Mission statement
To facilitate local food production and distribution while reinforcing the values of the community safety workgroup including autonomy, self reliance, and DIY.
How food security relates to Community safety
-Food security is related to community health; mental and physical
-Enabling people to meet their daily needs (food, space, community) makes them less likely to resort to crime (theft, blackmarket sales, solicitation) to meet those needs.
-Wasted Food (from restaurants and stores) represents a squandered resource that is easily utilized with community connections
-Poorly used land in cities and surrounding areas is a nuisance, while properly utilized land is a resource for the community
Workgroup: Crisis Response - Apr 14, 2011
SMALL GROUPS:
Crisis Response Team
*talked about strategy/action examples from last week
*some discourse about whether or not we should have a mission statement
*questions about the extent of a transparent process whether that means we are disclosing our process to the police
Mission statement: "We want to create a safe, confidential, trusted & non-hierarchical system for addressing local conflicts and issues without involving police or external authorities, excepting in medical emergencies."
Workgroup: Crisis Response - Apr 28, 2011
This is a recounting of the minutes of the Crisis Response Committee for
the Community Safety Meeting conducted on 4/28/2011 at Subrosa.
Three participants present for entire meeting. One listened and left before the group concluded.
1. Review of notes of previous meetings, strategies: Legal ramifications of having a group such as this. U.S. Code 1503: Obstruction of justice was reviewed. Discussion was had regarding the charge of "Interfering with a police investigation," and the need to be careful in dealing with police, as well as examples of situations in which this statute was interpreted broadly, resulting in arrest and/or prosecution of witnesses attempting to observe and record police action with a video camera.
2. What is the purpose of having such a group? Someone suggested: Linking people in your neighborhood, building community and neighborhood trust, to create the possibility of neighbors calling on each other rather than authorities. A variety of viewpoints were presented about the nature of a "Crisis Response Team."
the Community Safety Meeting conducted on 4/28/2011 at Subrosa.
Three participants present for entire meeting. One listened and left before the group concluded.
1. Review of notes of previous meetings, strategies: Legal ramifications of having a group such as this. U.S. Code 1503: Obstruction of justice was reviewed. Discussion was had regarding the charge of "Interfering with a police investigation," and the need to be careful in dealing with police, as well as examples of situations in which this statute was interpreted broadly, resulting in arrest and/or prosecution of witnesses attempting to observe and record police action with a video camera.
2. What is the purpose of having such a group? Someone suggested: Linking people in your neighborhood, building community and neighborhood trust, to create the possibility of neighbors calling on each other rather than authorities. A variety of viewpoints were presented about the nature of a "Crisis Response Team."
Workgroup: Community Connectedness - Apr 28, 2011
AGENDA
* Review of action items
* Strategies
* Actions
STRATEGIES
How do we connect with other communities?
- Through shared needs, shared resources, and/or shared threats.
Interestingly, we realized this is also how we connect with individuals within our community as well.
* Review of action items
* Strategies
* Actions
STRATEGIES
How do we connect with other communities?
- Through shared needs, shared resources, and/or shared threats.
Interestingly, we realized this is also how we connect with individuals within our community as well.
Workgroup: Community Connectedness - Apr 14, 2011
AGENDA
* Mission Statement
* Review Past Actions
* Strategies
* Actions
MISSION
How can communities connect with each other and to communities outside?
Why interested in this?
* we are societelly alienated
* connectedness = safety
* we want to find and build trust
* we want reliability
* confidentiality is important
* take anarchism to its logical conclusion: how link together
* local decentralized non-hierarchical
* work together
Mission Statement
* Mission Statement
* Review Past Actions
* Strategies
* Actions
MISSION
How can communities connect with each other and to communities outside?
Why interested in this?
* we are societelly alienated
* connectedness = safety
* we want to find and build trust
* we want reliability
* confidentiality is important
* take anarchism to its logical conclusion: how link together
* local decentralized non-hierarchical
* work together
Mission Statement
"We desire to meaningfully connect with others within our communities and have our communities connected with other communities. We want to be welcoming, inclusive, and willing to grow."
Workgroup: Public Spaces - Apr 28, 2011
Public Spaces small group notes 4 - 28
- Components -
Protecting existing spaces
Creating new public spaces
- Thoughts -
Current and new space Dynamics
Community space strengthens communities by creating a place for people to come together
people need space to assemble publicly: eat, sleep, store possessions, make music, socialize
There is insufficient space for people to publicly assemble
There are many regulations governing what people can do in public spaces
- Components -
Protecting existing spaces
Creating new public spaces
- Thoughts -
Current and new space Dynamics
Community space strengthens communities by creating a place for people to come together
people need space to assemble publicly: eat, sleep, store possessions, make music, socialize
There is insufficient space for people to publicly assemble
There are many regulations governing what people can do in public spaces
Workgroup: Community Connectedness May 12, 2011
[brief notes from small group]
community connectedness: Vibe at Subrosa, how to integrate anarchist community and "street people" community
Themes: need for check-ins, what defines a community, communication, need for a shared community, desire not to other, find commonalities, need for a drop-in center, desire to see houseless folks self-organize to resist oppression
community connectedness: Vibe at Subrosa, how to integrate anarchist community and "street people" community
Themes: need for check-ins, what defines a community, communication, need for a shared community, desire not to other, find commonalities, need for a drop-in center, desire to see houseless folks self-organize to resist oppression
New Workgroup Notes May 12th
Intro
action oriented this week
Check-ins
interests: successes, recent jail-visit, show people that we can do this, crisis response, connection to action, follow-through, excited about the group premises
Accords
that people feel safe, transparency of this group, and balance between these two.
Quick review
premises: solutions outside institutional solutions; step-back, step--up
brief review of previous meetings
Introducing "phase zero"
get it out there, do something (especially when daunted by phase 1 of a plan)
phase zero check-ins (what have people already done to get these projects out there): "barely anything,"
resisted contacted the police,
contacted non-violent communication teacher,
contacted neighbors,
got involved in cop-watch,
figure out what our communities need,
communicated the processes and work of this group to others,
collectively brainstormed ways to avoid police intervention through communication,
tried to connect with neighbors,
collectively acknowledging difficulties of some of these projects,
assessing what the challenges are that we face,
research on legal challenges of some of these projects,
getting together with community/neighbors,
sent out email to rally people,
building framework to connect communities,
connecting and being present in the neighborhood in a genuine way.
facilitator- there are going to be barriers, but think about them as open-questions that can be returned to.
A Phase Zero brainstorm
For some of our small groups, what would Phase Zero look like?
Crisis response (crisis can be simple or extreme, non-medical): a phone list to share with friends, list of resources, a number on the website to call, scheduled NVC training, find resources for crisis handlin', KYR training,
Community Conectedness: Saying "Hi", introduce, door to door, "Here's my number!, What do you need?"
Police: Share stories/successes/failures (e.g cop and jail experiences), know ur rights, cop watch (grassroots style), do follow-ups with those involved in a police interaction, find documentation on this topic, take photos
New Accountability: teach restorative justice, don't ignore it, ask questions, get info, talk to people, examine all possibilities, tell your story, let intentions of accountability be known, research other efforts
benefits of phase zero? great, but let's stay connected!
action oriented this week
Check-ins
interests: successes, recent jail-visit, show people that we can do this, crisis response, connection to action, follow-through, excited about the group premises
Accords
that people feel safe, transparency of this group, and balance between these two.
Quick review
premises: solutions outside institutional solutions; step-back, step--up
brief review of previous meetings
Introducing "phase zero"
get it out there, do something (especially when daunted by phase 1 of a plan)
phase zero check-ins (what have people already done to get these projects out there): "barely anything,"
resisted contacted the police,
contacted non-violent communication teacher,
contacted neighbors,
got involved in cop-watch,
figure out what our communities need,
communicated the processes and work of this group to others,
collectively brainstormed ways to avoid police intervention through communication,
tried to connect with neighbors,
collectively acknowledging difficulties of some of these projects,
assessing what the challenges are that we face,
research on legal challenges of some of these projects,
getting together with community/neighbors,
sent out email to rally people,
building framework to connect communities,
connecting and being present in the neighborhood in a genuine way.
facilitator- there are going to be barriers, but think about them as open-questions that can be returned to.
A Phase Zero brainstorm
For some of our small groups, what would Phase Zero look like?
Crisis response (crisis can be simple or extreme, non-medical): a phone list to share with friends, list of resources, a number on the website to call, scheduled NVC training, find resources for crisis handlin', KYR training,
Community Conectedness: Saying "Hi", introduce, door to door, "Here's my number!, What do you need?"
Police: Share stories/successes/failures (e.g cop and jail experiences), know ur rights, cop watch (grassroots style), do follow-ups with those involved in a police interaction, find documentation on this topic, take photos
New Accountability: teach restorative justice, don't ignore it, ask questions, get info, talk to people, examine all possibilities, tell your story, let intentions of accountability be known, research other efforts
benefits of phase zero? great, but let's stay connected!
Workgroup: Community Connectedness May 26, 2011
[A focus on SubRosa as a community, with lots of levels of participation]
In the small group, members of the SR collective and non-members talked about community connectedness in this community. We started by brainstorming our understanding of what's going on. On a general level, some people don't like how it feels at the space. We cited the drug dealing [on the nearby street], the reputation of the space that is connected with this, and feeling [overwhelmed] in the space as concerns. This lead to questions of what is going on the flip side, i.e. what is good and welcoming at the space? We deepening the conversation with open questions of what is anarchism, SR, and whether being a place to hang out is a part of being radical or not. We agreed that SR is very open to interpretation, which is positive, but that being so open may let behavior happen that creates hostility.
This led to action suggestions. In the vein of connectedness, we thought having conversations and direct questions of the patrons might be a place to start. More than this having forums to collaborate and describe SR, a la demystifying anarchism, would be insightful. Also, thinking about the Spruce street milieu and possible ways to transform that space were discussed. Two members committed to systematically engaging, observing and interacting with as many people as possible in order to understand the issue at a deeper level. A third member committed to addending the open letter from SR to the community
We ended with questions of do we underestimate SR? Do people value it more than we think? And asking about behavior in the space, what makes us happy, angry, scared, and/or sad?
In the small group, members of the SR collective and non-members talked about community connectedness in this community. We started by brainstorming our understanding of what's going on. On a general level, some people don't like how it feels at the space. We cited the drug dealing [on the nearby street], the reputation of the space that is connected with this, and feeling [overwhelmed] in the space as concerns. This lead to questions of what is going on the flip side, i.e. what is good and welcoming at the space? We deepening the conversation with open questions of what is anarchism, SR, and whether being a place to hang out is a part of being radical or not. We agreed that SR is very open to interpretation, which is positive, but that being so open may let behavior happen that creates hostility.
This led to action suggestions. In the vein of connectedness, we thought having conversations and direct questions of the patrons might be a place to start. More than this having forums to collaborate and describe SR, a la demystifying anarchism, would be insightful. Also, thinking about the Spruce street milieu and possible ways to transform that space were discussed. Two members committed to systematically engaging, observing and interacting with as many people as possible in order to understand the issue at a deeper level. A third member committed to addending the open letter from SR to the community
We ended with questions of do we underestimate SR? Do people value it more than we think? And asking about behavior in the space, what makes us happy, angry, scared, and/or sad?
Workgroup: Small Groups May 12, 2011
POLICE WORKGROUP-
First Thoughts:
- potluck or get together to talk about cops as a problem.
- letting people know that there are other ways to handle problems in lieu of calling the cops.
- convincing neighbors that cops are problematic.
- within household, education about the harm that police bring.
- idea for testimonial zine of peoples' experiences with cops and jail.
- set of guidelines for cop interactions and reasons not to interact with cops.
- posting fucked up experiences with police up to a space over the internet.
- trying to understand how police violence is going over in our community/ gauging where people are at in their feelings about cops.
- worry posed that this small group's discussion is repeating work other groups are focused on; desire to hone in on very specific anti-cop projects (i.e. literally getting cops out of santa cruz)
SUGGESTION! everyone bring in 3 ideas to put on an anti-cop flyer to be posted everywhere around town.
- list of things to do when faced with cop contact.
- questions cops about where they're taking people, etc.
- create a culture of resistance: stand up to police, let them know they aren't welcome nor appreciated.
- interjecting in police interactions
- helping other people find strength to speak with courage to police.
- holding cops accountable: making cop profiles.
--->PROJECT! some sort of database online that logs cops and what they've been up to. (worry about it not being visible enough)
- lot of worry about legal repercussions.
- response that every time we talk about "anti-cop" stuff, we're obviously putting ourselves in trouble, so...
- weekly newsletter or report.
- mentioning of sharing a particular bad cop experience on the radio.
- addressing younger people... going to schools and programs in which cops are doing "we're heroes" presentations, and doing counter-talks about why cops are dangerous and need to be opposed.
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