<div style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.9097544061951339" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Greetings!</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you would like to dialogue about anything in this e-note, please put your comments here:</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://voices.occupyboston.org/forum/general-discussion/arialittlhous/155">http://voices.occupyboston.org/forum/general-discussion/arialittlhous/155</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Forward!</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> OB Strike Debt Meeting: </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1/14/13, Community Church of Boston, 585 Boylston St. 6-10:00 pm. More info about the national campagin here: </span><a href="http://strikedebt.org/"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://strikedebt.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:15pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2. Can New England Feed Itself? Greenport Forum: 1/15/13, more info below.</span></p>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. Q: </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How easy should it be to get dirty energy? A: Not Very.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On 1/4/13 Murtaza Nek, an MIT grad who many will remember from Occupy Boston, was arrested in East Texas as part of the ongoing </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tar Sand Blockade</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. <a href="http://www.occupyboston.org/">http://www.occupyboston.org/</a></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Occupy Kalamazoo is gearing up to host </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NAT GAT 13 </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at the end of August in conjunction w/Global Noise and other allies.  The theme of the Gathering will be COMMUNICATION. The main action will be against the </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Enbridge Pipeline.</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></li>
</ul><a href="http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNationalGathering"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNationalGathering</span></a><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tar Sands Action</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> & Occupy New England Regional Gathering, 1/26. Sign up for buses here: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dGhtcEZjZDY5eHR6dnZrOGl1bkVNc1E6MQ"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(59,89,152);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dGhtcEZjZDY5eHR6dnZrOGl1bkVNc1E6MQ</span></a><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> More info below.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4.</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> MLK Day, 1/21: </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why all this white space? See info and editorial below.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. JPNET </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is hiring an organizer, see below.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OB General Assembly Schedule Change</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Consented to 11/25/12: the General Assembly will meet twice a month starting immediately: the first Tuesday of each month from 7-9:30 and the third Sunday of each month from 4-5:30. (On Sunday the GA will be followed immediately by the Strategic Action Assembly, starting half an hour after its usual 5 p.m. Sunday start time.)</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join the </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community Forum List Serv! </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is the best way to get keep in touch with OB. </span><a href="https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/community_forum"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/community_forum</span></a><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4. Where are the MLK Day Occupy actions?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The one O. action that I know about is happening in Detroit. On the same day there’s an anti-war action and a disinauguration.  That’s all I got.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why? Because submerged in all the hullabaloo about Facebook’s predisposition to nosiness are two much more important bits of information. One: for monetary, not political reasons, FB’s business plan makes it very difficult to distribute information about Events across pages. Two: FB is “where the action is” (listed.) There are other MLK Day actions, I just haven’t got the finger power to find them all, or to get that information to the people who need it. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What is Internet Organizing? </span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizing is different from learning. You, we all, can learn a lot about political malfeasance, surveillance tactics and class warfare on the Internet. And we can pass that information along to our friends along with the meme of the day. But that’s that not organizing, that’s education. Education is good, but it’s not organizing.  </span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizers need information about real time events, that are preferably going to happen in the future and they need information about other groups who might be interested in the same kind of real-time events. De-centralization makes finding this kind of information--even if you restrict yourself to the Occupy ocean--very, very difficult. No number of centralized pages can stop the proliferation of yet more pages filled with interesting tidbits that are, when it comes right down to it, not all that useful. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Share Actions, not Cats.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can help organizers everywhere----you can be an organizer yourself---if while noodling on Facebook or wherever you noodle---you ask yourself, “</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Who needs to know about this Event?</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and then share it with them. If we all shared the Detroit MLK Day Action with one other Occupy, I can guarantee that some Occupier somewhere, maybe more than a few, would show up in Detroit and that other Occupies would hold solidarity actions. And because no one wants to be in solidarity alone, before you know it we’d all be on the same page.  </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Something Else to Think About When You Think about FB</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Paranoia makes actual intervention unnecessary”</span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">JUMPS!</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2. Can New England Feed Itself?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Greenport Forum - January 15 at 7pm. </span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Presented by Hannah Ramer, researcher for New England Food System Vision.  New England presents a tremendous opportunity to create a healthy, resilient,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sustainable food system. By growing more food locally we can improve our</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">health, bolster our economy, protect our environment, and empower our</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">citizens.  However, scaling up local and regional agriculture is a great</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">challenge to achieve.  How much quality cropland and pasture land is</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">potentially available?  How do we connect all our citizens with good,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">healthy food?  Our vision explores connections between production and</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">consumption; farming, fishing, and eating. Join us to discuss these</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">critical issues.   Cambridgeport Baptist Church, 459 Putnam Ave (corner of</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Magazine and Putnam). For more information contact </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:steven.wineman@gmail.com">steven.wineman@gmail.com</a></span><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:38pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trailbreaker Tar Sands Pipeline Action</span></p>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:38pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On January 26th, 2013, ONE and 350 New England are hosting a day of regional action for the environment in Portland Maine! Topics on the table include; fracking in the Pioneer Valley; the Northern Pass project; the Vermont Yankee power plant; and, of course, the infamous Trailbreaker tar sands pipeline! After the rally, we will be meeting to discuss this year's events. The event might be catered by Food Not Bombs Portland, so come on an empty stomach!" More details to come. If your group needs funds to get to Portland, we might be able help."We're still working on booking the spot & getting FNB to cater for us. We need point people to organize the logistics for the trip; if OB could use some funds to bus people up, that would help a lot. Mary McCarthy with Climate Action NOW MA is getting people from her organization to come up, and other people in the state are working on coming up. I 'll update you with more info as I get it. And happy New year to you too! Contact: <a href="mailto:miles.wilker@gmail.com">miles.wilker@gmail.com</a></span></p>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:38pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Below is the link to sign up to reserve a seat on the bus(es) that will take people from Boston to the 1/26 rally & march against the northeast tar sands pipeline in Portland, ME.  The bus will leave at 9am (exact location TBA but likely at a Red Line T stop) and will return by 6pm to the same location.  The cost is approximately $20 per person (sliding-scale).  We will send you the PayPal payment link once it's set up.<br class="kix-line-break">
<br class="kix-line-break">For more info about these buses, contact </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(0,0,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:sophie@betterfutureproject.org">sophie@betterfutureproject.org</a></span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:15pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sign up for the bus here:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-right:15pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dGhtcEZjZDY5eHR6dnZrOGl1bkVNc1E6MQ"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(59,89,152);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dGhtcEZjZDY5eHR6dnZrOGl1bkVNc1E6MQ</span></a></p>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5. Seeking a Community Organizer for JP NET</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Job Opening</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Institute for Policy Studies and the JP New Economy Transition (JP</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NET) are *seeking to hire a full-time community organizer*, focused</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">on engaging the diverse communities within JP and promoting the</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">transition to a new economy.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The organizer will conduct outreach to Jamaica Plain residents,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">coordinate neighborhood events, supervise youth interns, liaise with</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">community-based groups, mobilize JP NET participants and support</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">leadership development for volunteer-led initiatives.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm hoping you'll help spread the word about this opportunity through</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">your networks - we're looking at a pretty quick turnaround, with</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">*applications due January 15th*. * The position description is available</span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at this link: *</span><br>
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<a href="http://jptransition.org/2012/12/17/organizer-job/"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://jptransition.org/2012/12/17/organizer-job/</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><</span><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W6l3%2FkiyRRjKCPUgOyM85QbNe7AA5OIY"><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W6l3%2FkiyRRjKCPUgOyM85QbNe7AA5OIY</span></a><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Email inquiries should be sent to Samantha at </span><span style="font-size:19px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:jobsneips@gmail.com">jobsneips@gmail.com</a></span><br>
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</b></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits of the few." passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly 11/29/11</div>