Occupy Toledo Info - 2011

(posted at ToledoTalk.com in October 2011.)

Web presence:

• http://occupytoledo.org
• http://twitter.com/occupytoledo
• http://www.facebook.com/occupytoledo
• http://twitpic.com/photos/OccupyToledo
• http://www.livestream.com/occupytoledo
• http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23OccupyToledo
• online donations

Timeline:

• Occupy Toledo formed on September 28, 2011.
• 29 people attended the first meeting on September 30.
  • meeting notes
• The Revolution Collective will host these events on Sunday, October 9:
  • 12:00 p.m. - Sign-making party "Bring art supplies, poster board, and friends."
  • 4:00 p.m. - Non-violent, civil disobedience training
• Occupy Toledo will gather at Levis Square in downtown Toledo at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 10.
• Question about tents used at Levis Square. Answer: "... we're not sure yet whether there will be problems with the tents but a bunch of us are planning to camp out."
• Day one, Mon, Oct 10, 2011:
  • Photo and brief video of first general assembly held at 1:00 p.m.
  • Estimated 150 to 200 people attended first GA.
  • Police allowed people to stay the night at Levis Square but tents were prohibited.
• Day two, Tue, Oct 11, 2011:
  • summary
  • Morning photos
  • At least 60 to 70 people attended the 7:00 p.m. GA.
  • Proposal to be submitted to the parks department
  • Occupy Toledo's Safer Space Policy
• Day three, Wed, Oct 12, 2011:
  • summary
  • 7pm GA notes
  • Request - "Tarps, sleeping bags, pillows, and blankets are needed for Occupy Toledo. Drop them off at Woodchucks, Levis Square."
  • Need - "extra grill or hot plate"
  • Now livestreaming at times at http://www.livestream.com/occupytoledo
• Day four, Thu, Oct 13, 2011:
  • summary
  • Request - "We need writers, film makers, computer tech & social media people, internet & web people, bloggers, and general media involvement. If you are interested please meet on Saturday October 15 at 11am at the information booth at the Occupy Toledo site"
  • 12:30 p.m. march "to One Govt. Center in solidarity for the rally against Issue 2."
  • Afternoon images
• Day five, Fri, Oct 14, 2011:
  • "Power has been shut off."
• Day six, Sat, Oct 15, 2011:
  • 1pm GA notes
  • potluck lunch picnic
  • afternoon march from Levis Square to International Park for rally
  • Facebook discussion about whether non-overnighters should have the same say as those staying overnight.
• Day seven Sun, Oct 16, 2011:
  • 1pm GA notes
  • approx 50 people attended the afternoon GA with "visitors from other occupations: occupy indy, cleveland, san jose california, philadelphia, and baltimore"
• Day eight, Mon, Oct 17, 2011:
  • asking people to contact Toledo Mayor Mike Bell and request that he allow tents for those occupying Levis Square.
  • request for charcoal, white gas, heavy coats, and blankets for warmth.
  • Minutes and Proposal Documentation Template

Toledo Talk threads

• Occupy Toledo
• Occupy Toledo - photos from Oct 11, around 9am
• Occupy Toledo Day 2 - Assembly
• First the 99%'ers and then comes....
• Wall Street Corporate Thugs Attack Peaceful Demonstrators
• October 15 Global Day Of Action
• Occupy Toledo Day 4 at 3p
• Occupy Toledo Day 5
• Occupy Toledo Day 6
• Occupy Toledo Day 7 - A Request
• Occupy Toledo Day 9
• The Occupation Of Toledo Continues
• Toledo Still Under Occupation!!!!

Related elsewhere:

• http://occupywallst.org
• http://nycga.net
• http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-wall-street
• http://twitter.com/YourAnonNews
• http://chat.indymedia.org
• http://occupytogether.org
• http://occupytogether.wikispot.org
• http://pastebin.com/trends
• http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23OccupyWallStreet
• http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23OccupyWallStreet
• http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=occupy+wall+street&aq=0z&oq=occup
• http://occupyweb.org/news.html

Forums

• http://nycga.net/forums
• http://www.occupytogether.com/forum/discussions
• http://themultitude.org/forum
• http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet
• http://occupywallst.org/forum
• http://www.occupyr.com

Articles and threads:

• The Occupy Portland Model - [ mirrored ]
• Occupy Handbook - 8 mb PDF file
• Revolution: a How-to from Anonymous to the Citizens of the World
• "troublesome city ordinances for #OccupyCleveland":http://neverconsideredformassproduction.tumblr.com/post/10784043151/troublesome-city-ordinances-for-occupycleveland
• How to Get a Permit for a Protest
• How To Protest and Not Get Arrested
• How Not To Get Arrested
• Proposed list of demands
• http://github.com/occupyhack/occupy-hack-wiki/wiki/Occupied-WSJ

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