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OccupyAtlanta Teams/Groups/Committees
Coordinating: 404 Not sure where to direct your talent? Find the people who can fix it… That’s us! occatl.coordinating@gmail.com
Information and Orientation: We’re here to welcome you! We can give you a run down of what’s going on, flyers for distribution in your community, and help you find things in the camp. Look for us at the park when you get there.
Logistics: Food and water supply for actions, sanitation planning for events, finding locations for future actions, organizing transportation of people and materials to action sites, administration of donations not set aside for legal aid, vetting sites for future actions, obtaining permits. Donation Needs List - occupy-atlanta-logistics@googlegroups.com
- Food: Organizes and provides food for the occupation. To assist in reception, distribution, and prep of food please leave a sticky note with your contact info and interest on the logistics wall at HQ (60 Walton St Nw).
Process: Prepares Agenda preferably 24hrs in advance for all GA’s, organizes facilitation, and facilitation training. We are here to make sure people’s voices are heard and no one is marginalized.
Tactical Unity: Help keep people on-track in discussions, stop conflicts before they happen, mediate/dissolve any conflicts that may arise between protesters, police, and civilians, and make sure that protesters stay where they are meant to be during protests. We are here to keep things safe and peaceful, in the park, at HQ, and on marches. We will work to peacefully resolve disputes and make sure that people and their items are secured.
Medical Safety: Information on how to protect yourself from Police Violence. We take care of basic injuries, eye flush for tear gas and pepper spray, colds, and upset stomach. medical@occupyatlanta.org
Legal: Legal research, anticipating possible legal snags, administration of legal defense fund and any donations given or budgeted for that purpose, liaising with legal community.
Media: Art and design, street art, street teams, outreach, Nuts and bolts logistics of message spreading-admins for blog space, developing slogans and memes. acquisition of materials (poster boards, markers, LiveStream/computer equipment), liaising with local media outlets (AJC, local TV, CNN, CreativeLoafing, etc.)
- Art & Design: Creating and refining the visual vocabulary of the movement, creating official posters and flyers for use by the Outreach Committee.
- Photography & Videography: Candid imagery of GA’s, Marches and Occupation for use in media projects and to disseminate via media and internet channels.
- Arts & Literature: Expression of our ideas through the arts, organizing poetry readings and other happenings Deadmadpoet@gmail.com
- Writing/Press: Writing copy for websites, flyers, press releases, and statements.
- Outreach Committee: Networking with members of the Atlanta community to build support for our cause and bring attention to our movement, speaking on behalf of our movement, organizing discrete actions related to building public trust and good will, distribution of any analog literature/art. occupy-atlanta-outreach@googlegroups.com
- IT: Maintains the occupyAtlanta.org website, provides Internet and technical support to occupyAtlanta, and is continually working on improving online communications within the group.
Demands: Working hard to make sure everyone’s voice is heard, and helping to distill the essence of the will of the people.
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