OB’s General Assembly is hosted tonight, at 5:00 PM, by the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street, across from Copley Square Plaza. All are welcome!
http://www.communitychurchofboston.org/home/
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Inspired by the Occupy movement these trainings are part of a community capacity building effort in the Boston area. The trainings will be facilitated by members of the New England Trainers Network, Alliance of Community Trainers and the Health Justice Working Group of Occupy Boston. The aim is to build the skill sets and confidence of community groups and activists in doing NVDA. Please sign up ahead of time for the trainings to help the trainers plan.
Email: bostonactiontrainings@riseup.
Phone: (617) 971-8753
Web: www.tinyurl.com/NVDAtraining
Saturday December 17th Also 10am to 5pm :: Non-Violent Direct Action: History, Street Tactics, Planning, Strategy, Legal, Affinity Groups and More! Full day training
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston
Saturday December 17th – 5:30pm :: [MOVIE] This is WhatDemocracy Looks Like
In 1999 mass demonstrations and coordinated direct actions in Seattle, WA shutdown the WTO ministerial meeting and spring boarded the US anti-globalizationmovement.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston
Sunday December 18th – 11pm – 4pm :: Direct Action Strategy and Action Planning – Digging a little deeper.
Location: Spontaneous Celebrations 45 Danforth Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-1847
Monday December 19th – 6:30pm :: [MOVIE] The Take 6:30A film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klien, The Take is a film about thirty unemployed auto-parts workers who walkinto their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave.
Location: Community Church, 565 Boylston Street, Boston
Written by Andy Cowan, with input from many others.
In General
Court is a serious place, in which serious things happen that affect people for the rest of their lives. Judges, district attorneys, court officers and court clerks take their jobs very seriously. Court etiquette is about respecting the seriousness and impact of what happens in court, and performing certain rituals that the people who work there expect. Please also respect the fact that many other people are in court because they, or their loved ones, are facing charges that represent some of the most serious obstacles in their lives. Some of the people there are in danger of losing their freedom for very long periods of time. Please show them respect.
What to Wear and What Not to Wear
- Don’t wear a hat, chew gum, or have anything in your mouth in the courtroom; no eating or drinking in the courtroom. Turn your cell phone off or put it on silent mode (not vibrate) before going into the courtroom
- Dress as close to “business” or “church” clothes as possible. Try to avoid wearing jeans, sweats, and track suits. Don’t wear clothes with obvious holes.
- Take your coat off indoors (to show off how dressed up you are!)
While waiting inside the courtroom
- Court officers will not allow you to read or use electronic devices in the courtroom.
- Once the judge comes out onto the bench, court officers are generally very strict about enforcing silence among spectators so that the court can conduct its business
- Do not bring any food or beverages into the courtroom, unless they are stored out of sight.
- If you must make or take a phone call, send a text message, or do anything else with your phone, step outside the courtroom.
- If you need to step outside the courtroom for any reason, wait for a pause in between cases or a conversation at sidebar. Try to avoid going out while people are talking with the judge. If you must, be very quiet.
- Stand when the court officers say, “all rise.” Sit when the court officer or the judge says, “you may be seated.”
- If you have questions for your lawyer, step outside the courtroom to talk to him/her.
Continue reading “Guide to Court Etiquette for Occupy Boston” »
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Transcript of last night’s General Assembly can be viewed here.
Please join us at GA tonight, Sunday, at 5pm on the Common. It will be livestreamed and live-tweeted by @DeweyGA (overflow @DeweyGA3).
Future GAs may take place indoors – help us find a location.
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Goooooooood moooorning Boston!
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Here’s the schedule for Monday, December 12th:
- 11am: OBIT’s Morning Fl
oss - 12pm: Occupy Roadmap Pre-Planning
- 2pm: Working Group Mic-Check
- 4pm: Be the Revolution (with B the Revolutionary)