Statements

Press Release

March 22, 2012
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March 22–Last Thursday, March 15, attendees of the Occupy Midwest Conference were peacefully complying with police orders to vacate Compton Hill Reservoir Park, when they were violently attacked by St. Louis City police officers. The Occupy Movement is a collective response to social injustice and corporate greed. Rather than addressing the ongoing crisis of families being foreclosed on and the resulting destabilization of neighborhoods, a high unemployment rate, and the corporate syphoning of money from public education, the city of St. Louis is using it’s resources to repress a non-violent assembly.

“We felt very safe in the park until the police showed up. As we were crossing the street to leave, a line of blue charged into the crowd – batons swinging – and began striking people. It was chaos. The screams of those being beaten were terrifying to hear. I felt helpless,” reports Carrie Bumgardner Luna.

Despite the fact that he was not resisting arrest, one Occupier was repeatedly beaten in the face with the butt of a mag-lite. After already being beaten and cuffed, an officer then methodically snapped and broke two of his fingers. Another Occupier was repeatedly beaten in the head requiring staples. Both Occupiers were hospitalized. A third Occupier was hit in the neck and choked with a baton, thrown to the ground and kicked in the face causing permanent damage to his jaw structure.

“It’s shocking and disheartening to see people you love being violently attacked, bleeding from their bruised faces. It was a senseless betrayal of trust. It really helps me better understand what people of color in our city go through every day,” said Oren Goldberg.

Occupy St. Louis has always been responsible stewards of public space and disavow the graffiti damage done to the Compton Hill Reservoir Park.

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Occupy the Midwest

March 14, 2012
By
Occupy the Midwest 
St. Louis, MO March 15-18th
regional conference & actions

Join us to elevate our movement to the next level with cities from across the region coming together to learn from each other, take action, and discuss how to move forward. 

This moment is nothing short of America rediscovering the strength we hold when we come together as citizens to take action to address crises that impact us all.

Such a movement cannot be evicted. Some politicians may physically remove us from public spaces — our spaces — and, physically, they may succeed. But we are engaged in a battle over ideas. Our idea is that our political structures should serve us, the people — all of us, not just those who have amassed great wealth and power. We believe that is a highly popular idea, and that is why so many people have come so quickly to identify with Occupy Wall Street and the 99% movement.

You cannot evict an idea whose time has come.*



TAKE ACTION

Foreclose on Bank of America
Thursday :  4 – 5PM  Kiener Plaza (7th & Market)

“There are two things every American needs to know about Bank of America.  The first is that it’s corrupt… It is a giant, raging hurricane of theft and fraud… The second is that all of us, as taxpayers, are keeping that hurricane raging.”

— Matt Taibbi breaks it down for us. Read More

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Monsanto Action : The only thing GREEN about Monsanto is their $$$. 

Friday : 12 PM (NOON)   Meet at Tower Grove Park (Arsenal & Grand)


Why are companies like Monsanto allowed to profit from their control of the food supply while the rest of us have to struggle for affordable, healthy food?
Companies like Monsanto have enormous economic and political power. Their campaign contributions determine the outcome of elections. Their lobbyists write our laws.

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Peabody Energy:  Teach-in and Action
Friday: 4-5PM Keiner Plaza (7th & Market)
Head-quartered here in St Louis, Peabody Coal is bankrupting our city and destroying communities, come take action with us to demand justice. Representatives from impacted communities will educate us on the practices of the world’s largest coal company.
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Wells Fargo is a Snake: St. Patrick’s Action
Saturday: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM  Wells Fargo Securities (Market & Ewing)
St. Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland after driving out all the snakes on the island. Join us to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day by banishing out the 1% Snakes of St. Louis. Wells Fargo took millions in bail out money, avoids paying taxes, and is busy wrecking our neighborhoods by foreclosing on families.

Check out the Calendar for more information about Teach-ins, Discussions, Speakers, General Assemblies, and Music.

Occupy St. Louis Official Statement of Tactical Nonviolence

February 17, 2012
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Statement of tactical non-violence for St. Louis. This is adopted from Occupy Pittsburgh:

 

In solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and other occupations across the country, Occupy St. Louis has adopted the strategy of Tactical Nonviolence.

We are calling this approach Tactical Nonviolence because it limits itself to actual tactics that we will be using, at this time and in this place. It does not demand acceptance of any specific religious, philosophical or political world-view, and though compatible with the ideas of nonresistance and pacifism, it does not ultimately require them; nor is it taken quite so far as those sometimes are. Tactical Nonviolence does not, for instance, rule out all forms of personal self-defense, civil disobedience or direct action, and there is no simple formula covering every possible set of circumstances.

However, Tactical Nonviolence does remain a practical and effective way to empower the disempowered in asymmetrical conflict by concentrating all our efforts toward addressing the real issues, where violence tends to obscure them, and itself becomes the issue.

THEREFORE,  to foster unity across the broad spectrum of views held by those here assembled, to promote the safety of every member of this community, and to help reduce the distortion or dilution of our message to those of the 99% who are not yet with us, we agree to the following points, while at or near Occupy St. Louis’s encampment or actions:
• not to initiate physical violence with members of the police, Occupy participants and supporters, or public,
• if attacked by either, to respond in ways that seek to minimize harm to persons, and
• to abstain from provocative destruction of property.

The General Assembly retains the power to clarify or modify this statement as needed.

Official OSTL statement on Muslims in America Vs. Lowes

December 21, 2011
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The OCCUPY Movement has taken notice of the recent divestment of millions in ad dollars by 60 major corporations, including Lowe’s & Bank of America, from a time slot on cable television network The Learning Channel occupied by a reality-TV program portraying the everyday lives of Detroit-area Muslim families in today’s America.

Listed here are corporate entities confirmed to have participated in the divestment:

3M (Command, Scotchbrand tape), Airborne Vitamin, Anheuser Busch Inbev (Select55), Art Instruction Schools, Bamboozles,  Bank of America (Cash Rewards), Bare Escentuals, Brother International (Ptouch), Campbell’s Soup, Capital One, Church & Dwight (Oxi Clean, Arm & Hammer), City Furniture, Conagra (Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes), Corinthian Colleges (Everst411), Cotton, Inc., Cumberland Packing (Sweet’N Low), Dell computers,  Diamond Foods (Kettlebrand Chips),  Estee Lauder (Clinique),  ET Browe (Palmer’s Cocoa butter),  Gap,  General Motors (Chevy Runs Deep), Good Year,  Green Mountain Coffee, Guthy Renker (Proactiv), Hershey kisses, Home Depot,  Honda North America,  HTC Phones, Ikea, JC Penney, JP Morgan Chase (Chase Sapphire), Kayak.com, Kellogg (Special K), Koa Brands (John Frieda),  Leapfrog Enterprise (Leapster Explorer),  Lowe’s Mars (Dove Chocolate), McDonald’s, Nationwide Insurance, News Corp, Nintendo (Mariokartz.com),  Novartis (Theraflu), Old Navy, Pernod Ricard (Kahlua), Petsmart, Pier One,  Pfizer (Centrum vitamin),  Procter & Gamble (Align Probiotic, Crest, Febreze, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, Pur, Tide), Prudential Financial,  Radio Shack, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse,  SC Johnson (Drano, Glade, Scrubbing Bubbles),  Sears , Signet (Kay Jewelers), Sonic Drive-ins, Subaru, THQ (uDraw), T-Mobil,  Toyota (Camry), Volkswagen,  Vtech (Mobi Go, V Reader), Wal-Mart, Whirlpool (Maytag).

These corporate giants have yanked their support from the program All American Muslim after bowing to pressure from far-rightwing groups including The Florida Family Association, which waged open campaigns earlier this year to pressure corporations to pull their sponsorship; and the hate-website “Bare Naked Islam”, which is taking partial credit for the ad-pull.

Occupy St. Louis hereby expresses our outrage that supposedly-patriotic corporate entities like  Lowe’s & Bank of America, businesses patronized by American Muslims, would engage in such an open and blatant act of discrimination of an oppressed US minority group.

Since September 11th, 2001 Muslim Americans have been singled out through profiling by government and law enforcement/intelligence agencies, National “Security” policy including – but not limited to The Patriot Act, and media/entertainment industry mis-characterizations including flagrantly racist & increasingly xenophobic generalizations in what passes for “mainstream news” media, today.  Even the most mainstream, “respectable” politicians have participated in Islam a-phobic fear-mongering and the spreading of discriminatory propaganda in the name of the US “War On Terror”.

The Constitutional right of freedom of religion is a basic right for everyone; NO ONE excluded.  While Lowe’s, BOA and over 60 other major corporations involved in this outrage practice their presumed right to do business in the US and accept the business of Muslim Americans who patronize those services, they deny the rights of others to learn about one of the major religions of the world, and have chosen to participate in one of the lowest forms of discrimination possible.

The Occupy Wall Street Movement is opposed to all forms of exclusion and discrimination based upon race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual identity, age, etc.  As we stand united, Wall Street and those who worship money, seek to divide the 99%.  We – the people will not allow the 1% to continue to use discriminatory practices to divide and conquer the 99% here, or abroad!

Occupy St. Louis hereby puts Lowe’s, in particular, on notice that we will be participating in the call to protest and commercial boycott sent out by The Islamic Circle of North America, and that we will encourage our supporters, friends, neighbors, community, and allies to do the same and spread the message that no corporate giant will be allowed any longer to go un-noticed when they participate in the politics of hate and division.

We reject the anti-human and anti-American creed of hatred promoted by Lowe’s, by Bank of America, & by any corporate entity.  How “low” can corporate America go?

Official Press Statement 11-15-2011

November 15, 2011
By

Official Press Statement

Occupy St. Louis

Contact:  occupystlouis@gmail.com

November 15, 2011–In the last several days there has been much going on at Occupy St. Louis. This Press Release is being issued to summarize these events.

As a result of National Bank Transfer Day $4.5 billion was successfully transferred from giant ‘too big to fail’ banks to local credit unions and small local banks. “Bank of America was specifically targeted in St. Louis where they have a strong corporate presence,” stated Occupier Glenn Burleigh.

The above success coincided with other factors:  the upcoming corporate use of this public space by the Macy’s parade, a Chevrolet scavenger hunt, and a meeting between the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis and Mayor Francis Slay. These events ultimately led to the eviction of Occupy St. Louis from Freedom Square (formerly Kiener Plaza).

On Friday, November 11, twenty-seven Occupiers were arrested in a peaceful protest of Occupy St. Louis’ eviction. Will Smith, one of those arrested had this to say, “I’m furious that instead of protecting the city the St. Louis Police Department  spent countless hours and man power preparing to break up a peaceful assembly.”  This eviction came on the heels of 42 consecutive days of demonstrated success by Occupy St. Louis in maintaining a positive presence and sharing this public space with other members of the public.

This act of civil disobedience by Occupy St. Louis was an assertion of our First Amendment right to Freedom of Assembly. We recognize that there has been an encroachment of civil law that abridges the Constitutional rights of the American people. In the words of Patrick Henry, “The Constitution is not an instrument for the Government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the Government:  lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”

Occupy St. Louis will remain in existence as long as the issues that led to our creation continue to exist.  To that end, on Thursday,  November 17 Occupy St. Louis joins the National Occupy Movement in calling for a Global Day of Action Against Austerity. Thursday, November 17, at 3:00 pm, Occupy St. Louis will rally with union members and community activists at Freedom Square at 7th and Market, to be followed by a march through the streets of downtown St. Louis.

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Hey Hey, Ho, Ho: The Occupiers Will Not Go!

November 11, 2011
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Official Press Statement

Contact: media@occupystl.org

Hey Hey, Ho, Ho: The Occupiers Will Not Go!

On November 10, 2011 Occupy St Louis received notification from the city of St Louis that we have 24 hours to remove all structures and obey the city curfew laws before they would forcibly remove our non-violent occupation from Freedom Square (formerly known as Kiener Plaza). Since October 1st, we have maintained a peaceful occupation in this public space, founded on the principle that large corporations have too much influence in the actions of our government. Mayor Slay and his Senior Staff have once again validated this by bowing to pressure from the Downtown Partnership of St Louis to restrict our First Amendment Rights to peaceably assemble.

Since its inception, Occupy St Louis has been a model of cooperation and non violence, and has made Freedom Square a safer, cleaner place. The city claims that in addition to violation of curfew that the tents and supplies we have in Freedom Square are a direct violation of city ordinance and provide a safety concern. We strongly disagree and believe that our encampment is a valid form of political speech justified by the First Amendment. Additionally this precedent has been set in other occupied cities across the nation.

On November 10, 2011 Mayor Slay stated in his personal blog that the city would be creating a space for a 24/7 public demonstration. On November 9th, senior members of the Mayor’s staff attended our General Assembly to propose this space to us as a possible alternative to Freedom Square. This was not a proposal, but rather an ultimatum to Occupy St Louis. The City had already made up its mind on the course of action that it would be taking. This new space would not allow for tents or occupation, which we feel are a valid forms of political speech. This proposal was blocked by a consensus of our General Assembly. The General Assembly uses consensus as our decision making process. It allows for all participants to have an equal voice. Occupy St Louis maintains that just because one states they are using the consensus process, does not mean that they are actually using it.

Occupy St Louis hopes that Mayor Slay realizes that our freedom to assemble is not limited to one space, but guaranteed to all people, in any public space, at any time. We believe that we are engaged in a vital attempt to restore the cornerstone of American ideals: equality, unity, and social mobility. St Louis City must recognize that Occupy St Louis is not mutually exclusive with public safety and the common good, but an ally in promoting social justice and in preserving order downtown. The medium is the message and our medium is occupation.

Occupy St. Louis Cites City for Violations

November 7, 2011
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Official Press Statement

Contact: occupystlouis@gmail.com

Occupy St. Louis Cites City for Violations

November 7, 2011—Today OccupySTL is issuing an open statement regarding the group’s presence in Kiener Plaza. The statement reads:

Occupy St. Louis is one of many encampments that exist as a solidarity movement with the Occupy Wall Street movement, which formed to publicly attest to the fact that corporations control far too much of our economy and political life. This movement has received vast support across the country. How ironic, then, that Mayor Slay has decided to stop listening to the complaints of the people and instead heed the complaints of the corporate groups who control the city. This week, Downtown Partnership met with the mayor’s office and told him to shut us down. He responded to their call. No more fitting example could illustrate who is pulling the strings. (For a list of those who voiced the words behind the Mayor’s blog: http://www.downtownstl.org/AboutUs/PartnershipforDowntownStLouis/PartnershipBoard.aspx)

The Occupy St. Louis movement is further disappointed that the mayor has chosen to hide behind false accusations to sway public opinion and to indicate that he has spoken to Occupy St. Louis. There has been no communication between the Mayor’s office and Occupy St. Louis-only blog posts that have not been sent to Occupy St. Louis. The mayor’s chief of staff is quoted as saying that Kiener Plaza “reeks of urine.” Anyone is welcome to come to the site to see that this is not true. The occupiers have done a remarkable job of maintaining a clean and orderly space. The other allegations issued by the Parks Department are equally untrue in blaming the occupiers for a host of grievances, ranging from the ridiculous (glass bottles), to the obscene, (public urination). Occupy St. Louis has always adhered to the idea that public spaces are public spaces and we have no grounds to tell people to leave, other than to encourage everyone to adhere to our safe space policy. The Mayor blames Occupy St. Louis, (which is not an organization but a group of autonomous individuals coming together to make decisions collectively) for behaviors that are almost universally the actions of individuals not participating in Occupy activities and would most likely have occurred regardless of our presence. The mayor’s other concern, that the occupiers must give way to allow for other events, is equally unfair. We have shared the Plaza with other groups on several occasions so far; it is everyone’s space and everyone is welcome. On the other hand, a Macy’s display with the occupiers evicted might just be enough to convince many in the area to Occupy the Holidays by shopping only at smaller local businesses.

To put these accusations in perspective, we are issuing today our own list of violations committed by the city, of which Mayor Slay has been the chief executive for eleven years. Some of the violations cited illustrate the inconsistent application of laws that the mayor now wants to use against Occupy St. Louis. These are cases of hypocrisy and raise serious questions about unequal protection under the law. Other violations show the city’s cooperation with Big Business and demonstrate complicity in the economic oppression being raised by Occupy St. Louis. And of course, the violations include the incredible disparity and racial injustice that this City has long perpetrated on African Americans. In total, these violations make the trivial and untrue accusations raised against us pale in comparison.

Occupy St. Louis urges all people to stand with us and not corporate influence. We realize that our politicians continue to let themselves be used by Big Business and we are currently in a world where we let those who have money dictate who can be elected. It is up to all of us as individuals to decide where to stand as this movement sweeps the country. Occupy St. Louis’ issue is with abuse of corporate power. It is unfortunate that our elected officials have decided to continue to uphold that abuse. Individuals can let their voices be heard by joining OccupySTL and/or at the voting booth in 2012.

Violations

City of St. Louis

2000-2011

Charge

Citation
$15 million+ in corporate tax giveaways, including $2 million+ to Peabody Coal, in just a 2 year period http://www.stltoday.com/business/st-louis-opens-checkbook-to-keep-employers-downtown/article_2030e424-4d19-5c00-ae2b-5351bf21dab4.html
Failure to provide Missouri Constitutional right to an education Removal of city schools’ accreditation after mayoral interference
Failure to supervise police during towing scandal costing taxpayer money $700,000+ unpaid to city by towing company
Veto of the Civilian Review Board passed by the Board of Alderpersons Board Bill 69, 2006
Racial profiling—all-time high disparity index of 1.42 http://ago.mo.gov/VehicleStops/Reports.php?lea=587
Failure to adequately fund the firefighters and police pensions Firemen’s Retirement Fund et al v. City of St. Louis
Firing the city’s first African American fire chief without adequate cause Sherman George
Discrimination against Black Deputy Fire Chief Charles Coyle, wasting taxpayer money $350,000 judgment in Coyle v. City of St. Louis
LRA abuse: Hindering individual economic development for Corporate consolidation http://showmeinstitute.org/publications/policy-study/red-tape/507-standstill.html?qh=YToxOntpOjA7czoxMDoic3RhbmRzdGlsbCI7fQ%3D%3D
Encouraging the misrepresentation of taxpayer costs for the China Hub http://showmeinstitute.org/publications/report/corporate-welfare/534-china-hub-tax-incentives.html

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Citations
Failure to protect the taxpayer interests over those of the 1% Ballpark Village
Using the homeless as unpaid slave labor Johnson et al v. City of St. Louis
Illegal destruction of homeless persons’ property http://www.examiner.com/homelessness-in-st-louis/institutionalized-biases-against-homeless-citizens-st-louis
Failure to stop North City land grab and failure to enforce nuisance property ordinances against him Paul McKee
Moving North City’s highest voting ward, costing that area development money and influence Re-districting after 2000 census
Failure to enforce littering, lack of permit to block traffic, demonstrating near or on a street, public urination and noise ordinances World Series 2006 and 2011
St. Louis Infant Mortality Rate in mid-decade 3 times higher among blacks than whites and STL average well above Missouri’s http://www.stl-mcfhc.org/images/docs/FIMR_Annual_Report_2007.pdf

Amended Preamble to the 6th Official Statement

October 29, 2011
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The following bold text has been amended to the 6th Official Statement (below, approved 10/12/2011), as approved by two consecutive General Assemblies on October 24th:

As citizens of the world, we have a self-evident right to peaceably assemble to bring forth ideas and discussions concerning us all. We have witnessed occupied commons being harassed, a hypocrisy of the United State’s own high law, even as those occupied commons are peaceful. We assert this statement collectively to stand against this hypocrisy.

Occupy St. Louis issues the following statement of solidarity in response to the police actions taken against various Occupy Movements in the last 48 hours:

1. We specifically condemn all attacks and arrests made by the Boston police force against the persons of Occupy Boston, as well as all attacks and arrests made by any police force against any Occupy Movement.
2. We specifically condemn the destruction of the property of the Boston Occupiers.
3. We stand by our brothers and sisters as they assert their right to assemble peacefully and create a space in which their voices can be heard.
4. We support all occupations within the Occupy Movement in their efforts to maintain and occupy their chosen spaces.
5. We condemn all coordinated actions made against any occupation within the Occupy Movement.
6. We condemn all media bans of Occupy Movements worldwide.
7. We specifically support the cooperative spirit of the Mayor of Seattle in his requests to the Seattle police force to pull back from its actions against the Seattle Occupiers.
8. We specifically condemn the breakdown in cooperation between the Mayor of Seattle and the Seattle police force, primarily because of its potential to facilitate violent police action.
9. We wish to express our support for the continued, collaborative efforts of all Occupy Movements to disseminate information and updates about police actions taken against any Occupy Movement.
10. We wish to express our support for the continuation of every city’s Occupy Movement, no matter the opposition it has faced.

Hello, and Welcome to the Occupation

October 18, 2011
By

Hello and Welcome to the Occupation (updated)

The Sixth Official Statement of the Occupy St Louis General Assembly

October 12, 2011
By

Occupy St. Louis issues the following statement of solidarity in response to the police actions taken against various Occupy Movements in the last 48 hours:

1. We specifically condemn all attacks and arrests made by the Boston police force against the persons of Occupy Boston, as well as all attacks and arrests made by any police force against any Occupy Movement.
2. We specifically condemn the destruction of the property of the Boston Occupiers.
3. We stand by our brothers and sisters as they assert their right to assemble peacefully and create a space in which their voices can be heard.
4. We support all occupations within the Occupy Movement in their efforts to maintain and occupy their chosen spaces.
5. We condemn all coordinated actions made against any occupation within the Occupy Movement.
6. We condemn all media bans of Occupy Movements worldwide.
7. We specifically support the cooperative spirit of the Mayor of Seattle in his requests to the Seattle police force to pull back from its actions against the Seattle Occupiers.
8. We specifically condemn the breakdown in cooperation between the Mayor of Seattle and the Seattle police force, primarily because of its potential to facilitate violent police action.
9. We wish to express our support for the continued, collaborative efforts of all Occupy Movements to disseminate information and updates about police actions taken against any Occupy Movement.
10. We wish to express our support for the continuation of every city’s Occupy Movement, no matter the opposition it has faced.

OSTL Schedule

  • Events on May 19, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: May 19, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on May 20, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: May 20, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on May 22, 2012
    • OSTL Book Club
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: May 22, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: The World Community Center
      Description: The Education working group holds weekly book club meetings to discuss literature relevant to the movement.
  • Events on May 23, 2012
    • Facilitation Training
      Starts: 5:30 pm
      Ends: May 23, 2012 - 7:00 pm
      Location: Cu;ver Way EcoVillage
      Description: This training will take place on the 4th Wednesday of each month and is open to anyone interested in learning to facilitate meetings and/or General Assemblies and those wishing to revisit and expand their facilitation skills.
    • Evening General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: May 23, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl.
      Description: Wednesdays will be at Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl. If traveling on Lindell, turn N on Sarah and E on Westminster Pl. If coming from Olive, turn S onto Sarah and East on Westminster Pl.
  • Events on May 26, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: May 26, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on May 27, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: May 27, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on May 29, 2012
    • OSTL Book Club
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: May 29, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: The World Community Center
      Description: The Education working group holds weekly book club meetings to discuss literature relevant to the movement.
  • Events on May 30, 2012
    • Evening General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: May 30, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl.
      Description: Wednesdays will be at Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl. If traveling on Lindell, turn N on Sarah and E on Westminster Pl. If coming from Olive, turn S onto Sarah and East on Westminster Pl.
  • Events on June 2, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 2, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 3, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 3, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 5, 2012
    • OSTL Book Club
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 5, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: The World Community Center
      Description: The Education working group holds weekly book club meetings to discuss literature relevant to the movement.
  • Events on June 6, 2012
    • Evening General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 6, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl.
      Description: Wednesdays will be at Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl. If traveling on Lindell, turn N on Sarah and E on Westminster Pl. If coming from Olive, turn S onto Sarah and East on Westminster Pl.
  • Events on June 9, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 9, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 10, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 10, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 12, 2012
    • OSTL Book Club
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 12, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: The World Community Center
      Description: The Education working group holds weekly book club meetings to discuss literature relevant to the movement.
  • Events on June 13, 2012
    • Evening General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 13, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl.
      Description: Wednesdays will be at Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl. If traveling on Lindell, turn N on Sarah and E on Westminster Pl. If coming from Olive, turn S onto Sarah and East on Westminster Pl.
  • Events on June 16, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 16, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 17, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 17, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 19, 2012
    • OSTL Book Club
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 19, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: The World Community Center
      Description: The Education working group holds weekly book club meetings to discuss literature relevant to the movement.
  • Events on June 20, 2012
    • Evening General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 20, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl.
      Description: Wednesdays will be at Culver Eco-Village 3965 Westminster Pl. If traveling on Lindell, turn N on Sarah and E on Westminster Pl. If coming from Olive, turn S onto Sarah and East on Westminster Pl.
  • Events on June 23, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 23, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 24, 2012
    • General Assembly & Workgroup Meetings
      Starts: 1:00 pm
      Ends: June 24, 2012 - 2:00 pm
      Location: Freedom Square, also known as Kiener Plaza
      Description: General Assembly (GA) is held in the amphitheater at Market and 7th. If rained out, GA is held at Union Station at the food court by Sbarro's.
  • Events on June 26, 2012
    • OSTL Book Club
      Starts: 7:00 pm
      Ends: June 26, 2012 - 8:00 pm
      Location: The World Community Center
      Description: The Education working group holds weekly book club meetings to discuss literature relevant to the movement.
  • Events on June 27, 2012
    • Facilitation Training
      Starts: 5:30 pm
      Ends: June 27, 2012 - 7:00 pm
      Location: Cu;ver Way EcoVillage
      Description: This training will take place on the 4th Wednesday of each month and is open to anyone interested in learning to facilitate meetings and/or General Assemblies and those wishing to revisit and expand their facilitation skills.