January 13 and 14 Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Regional Occupy Meeting

In December, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Occupy Meeting came together with participants from a dozen different small town and city Occupations. Occupy Scranton volunteered to host the January meeting. The body decided not to be a decision-making body, but a collaboration body. Proposals can be fleshed out and then sent back to each Occupy to be ratified. To see examples of proposals, check out our Proposals page and feel free to submit your own.


BENEFIT CONCERT AND AWARDS SHOW, January 13
$5-$10 at the door
Featuring:
Sarah Yzkanin ( http://www.reverbnation.com/sarahyzkanin )
Misled Youth ( http://www.reverbnation.com/joshuakizer )
Alex Lotorto ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZP2AEWoMjU )
Richard Tucker (vocals/acoustic guitar)
3 to Breathe ( http://www.3tobreathe.com/downloads.php )
*More Artists TBA*




WORKSHOPS AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Saturday, January 14th


DIRECT ACTION TRAINING Part I, January 14 9am-Noon, Vintage Theater http://www.scrantonsvintagetheater.com/Occupy Scranton and members of Marcellus Earth First! will be offering a direct action training on January 14 from 9am to Noon at the Vintage Theater. It will be tailored for anti-fracking activism and rural direct action, but will be useful for everyone.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY @ NOON, Steamtown Mall Food Court
At December's meeting, the body decided not to be a decision-making body, but a collaboration body. Proposals can be fleshed out and then sent back to each Occupy to be ratified. To see examples of proposals, check out our Proposals page on www.scrantonregionaloccupy.blogspot.com and feel free to submit your own.


DIRECT ACTION TRAINING, Part II @ 1pm, Courthouse Square, Occupy Scranton camp on Linden St. (bundle up!)

The group will gather outside the Vintage Theater and move to the Occupy Scranton camp on Linden St. to role play a direct action on the lawn.

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, 8pm, The Bog 
*Finding Community and Humanity In The Midst Of a Social Crisis*
Do not forget about this will be a great intellectual event. Dr Dan is a great speaker and I hope to see everyone there. Invite everyone.
http://www.facebook.com/events/342935165718587/
"Noted existential psychoanalyst Dr. Dan L. Edmunds will discuss about the impact of oppression in creating emotional distress, economic situations that have put persons in a feeling of survival mode, and issues of disparity and inequality. Dr. Edmunds will also discuss the current medicalization of human experience leading to persons becoming numb and apathetic. Following, Dr. Edmunds invites an open dialogue about solutions and ways we can once again forge community and create a more just society."