which is keep the place clean, do some drumming, support where i can. the natural leadership i leave to the young people. anyway we did it. we came together. i really do trust this process and i've committed to it.
*** the next assembly will be oct 15 at 10am at the art gallery!
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