Syed Hussan Archives - Occupy Toronto

Update on the Activist Assembly!

This weekend is the Activist Assembly taking place at OISE. The weekend is packed-full of great speakers, talks and workshops. The revised schedule is below and more information is available at: https://www.facebook.com/events/270078499716966/ If you would like to assist the food committee by providing a kitchen to cook in, donations or prepared food please contact: [email protected] **Registration for this event is REQUIRED (it is free!). Please register by emailing: [email protected] We look forward to seeing you there! SCHEDULE of EVENTS: Friday: 7:00 – 10:00 -Opening Panel – Discussion of why Occupy was effective. Panelists all represent groups who were inspired by the Occupy Movement to fight harder then ever. Focus on the importance of outreach, protest, mass mobilisation, and of constant recruitment of new people. Strucure of the opening event will be speeches from the panelists followed by a facilitated, open discussion among atendees. Finally break out groups to get to know each other and answer the question “Why are we here?” Speakers: Carolyn Egan – is the president of the Steelworkers’ Toronto Area Council and United Steelworkers Local 8300. She is a long-time pro-choice, anti-war and social justice activist in Toronto and a leading member of the International Socialists. Judy Rebick – is a veteran activist, on feminist, democracy, anti-racist and international solidarity issues. She is also a writer, teacher and sometime journalist. She has a new e book coming out in March called Occupy This!. She is the founding publisher of rabble.ca and a regular on the Q media panel. Syed Hussan – is an organizer, activist and writer based in Toronto. Hussan has been involved with anti-colonial, migrant justice, feminist, anti-racist, environmental justice, anti-war and prison abolition movements and is active in No One Is Illegal – Toronto and Toronto Stop the Cuts Network. As part of his involvement in the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, Hussan was charged with Conspiracy. Though his charges were dropped after 18 months, 6 activist and community organizers have been jailed for the Anti-G20 protests. Saturday: 11:00 – 12:15 – Auditorium – Discussion of Committee / Decision-Making Structure – Michael Rosenburg, Octavian cadabeschi 12:30-1:30 lunch 1:30-2:45 – Auditorium – Discussion of non-Toronto experience – Roundtable discussion, many speakers 3:00-4:15 – Committees and Campaigns Room 1 – Occupy Gardens – Jacob Kearey Moreland Room 2 – Accessability Committee – Loretta Lime Room 3 – Occupy The Rainbow – Jordan BG Room 4 – Occupy UofT/Occupy Ryerson – Ryerson & UofT Rep. 4:30-5:45 – Discussion of issues Room 1 – Environmental Justice – Someone from Environmental Justice Toronto – Megan Kinch Room 2 – Canada’s occupation at home and abroad – Sid Lacombe Room 3 – Financial Bubble Collapse – David Mcnally Room 4 – Austerity – Neoliberalism – Nigel Barriffe and Victoria Barnett Room 5 – Colonisation, Militirisation and Attacks on Unions – Nadia Saad Room 6 – Indigenous – Randy Kapashesit 6:00-7:00 Dinner 7:30-9:30 General Assembly – OISE courtyard 10:00-2:00 Social – Duke of York – near OISE and St George station, in their Cellar space which hosts 150+ people. 19+ $0-$99 reccommended donation ($0 perfectly acceptable) – To help cover space rental costs for weekend. Sunday: 11:00-12:45 – Classroom part 1 Room 1 – Speaking to the Media – Dan Speerin, Adam Slinn, Syed Hussan Room 2 – Facilitation Training – Peter Bromley Room 3 – 10 steps to effective campaigning – Steve Stallhorn Room 4 – Direct Action Training – Aspa + Dave Vasey + Eryn Wheatle Room 5 – Marshal Training – Martin Sneath, Anna Sneath Room 6 – Medic Training – Trish Mills, Kristina McGuire, Ed Lutz LUNCH 1:45 – 3:30 Classroom part 2 Room 1 – Speaking to the Media – Dan Speerin, Adam Slinn, Syed Hussan Room 2 – Facilitation Training – Lee McKenna Room 3 – 10 steps to effective campeigning – Steve Stallhorn Room 4 – Direct Action Training – Aspa + Dave Vasey + Eryn Wheatle Room 5 – Marshal Training – Martin Sneath, Anna Sneath Room 6 – Medic Training – Trish Mills, Kristina McGuire, Ed Lutz 3:45 – 5:15 Committee Discussions Room 1 – Outreach Shanger/Sean Robinson, Katie Berger/ Room 2 – Action – Dave Vessey, Lana Brite Room 2 – Room 3 – Mischa Saunders Room 4 – Finance – Lex Room 5 – Marshal – Trey Winney 5:30-6:00 Closing Ceremony – Main Room...

Occupy Toronto Activist Assembly Jan 20-22

Occupy Toronto Activist Assembly Friday, January 20-Sunday, January 22, 2012 OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) at St George and Bloor. This is an invitation to Occupy Toronto’s first Activist Assembly on the weekend of January 20, 21, 22. This will be a conference style event, focused on developing Occupy Toronto’s activist capacity. Join the FaceBook Event:www.facebook.com/events/270078499716966 SCHEDULE: Friday: 7:00 – 10:00 -Opening Panel – Discussion of why Occupy is effective. The focus of this session will be on the importance of outreach, protest, mass mobilization, and of constant recruitment of new people. The panel will be facilitated by an Occupy Toronto facilitator, followed by an open discussion with the attendees and break out groups to address the question “Why are we here?” Speakers: Carolyn Egan – is the president of the Steelworkers’ Toronto Area Council and United Steelworkers Local 8300. She is a long-time pro- choice, anti-war and social justice activist in Toronto and a leading member of the International Socialists. Judy Rebick – is a veteran activist, on feminist, democracy, anti- racist and international solidarity issues. She is also a writer, teacher and sometime journalist. She has a new e book coming out in March called Occupy This!. She is the founding publisher of rabble.ca and a regular on the Q media panel. Syed Hussan – is an organizer, activist and writer based in Toronto. Hussan has been involved with anti-colonial, migrant justice, feminist, anti-racist, environmental justice, anti-war and prison abolition movements and is active in No One Is Illegal – Toronto and Toronto Stop the Cuts Network. As part of his involvement in the Toronto Community Mobilization Network, Hussan was charged with Conspiracy. Though his charges were dropped after 18 months, 6 activist and community organizers have been jailed for the Anti-G20 protests. Saturday: 11:00am -12:15 -History Session (select one) Room 1 – Egypt and the Arab Spring Room 2 – Greece, Spain and the European fight back Room 3 – The Struggle in Wisconsin Room 4 – Paris 68 – a near revolution in France. Room 5 – Students for a Democratic Society – The American student movement of the 60s Room 6 – Indigenous Resistance 12:30-1:30 lunch 1:30-2:45 – Discussion with Occupier’s from across Ontario (select 1 room) The Southern-Ontario Occupies will also be involved in this assembly. We are inviting people from various camps to talk about their unique experiences in other cities. Room 1 – Ottawa/ Montreal Room 2 – Kitchener / Guelph / Niagara / Room 3 – Kingston /Windsor /London/ Room 4 – Pickering/Hamilton/Brampton/Orillia Room 5 – Sault Saint Marie / Sudbury / Barrie 3:00-4:15 – Issues discussions (select one) Room 1 – Environmental Justice Room 2 – Militarization, Colonialization and Occupation Room 3 – Financial Collapse Room 4 – Austerity and Neoliberalism Room 5 – Economic Alternatives Room 6 – Building fortress North America 4:30-5:45 Discussion of OccupyTO’s Committee structure Sunday: 11:00-12:45 Classroom style teach-in (select first option) Room 1 – Speaking to the Media Room 2 – Facilitation Training Room 3 – 10 steps to effective campaigning Room 4 – Direct Action Training Room 5 – Marshal Training Room 6 – Anti-Oppression/Anti Racism Training 1:45- 3:30 Classroom (second choice) Room 1 – Speaking to the Media Room 2 – Facilitation Training Room 3 – 10 steps to effective campaigning Room 4 – Direct Action Training Room 5 – Marshal Training Room 6 – Anti-Oppression/Anti Racism Training 3:45 – 5:15 Committee Discussions Room 1 – Outreach / Action Room 2 – Media Room 3 – Facilitation / Marshals Room 4 – Finance Room 5 – Women’s / Accessibility Committees Room 6 – Marshals 5:30-6:00 Closing Ceremony – Main Room REGISTRATION: ****Please note: Everyone who plans on attending this event must register to attend Registration is Free and MANDATORY!*** You can register online by sending your full name in an email entitled “registration” to [email protected] Or by signing up on the signup sheet that we will be bringing to almost every Toronto General Assembly from now on. Those who have not registered for this event, will not be allowed into the rooms. BUSES: For those people out of town, we are working on organizing buses to pick a few people up from all across southern Ontario (and Quebec.) This is STILL NOT CONFIRMED. If we find the funding for it, we will have one bus leaving Montreal, one bus leaving Windsor, and one bus leaving Sault Saint Marie to stop off at various towns and cities and pick people up on the way to Toronto. (and also drop people off on Sunday evening.) Everyone who wants to get on those buses must sign up for a seat with a liaison from your town. If you don’t know of a liaison to speak to from your town, e-mail [email protected] and we will either send you contact info for your town’s liaison, or ask you to BE your town’s liaison....