The ROC Summer Institute – 2009Supporters of the Radical Organizing Conference (ROC) process are pleased to announce the ROC Summer Institute. Since 2003, there have been four ROCs. At each one, participants have talked about how we can do our work in a way that brings about radical change (gets to the root causes of problems). In that spirit, the ROC Summer Institute will offer short courses that allow participants to think even more deeply about the “big picture” and learn new skills as they continue their practical work for justice. Please join us for one (or more!) of these exciting workshops.
Circle the workshops you are interested in. Then fill out the form on page 5. Keep pages 1-4 for your reference and send page 5 to City Life, 284 Amory Street, JP, MA 02130. Or send an email to radicalorganizingconference@gmail.com and tell us which classes you want to take. Registration is not required (except for the Art Tour), but we would appreciate hearing from you if possible.
The Economic Crisis, part 1
June 18, 6:00-8 at CLVU office, 284 Amory Street (in the Brewery)
The current crisis, its roots in the past 35 years of economic history, the shift from a manufacturing economy to a finance economy, how workers lost leverage, the multiple crises of sustainability we are facing now, and the unsustainability of capitalism.
The Economic Crisis, part 2
June 25, 6:00-8 at CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
How the drive to restore profits changed government: what the right wing "shrink government" agenda really means, what deregulation and free markets are really for, government as a site of class struggle, why the right wing's attack on economic human rights concentrated on government.
The Economic Crisis, part 3
July 2, 6:00-8 at CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Naming the enemy: where is the core of resistance to a working people's agenda and economic human rights in the U.S.? What is their identity, their ideology, what accounts for their remarkable consistency and their success?
Class and Race
2 sessions, Tuesdays, June 30 and July 14, 6:00 to 8 pm, at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Historic movements have arisen in the United States in response to oppression based on class and race. What is the basis of these oppressions? How have these movements united, how and why have they been divided? We will discuss these issues using a few readings, group interactions, and reflections of participants.
Facilitator: Steve Meacham (Organizer) City Life
Protest Singing
Practices will be June 30, July 2 and July 9 from 6-7 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Karin Parker, an accomplished jazz singer, will organize a group to practice several protest songs. The group will perform the songs at the City Life fundraiser July 11 and perhaps at subsequent events.
Facilitator: Karin Parker kparker@clvu.org
Exploring Youth Liberation
4 Mondays, starting July 6, & contd. July 13, 20, and 27 from 6-8 at Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., JP
Join this group of (mostly) young people and youth workers who will be reading excerpts of The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn.
Contact: Cynthia Peters cyn.peters@gmail.com 617-524-3693
Economic Refugees - Migration and the Growing Divide
Thursday, July 9, 6-8:30 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
What are the facts about immigration? What is pushing workers and families to leave their homeland and emigrate to the U.S.? What do foreign-born and domestic workers have in common? What about immigration “reforms”? Learn about ways to close the political and social divides that pit workers and communities against each other.
Facilitators: Jeannette Huezo (UFE), with help from Sarah Horsley
Identifying the Local Power Structure
Meets Saturday, July 11, 1-3 at the CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
This workshop offers power analysis tools. 1) power mapping: this process is about building grassroots power as well as doing a power analysis of targets; and 2) power/political landscaping exercise: a participatory/collective process that can be used to illustrate and monitor shifts in power during a campaign/organizing project.
Contact:Camilo, camiloviveiros@yahoo.com, 508-674-7146
Health and Fitness for the struggle /Bike Riding
3 Saturdays -- July 11, 25, and August 1; meet at the CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Two sessions on nutrition, one on diseases we face as we get older, one on physical fitness and training programs. The training session will involve actual exercise.
Facilitator: Paula Taylor, physical trainer, bank tenant
Thirty Years of Resistance in El Salvador
Monday, July 13, from 6-9 [location to be determined; in Spanish and English]
Workshop featuring the past 30 years of struggle and recent election win in El Salvador. Equipo Maiz will broaden the discussion beyond El Salvador, as they focus on capitalism and the economic crisis.
Facilitators: Jeannette Huezo, Carlos Rosales, and Equipo Maiz (a Salvadoran popular education group)
"Very Young Girls" film screening & discussion
Monday, July 13, Location: TBD
"Very Young Girls" is an expose of human trafficking that follows 13- and 14-year-old American girls as they are seduced, abused, and sold on New York’s streets by pimps, and treated as adult criminals by police. The film identifies hope for these girls in the organization GEMS (www.gems-girls.org), a recovery center founded and run by Rachel Lloyd, herself a survivor of sexual exploitation. The film was co-produced by Lloyd.
Sponsored by: Reflect and Strengthen and Matahari (www.eyeoftheday.org)
Contact: caroljg@gmail.com
Political posters for public spaces
Tuesday, July 14, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Creating images and word phrases to bring political issues into public spaces. We’ll talk about issues that affect us and issues of justice and how to present them visually. We’ll look at examples of existing public posters. We will create our own posters, take them out and put them up!
Facilitators: Katherine Mallory and Denise Baudet, Amherst artists
Street Law Clinic: Stop and Search
Wed., July 15, 6:00-9 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
This workshop gives participants a better understanding of their constitutional rights when they have been stopped by the police. Participants discuss how they can respond to police searches and what they can do when their rights have been violated. This clinic will be conducted by an attorney from the MA Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild.
Learn what to do if the police stop you on the street and want to search you. What are your rights?
Contact: Robert at presspull@graffiti.net
Screening of Documentary “At Home in Utopia”
Thursday, July 16; reception with food, 6-8 at Connolly branch library, 433 Centre St., JP
“At Home in Utopia brings back to life a lost world of American radicalism. Through the history of a cooperative housing project founded by New York Jewish communists, it reconstructs two generations of political activists who sought not only to build a new society but to live out their ideals then and there.”
Facilitator: The director Michal Goldman will be present to lead a panel discussion following the screening.
Radical Organizing Methods
3 Sundays, 5-7, July 19, July 26, and August 2, at CAAS in Somerville, 66-70 Union Square #104, Somerville
We will look at what makes a radical organizing method by examining winnability, strategy/tactics, coalitions, spirituality, building a majority movement, role of political education, and the effectiveness of well known organizing methods such as 1-1’s, story-telling, relationship-building. The format will be group discussion.
Factilitator: Steve Meacham, CLVU; host Rachel Beddick, CAAS
Go Green! Green jobs & the greening of our economy: What does it mean for us?
Thursdays, July 23 and 30 and August 6 from 6-8 at ACE office, 2181 Washington St. in Dudley Sq.
Facilitated by Mela and REEP youth organizers with support from ACE staff
Contact: Adam Machson Carter amachson@gmail.com
Financial Literacy.
Thursday, July 28, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., and then one Saturday TBD
Grass roots activists from City Life will present this two-part training in financial literacy issues with a radical spin.
Facilitator: Melonie Griffiths, former bank tenant and City Life tenant organizer
"Who you calling a b*tch?"
Date & time in July, TBA; Tentative location: Spontaneous Celebrations
Open Mic on language, sexism, & homophobia
Sponsored by: Reflect & Strengthen and Anti-Violence Against Women Planning Group
Stopping a New War, Cutting the Military Budget and Funding Our Communities
Wednesday, August 5, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St.,JP
The conflict in Afghanistan/Pakistan continues to worsen. The U.S. has sent more troops; there is increased fighting, violence, death and destruction; and a major new war may be coming. We must organize to stop this war, end militarism, and put the priority on funding social justice and improving the quality of life in our communities. This participatory workshop will present some basic information about the war in Afghanistan/Pakistan and cutting the military budget. We will discuss things we can do to help set things right.
Facilitator: Duncan McFarland, United for Justice with Peace, mcfarland13@gmail.com
Let Our Motto Be Resistance: Boston Art Tour
Saturday, August 8, 11:00 am. Meet at the Boston Common, across street from the State House
Enjoy a 2 hour narrated trolley tour that will highlight major works of art that feature the monumental ideas of protest and existence from the 19th through the 21st Centuries. The tour will travel through Beacon Hill, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain and will include sculptures and murals that document the history of resistance. Rich with history, the tour will offer the understanding of the role of public art and its power for community engagement. The trolley will accommodate 40 people. Participation for the tour requires registration.
Facilitator: L’Merchie Frazier, Museum of Af. Am. History and bank tenant; to register, call: 617-524-3541 ext. 310
Spirituality and Social Justice
Tuesday, August 11, 6:00-8 at CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Explore with other activists the role of spirituality in our social justice work.
Facilitator: Mary Wright City Life tenant organizer
Just Food
Saturday, August 15, 10-12, Location: CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Talk about where people get their food and what are some ways that fresh, healthy food access needs to be and can be improved in our community. Then try out some gardening at ReVision Urban Farm in Dorchester or possibly at one of the community gardens that the BWA has recently been involved in (pending me contacting those folks and seeing what they think might be possible).
Contact: Jolie Olivetti, jlolivetti@gmail.com, 617 851 9356
CHANGE 101: Political Leadership and Changing America, The Shirley Chisholm Factor
Thursday, August 20, 6:00-8:30 at CLVU office, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Shirley Chisholm revolutionized America and became a revolutionary woman known around the world for bringing change to America and one of the top 10 most important women in the world/history. She constructed the foundation for a renewed and revolutionized American society. TODAY….Today Barack Obama has been accepted/adopted and popularized by American media and society far ahead of getting any concrete facts and information of is presidential run. Leaders of the past, present and our future will be discussed and documented. This is a Landmark Documentary/Film Review & Political Discussion Event.
Facilitator: Joseph Edgecombe, FACTS, Urban History Scholar, Black-History@live.com 617-905-9218
Diving into the Solidarity Economy: a Just and Sustainable Alternative
Thursday August 13, 6-9pm at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
We will start with an interactive exercise to help us answer the question: what is solidarity economy? Then we will hear about real life solidarity economy efforts from right here in Boston and around the world. We will also break into small groups to envision and discuss what we want Solidarity Economy to look like in Boston.
Panelists & Facilitators: Sarah Horsley, CLVU and Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network (BASEN); Orion Kriegman (PUEBLO land trust and BASEN); Julie Matthaei (U.S. Solidarity Economy Network and BASEN); Germai Medhanie (Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy and BASEN).
Writing a Letter to Get Results
August 25, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
Learn about how to write an effective letter to the editor, to your mortgage company, to an elected official, or to the judge in your case. Bring drafts of letters you are working on. Or just come and learn from the experience.
Facilitator: Cynthia Peters
Spreading the Word: Using Web 2.0. Filmmaking, and Photography
Date and time TBA. Location: CLVU, 284 Amory St. (in the Brewery), JP
This course will offer hands-on training around electronic media, Web 2.0, still shot photography, and movie making. How can these crafts be used to visually document and build the movement? At our first meeting, we will set dates for getting together to learn, do field work, and create a final product.
Facilitators: Karin Parker (Web 2.0), KC Bailey (photography), Ernesto Morales (film), both bank tenants – SPACE LIMITED; contact Karin Parker to register 617-524-3541 kparker@clvu.org
Multi-lingual Justice
Saturday, August 29th, 1-5pm at the Chelsea Collaborative offices (300 Broadway, Chelsea, MA)
Hosted by the City-wide Tenants Association (CTA) of the Chelsea Collaborative in conjunction with the Boston Interpreter's Collective (BIC), the first half of this workshop will focus on the theory around creating multilingual spaces for doing community work; the 2nd half will be an introductory training in interpretation skills.
Facilitators: Rachel English (CTA), TJ Hellmann (BIC), and Corry Banton (BIC); for more information, contact rachele@chelseacollab.org
Summer Institute Registration Form
Check the workshops you would like to take, fill out the form below, and give this page back to City Life!
Or just show up! All are welcome!
â–¡ The Economic Crisis, part 1
June 18, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ The Economic Crisis, part 2
June 25, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ The Economic Crisis, part 3
July 2, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Class and Race
2 sessions, Tuesdays, June 30 and July 14, 6:00 to 8 pm, at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Protest Singing
Practices will be June 30, July 2 and July 9 from 6-7 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Exploring Youth Liberation
4 Mondays, starting July 6 and continuing on July 13, 20, and 27 from 6-8 at Spontaneous Celebrations, 45 Danforth St., JP
â–¡ Economic Refugees - Migration and the Growing Divide
Thurs., July 9, 6-8:30, CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Identifying the Local Power Structure
Meets Saturday, July 11, 1-3 at CLVU
â–¡ Health and Fitness/Bike Riding
3 Saturdays (from 10:00 to 12:00) -- July 11, 25, and August 1; meet at the CLVU office
â–¡ Thirty Years of Resistance in El Salvador
Monday, July 13, from 6-9 location TBD
â–¡ "Very Young Girls" film screening & discussion
July 13, 6-8, Location TBD
â–¡ Political posters for public spaces
Tuesday, July 14, 6:00-8, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Street Law Clinic: Stop and Search
Wed., July 15, 6:00-9at CLVU, 284 Amory St.
â–¡ Screening of Documentary “At Home in Utopia”
Thursday, July 16; reception with food, 6-8 at Connolly branch library, 433 Centre St., JP
â–¡ Radical Organizing Methods
3 Sundays, 5-7, July 19, July 26, and August 2, at CAAS in Somerville, 66-70 Union Sq. #104
â–¡ Go Green! Green jobs & the greening of our economy: What does it mean for us?
Thursdays, July 23 and 30 and August 6; 6-8 at ACE office, 2181 Washington St. in Dudley Sq.
â–¡ Financial Literacy.
Thursday, July 28, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP and then one Saturday TBD
â–¡ "Who you calling a b*tch?"
Date & time in July, TBD; Tentative location: Spontaneous Celebrations
â–¡ Stopping a New War, Cutting the Military Budget and Funding Our Communities
Wed., Aug. 5, 6-8, CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Motto Be Resistance: Boston Art Tour
Saturday, August 8, 11:00 am, CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Spirituality and Social Justice
Tuesday, August 11, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Diving into the Solidarity Economy: a Just and Sustainable Alternative
Thursday, August 13, 6-9 pm at the CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Just Food
Sat., Aug. 15, 10-12, CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Political Leadership and Changing America
Thurs., Aug. 20, 6-8:30 at CLVU, 284 Amory St.
â–¡ Writing a Letter to Get Results
August 25, 6:00-8 at CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Spreading the Word: Using Web 2.0. Filmmaking, and Photography
Date and time TBD. Location: CLVU, 284 Amory St., JP
â–¡ Multi-lingual Justice
August 29, 1-5, Chelsea Collaborative, 300 Broadway, Chelsea, MA
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