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Atlanta General Assembly Committees and Working Groups
The following Committees have been put in place by the Atlanta General Assembly to carry out tasks and provide support to OccupyAtlanta. Working Groups will be added as they develop with in the park to meet the immediate needs of the occupiers.
60 Walton St - Headquarters, the building where many meetings take place for organizational purposes. Directions to 60 Walton ST
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Coordinating Working Group: 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 Working Group: 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.
Child Care Working Group: We have set up shifts of 3 people at a time to assist with child care. There is a sign up sheet in front of the Child Care Tent at the Park. Weekdays 4pm-11pm and Weekends 8am-11pm. KCCAtl.com is offering support for this project. Note to Parents - Sign in all kids at the table, If you leave the Park take your child with you, We are all unofficial volunteers who care deeply about the park and occupation being family friendly.
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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 - logistics@occupyatlanta.org
- 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. legal@occupyatlanta.org
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.) media@occupyatlanta.org
- 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. press@occupyatlanta.org
- Outreach: 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. tech@occupyatlanta.org
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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Atlanta General Assembly Minutes
All Committee Assembly Minutes
Tech Committee Minutes
What can we do for our country? Each one of us was born with a purpose, a hope and a dream. What are they? How can we the people help the people? What can we do indiviually on the ground to make an immediate difference in the lives of the people of Atlanta and the world over. It is said that knowledge is power. What knowledge do we have with in Occupy Atlanta that another Atlantan may need to better their life right now? It could be as simple as needing someone to look over their resume to help applying for a grant to start a non-profit. If you want people to join the movement give them a reason to feel needed in the movement. Give the people a reason to believe that joining will make an immediate difference . The people united will never be defeated! Great work occupy Atlanta!