Next General Assembly of Occupied Ottawa, home of the global Occupy Movement in the Canadian capital:
- When: Wednesday, May 16 at 7pm
- Where: Confederation Park @ The Fountain
Everyone is Welcome!
General Assemblies consist of:
- Committee announcements
- Committee proposals
- Individual announcements
- and Individual proposals
You’re all welcome to join us and join in the democratic conversation on the issues of our time.
Next General Assembly of Occupied Ottawa, home of the global Occupy Movement in the Canadian capital:
- When: Sunday, May 13 at 1pm
- Where: Confederation Park @ The Fountain
Everyone is Welcome!
General Assemblies consist of:
- Committee announcements
- Committee proposals
- Individual announcements
- and Individual proposals
In particular we are preparing for the May 12 park squat, and anyone who wants to be involved is invited to come to a GA and connect with the ReOccupy committee which is organizing the May 12 event.
From www.MayDayOttawa.ca:
Join us in Solidarity Against Austerity
Take to the streets on May 1 to stop the cuts. Help bring the Maple Spring to Ottawa.
11:30am at Confederation Park. 12pm at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Your support is needed today to build a broad mobilization to stop the cuts to our public services and defend our rights. The recent Ontario and Federal budgets are a declaration of economic warfare on the 99%. We need to unite to resist this. We need to do so right now. And we need your help to make it happen. Canada is not broke. It’s about priorities.
Occupy Ottawa, the home of the Occupy movement in the Canadian capital, has a new name: Occupied Ottawa.
Since Wall Street was occupied on September 17th, 2011, this global movement was has been known as “Occupy.” However, most of the Ottawa valley is still unceded Algonquin territory and North America is colonized land. Because of this, many in the Indigenous community and others have taken issue with the idea of “Occupying” already occupied land.
To acknowledge this, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, the General Assembly of Ottawa/Outaouais decided to change the name of the Ottawa group to “Occupied Ottawa.”
Because Occupy has become an international movement, with Occupations around the globe, the desire to maintain ties was also an important factor in our discussions. For these reasons, we chose the name “Occupied Ottawa” over other suggested options.
According to Occupied Ottawa member John Bainbridge, “The name ‘Occupied Ottawa’ acknowledges that this Land is unceded Algonquin Territory and how corporations have occupied the government, the media and our lives, influencing politics, war, news and the economy. However, our General Assembly has been otherwise occupied, with education, networking and actions, working against these influences.”
Since we set up camp on October 15th, 2011, this movement has come a long way in a short time. This name is a symbol of that change and is only the beginning. Occupied Ottawa returns to the streets, on May 12th.
This name is just the beginning. Plans to re-camp on May 12th are under way and we will be hosting “Take Back Democracy! A Conference for Education, Solidarity and Action”, from June 1st to the 3rd.
