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*Good Morning from Occupy Boston! *

*Stories of the Day. *Both the New York Times
<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2011%2F12%2F27%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Feconomic-slide-took-a-detour-at-capitol-hill.html%3Fhp&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFdGKJscGxVF8oDyur6Jq2Jj6CtEA>and
the Washington Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/growing-wealth-widens-distance-between-lawmakers-and-constituents/2011/12/05/gIQAR7D6IP_story.html>
 document how while most American's saw their wages decline, members of
Congress continued to get richer and richer due to their deep connections
with Big Busisess.

*Occupy Boston. *The strange
saga<http://bostinno.com/2011/12/27/bpd-subpoenas-occupy-boston-twitter-accounts-mistakenly-confuses-handles-hashtags/>
 of the Boston Police Department subpoenaing hashtags and accounts
mistakenly believed to be run by Occupy Boston continues.

*Other Occupies. *Paul Rogat Loeb argues if you care about climate change,
its time to Occupy Exxon <http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/27-2>.
***Wednesday, December 28th, 2011*

*If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once
that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions
on the human mind. – Wilhelm von Humboldt*

*Please join us. *To pay respects to the Arredondo family as they say
goodbye to, and celebrate the life of, Brian Arredondo. Brian's funeral
mass is this morning, 10:00am, at the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish; on 97
South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

*And please join us. *

*There's More: *Check out our Daily
Calendar<http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/>  for
a list of all events at Occupy Boston.
*Volunteer Opportunities/Announcements.*

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*The Tiny Tent Task* Force needs your crafty skills to help spread the
message of Occupy Boston! We will be holding a tiny tent construction party
at Encuentro 5 (33 Harrison Ave, 5th floor in Chinatown) on Wednesday 12/28
from 5:30 – 8:30. Come down and help us build dozens of tiny tents to be
hidden throughout the city and beyond. We can’t occupy everywhere, but our
tiny tents can!

*The Creative Action and Subversive
Art<http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/12/25/occupy-boston-creative/>
 (C.A.S.A.)* working group is holding their first open, public meeting on
12/28, 8:00-9:30, right after the Tiny Tent Construction event — at
Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave in Chinatown. We will be meeting to discuss
ideas, skills and resources for future creative work at Occupy Boston. This
is an open call to all occupiers, innovators, artists, non-artists,
culture-jammers, creative thinkers, curious onlookers, and active citizens
alike to come join in our conversation! Please check out the
CASA<http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Creative_Actions_and_Subversive_Arts>
wiki-page
for more information.

*Occupy Boston #D30* is this
Friday<https://www.facebook.com/events/263899113668779/>!
Bring a pillow. Prepare to meander, all the while celebrating our 3 month
anniversary and paying tribute to the 46 arrested on Dec10 & the 141
arrested on Oct11  Solidarity

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*Wednesday, December 28*

9:00am MAMLEO - Food Drive Drop Off

10:00am FOOD BANK DROP OFF

10:00am Funeral Mass for Brian Arredondo

5:00pm Inreach WG Meeting

5:00pm Facilitation WG Meeting

5:00pm Housing Crisis WG Meeting

5:30pm Tiny Tent Task Force Meeting

6:00pm Finance and Accountability WG Meeting

6:30pm The Boston Occupier WG Meeting

7:00pm Media WG meeting

7:00pm Writer's Caucus Meeting

8:00pm CASA: Creative Actions, Subversive Arts

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