Where are we going next? �
OccupyForum has been meeting for over two years with the mission of educating ourselves about the main Occupy issues, building an affinity group, (and holding space for Occupy folks to get together), and building coalitions with our allies (like Greenaction, International Forum on Globalization, Homes Not Jails, Sunflower Alliance, Strike Debt, Global Exchange, Save City College and many more). We’ve held over 90 Forums with insightful panelists and Q&A sessions which have led to further participation in planning and holding actions, coalitioning, and to understanding how our movement works.
Now it is time to evaluate how we’re doing; what could be improved, and where we should be going with this group, including how we work together at the Forum sessions. Some suggestions have been to show some of the great documentaries on our situation and have breakout groups, to have potlucks to build the affinity aspect, to have nights where we hold an action (like the Fed Up With the Fed action), to talk more intimately and honestly about how we see the future of this country unfolding and visioning what we’d like to see. We are looking for more active participation, where each of us takes a role in co-creating the OccupyForum.
Please come on Monday, June 23rd, to contribute ideas and energy to pushing the OccupyForum to its next iteration with a mandate to match the times in which we find ourselves, 3 years after Occupy began. See you there!!