[Obupdates] Daily Digest - Sunday, November 20th 2011

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*Good Morning from Occupy Boston!*
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*Fact of the Day:* 100 million people, or one in three
Americans<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/us/census-measures-those-not-quite-in-poverty-but-struggling.html?pagewanted=all>are
either in poverty or in the fretful zone just above it.
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*News from other Occupations:*  Occupy Oakland calls for total west coast
port shutdown<http://occupywallst.org/article/occupy-oakland-calls-total-west-coast-port-shutdow/>on
12/12.

 Meanwhile, lobbyists are pitching memos to Wall Street firms on how to
undermine<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/19/us-lobbying-banks-idUSTRE7AI0YA20111119?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71>the
Occupy protests.

*Occupy Boston - Sunday, November 20th, 2011*

*Today's Weather and Events*:

*Events Highlights:* *Come to Occupy Boston's Volunteer Welcome Reception
today at 12:00pm!*

*Volunteer Welcome Day: *Meet with different Working Groups to see where
you can help and learn more in general about the Occupation. All are
welcome and encouraged to come on down, its a beautiful day to Occupy
Boston!

Check out our Calendar of Events <http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/> for
today, also posted at the bottom of this email.
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*Volunteer Opportunities:*

- *Faith and Spirituality Working Group* :To any person who considers
themselves spiritual in any way, the OB Faith and Spirituality Working
Group is looking for people to join the group, specifically to help tend
the Sacred Space (meditation tent).  We are also looking for people to host
workshops, discussions, services, teach-ins, or other activities related to
Faith and Spirituality tent.  Please email spiritual at occupyboston.com to
get involved.


*- Occupy Boston Film Series*: Are you interested in helping to organize an
ongoing film series at Occupy Boston?  There is some energy around this
idea, but we need more help to make it happen.  Please email
occupybostonfilms at gmail.com to get involved.

*Other Working Groups* seeking volunteers include Media, Legal, Food,
Outreach, Info Tent, Logistics, Library and many, many more.
 Click here <http://www.occupyboston.org/working-groups/> for a full list
of Working Groups and their contact information. See where you think your
strengths lay and where you can be most effective. We are looking for
support both on and off-site, so even if you can't come down there is
something to do!

*Donate!*
If you are able to, we are still looking for both
material<http://www.occupyboston.org/get-involved/logistics/>
 and financial <http://www.occupyboston.org/get-involved/donations/> support.
Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.
 For information on how our money is managed, please see our Financial
Accountability Working
Group<http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Finance_Working_Group>
 page.

Today's Events:

*Sunday, November 20*

11:00am **Transgender Awareness Workshop (FSU)

12:00pm **Harvey Wassermann: The History of Social Movements (FSU)

12:00pm Children's Storytime with Clara

12:00pm Faith & Spirituality WG Meeting

12:30pm ECC’s Collaborative Turkey Give-a-way!

1:30pm **Concert: TOSH 1 (Peter Tosh son) will shoot a music video &
performs)

3:00pm POC Working Group Meeting (People Of Color)

3:00pm March to Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil

4:00pm Facilitation Working Group Meeting

4:00pm **Reproductive Justice and Economic Justice (FSU)

5:00pm **Unemployment - Why Jobs Are Hard to Find & How We Can Create Many
More (FSU)

5:00pm **A Matter of Honor: Veterans & the First Amendment - Jim
Scarborough (FSU Speaker)

5:30pm Homeless And Allies Working Group

5:30pm Queer/Trans Working Group Meeting

5:30pm Universalist Unitarian Vespers Service

6:00pm **Speak Out on Sexism, Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment

6:00pm Houseless Community Meeting

6:30pm Safety meeting

7:00pm General Assembly


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*Contact Us*

Questions or concerns? Or are you a Working Group that wants volunteer
needs advertised in the Daily Digest? Please e-mail
InfoTent at OccupyBoston.org.
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