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!
Showing posts with label Workgroup Notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Workgroup Notes. Show all posts
New Workgroup Notes Apr 14th
Community Safety Workgroup
-APRIL FOURTEENTH-
AGENDA:
*Go around/ talk about vision
*"Feeling For The Edge"
*Facilitation/ notes
*Small groups
*Report back
One of the facilitators speaks about the premises of the workgroup:
*focused on definitive actions
*autonomous- not based on petitioning the legal structure
*collective process
*leaving space for each other
-APRIL FOURTEENTH-
AGENDA:
*Go around/ talk about vision
*"Feeling For The Edge"
*Facilitation/ notes
*Small groups
*Report back
One of the facilitators speaks about the premises of the workgroup:
*focused on definitive actions
*autonomous- not based on petitioning the legal structure
*collective process
*leaving space for each other
New Workgroup Notes Mar 31st
Community Safety Workgroup – Free Skool Class
Notes from Thursday, March 31, SubRosa, 5-7PM
Notes by JM
About 10 participants
Facilitators Editorial
Last week's workgroup was great though under-attended. Start thinking now who you'd like to invite to next Thursday's Community Safety Workgroup. There is a lot to do to make our communities safer from police, from violence (internal and external), and from the gaping needs so often left unmet. And we can't do it alone. It will take a lot of help. Please come and please bring two friends.
Notes from Thursday, March 31, SubRosa, 5-7PM
Notes by JM
About 10 participants
Facilitators Editorial
Last week's workgroup was great though under-attended. Start thinking now who you'd like to invite to next Thursday's Community Safety Workgroup. There is a lot to do to make our communities safer from police, from violence (internal and external), and from the gaping needs so often left unmet. And we can't do it alone. It will take a lot of help. Please come and please bring two friends.
Announcing the Community Safety Workgroup
Community Safety Workgroup
Every Other Thursday starting Thu Mar 17th 5pm to 7pm
SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave
"Without police, wouldn't there be chaos?" "What about the bad people?" As anarchists we get asked these legit questions all the time. It's time we began to wrestle with some possible answers. Don't be fooled by the bland title, this is a project that has the potential to change the world.
This is a structured workshop to plan ways to keep our communities safe at all levels. Here are the challenges we'll tackle
Every Other Thursday starting Thu Mar 17th 5pm to 7pm
SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave
"Without police, wouldn't there be chaos?" "What about the bad people?" As anarchists we get asked these legit questions all the time. It's time we began to wrestle with some possible answers. Don't be fooled by the bland title, this is a project that has the potential to change the world.
This is a structured workshop to plan ways to keep our communities safe at all levels. Here are the challenges we'll tackle
Workgroup Notes: Community Safety Workgroup 17 March 2011
Check-in from participants
Alternatives to police, good ideas, integrating with community better, want safety like TBSC (with different tactics), Appreciation for this class, has seen changes over the years and fear of TBSC vigilantes, interest in practical ideas to replace police, anarchism through making redundant the organs of the state. Woo!
Facilitator's Intro
Facilitator wants to stay nimble, be open to new ways of talking about these things.
Motivation: Hears, what would we do w/o police? Wouldn't thugs rule? But they already do, with their badges. What to do w/o cops, realistically? And how do we provide the good stuff w/o the bad? (avoid the phrase "community policing")
Facilitator's Bottomline
These are the shared premises of the class. See Premises here.
Our Vision for a World of Community Safety
Brainstorm about a world w/o police, where people provide for each others' safety. See Vision here.
The Values We Share
Brainstorm about our values, (some shared and some unique) to find our shared views. We start from here rather than assuming anything. See Values here.
The Challenges We Face (What are the big pieces of this?)
A brainstorm about the large challenges we face. The numbers is parenthesis represent the results of a straw poll: "Which of these things do you consider a priority to work on, something you are willing to put energy into, and potentially has attainable results?" See Challenges here.
Small Group Work
We gathered into small groups based on the challenges we saw were important and achievable. We were tasked to look at the following aspects of the big piece that we grabbed:
Alternatives to police, good ideas, integrating with community better, want safety like TBSC (with different tactics), Appreciation for this class, has seen changes over the years and fear of TBSC vigilantes, interest in practical ideas to replace police, anarchism through making redundant the organs of the state. Woo!
Facilitator's Intro
Facilitator wants to stay nimble, be open to new ways of talking about these things.
Motivation: Hears, what would we do w/o police? Wouldn't thugs rule? But they already do, with their badges. What to do w/o cops, realistically? And how do we provide the good stuff w/o the bad? (avoid the phrase "community policing")
Facilitator's Bottomline
These are the shared premises of the class. See Premises here.
Our Vision for a World of Community Safety
Brainstorm about a world w/o police, where people provide for each others' safety. See Vision here.
The Values We Share
Brainstorm about our values, (some shared and some unique) to find our shared views. We start from here rather than assuming anything. See Values here.
The Challenges We Face (What are the big pieces of this?)
A brainstorm about the large challenges we face. The numbers is parenthesis represent the results of a straw poll: "Which of these things do you consider a priority to work on, something you are willing to put energy into, and potentially has attainable results?" See Challenges here.
Small Group Work
We gathered into small groups based on the challenges we saw were important and achievable. We were tasked to look at the following aspects of the big piece that we grabbed:
- Goals
- Roadblocks
- Strategy
- Deadlines & next steps
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