Occupy Boston’s People of Color, Anti-Oppression, and Decolonize to Liberate Working Groups all endorse the participation of Occupy Boston in the annual Mothers’ Day Walk for Peace, Sunday, May 13^th. Registration starts at 7AM and the walk begins at 8:30AM from Townfield Park in Fields Corner, Dorchester.  The walk is nearly 4 miles long and is generally completed by 10AM.

This is the 16^th annual Mothers’ Day Walk for Peace, organized by the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute in Dorchester.  The Peace Institute is a small grassroots, survivor-led agency that serves over 90% of the families of homicide victims in the Greater Boston area.  The Peace Institute is renowned for its crisis management services as well as empowerment of parents and siblings in the aftermath of homicide through court education and political advocacy (such as testimony given before Boston City Councilors and the Governor).  The Peace Institute is also known for their peace curriculum used in local Boston public schools, and they are beginning to become known for their new healing center using art therapy and other alternative holistic modalities such as massage and acupuncture.

Please remember that this is not an Occupy Boston event but one in which we are continuing humbly to build relationships with marginalized communities impacted by structural oppressions and legacies of colonialism.  Any signage used that day should be small and respectful.  The walk is open to the public and many join in from all segments, but the leaders are the families who have lost their loved ones to street violence and who have their own chants that they use as they lead the march.  Please join in with humility and respect.

1. Reimbursing Occupy Jamaica Plain for money spent on supplies for  Wake Up the Earth. Receipts attached for the sum of $345.67

2. Proposal to spend $60 to pay the Harriet Tubman House for the meeting that occurred on 5/2.

3. Discussion Proposal presented by Occupy Jamaica Plain to set an agenda for the General Assembly on 5/5.

1. Reimbursing the family of Angela Giudice for rent of apartment for use as storage space for the sum of $1000.

2. Proposal to spend $1090 to buy ten tickets for the annual gala of the National Lawyers Guild. Tickets will be made available on a first come, first serve basis.

“We, The People of Color Group of OCCUPY Boston, in solidarity with the entire OCCUPY BOSTON community, extend this invitation to join us for a ceremony to preserve the last standing grove of Silver Maple trees that are slated to be cut down for the “redevelopment” of the Alewife green space into luxury apartments for the benefit of the 1%. This sacred parcel of land is privately owned, yet is accessible to the masses and has a connection with all people who enjoy the natural wild life habitat. Land that was used by the indigenous Americans before their genocide. In protest we will have a ceremony to protect the land consisting of readings, performances and a universal “ohm” that will persist for 15 minutes at the closing. The walk to the sacred trees will begin at 8:15pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and we suggest bringing a flashlight, water, and/or an musical instrument. This is a peaceful protest that is meant to call attention to the gravity of the destruction of this sacred land that holds the last of these beautiful trees. We are asking that you please make every effort to attend this event for the sake of preserving our precious planet.”