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Unconventional Denver Organizing Update!!

August 20, 2008 by Anonymous

Well, we’ve almost made it. The Democratic National Convention starts in five days which means that in four days, the real party begins. Unconventional Denver is putting the final touches on a week worth of festive and liberating actions, and now all we need is you. Here are a couple updates to bring you up to speed on what’s happening in Denver, what to expect, and how to plug in.

Well, it’s almost here. Here in Denver, the home of the Democratic National Convention this time around, Democrats are scurrying around writing the final pages of the spectacle; police are fitting their riot gear; local Denverites are rolling their eyes; and Unconventional Denver is putting the final touches on a week worth of festive and liberating actions; now all we need is you. Here are a couple updates to bring you to speed on what’s happening in Denver, what to expect, and how to plug in.

Convergence Center

We have a convergence center!! Located at 4301 Brighton Blvd in Denver, the convergence center is the perfect place for you and your crew to learn the down and dirty on the Mile High City and the coming festivities. It will also be host to nightly spokes councils, perhaps some music, and lots of awesome people. The convergence center is open to all the groups and people who are organizing outside the DNC, and will have information on all of the events happening during the week.

Please visit www.dncdisruption08.org to see the guidelines, policies, and other center info in the Welcome To The Convergence Space letter.

Spokes Councils

Unconventional Denver is organizing nightly spokes councils for coordinating direct action to disrupt the DNC, and a general direct action orientation will be held on Saturday 23rd at 6pm. All spokes councils will be held in the convergence center and focus on the next day’s action. They are scheduled around the major actions, rallies, and concerts during the week so there is no one set time for the spokes councils. The schedule for each day is:

Saturday 23rd: General DA Orientation, 6pm; Sunday Action Spokes: 7 pm

Sunday 24th: Monday Action Spokes: 7:30 pm

Monday 25th: Tuesday Action Spokes: 2pm-3:30pm

Tuesday 26th: Wednesday Action Spokes: 8pm

Wednesday 27th: Thursday Action Spokes: 9pm

Days of Action!

The DNC week is going to be packed full of fun and action. Unconventional Denver is organizing

Sunday- Reclaim the Streets!!

Kick off a week of resistance to the corrupt two-party system and capitalism with a rowdy street party that will reclaim public space from the police state occupation of Denver!

Monday- No Business As Usual!!

come one come all: demand No Business As Usual when the Democrats get together for their capitalist fundraising orgy. While they’re giving windbag speeches and doing really bad karaoke and charging a thousand dollars a plate to fill their election coffers - anarchists, agitators, and other assorted clowns will be on-hand to disrupt the flow of capital and corporate cronyism that funds this sham democracy.


Tuesday- We Vote No!! Change From Below, Not From Above!!

Join Unconventional Denver on Tuesday, August 26th as we take our message of liberation into the streets and to the Pepsi Center. Being that the convention is just a puppet show we seek to actively disrupt the convention’s media coverage through festive celebration of our success of surviving outside an oppressive system and the new world we are building.

Wednesday- No War! No Warming!!

Join us for a day of actions and alternatives in the streets of Denver.
Unconventional Denver is calling for both decentralized and coordinated direct actions
shutting down the sources of global warming and the corporations profiting from
environmental destruction and funding the Democratic party.

Thursday- Immigrant Rights! No More Borders!!

Join the Immigrant Rights March from Rude Park to Lincoln Park- demand an end to borders, racism, and capitalism! The rally begins at Rude Park at 9am and kicks off at 10am. There is talk of organizing an anti-authoritarian/anti-capitalist bloc within the march, though it is waiting approval from the organizers of the march.

Friday- D-Town 2 the Twins!!

Join Unconventional Denver as we wrap up our week here in Denver and travel up to the RNC in the Twin Cities to take part in the actions against the Republicans the following week. We will leave Friday morning from the convergence center at 10am and travel to Lawrence, KS for a night of ol’ fashioned camping revelry. At 9am the following morning, we will depart our friends in Lawrence and descend upon the Twin Cities recharged and energized for the week of resistance in the North.

Trainings

There will be many trainings happening through-out the week. Some will be in the convergence center, but many will be at Civic Center Park and City of Cueranvaca Park (don’t worry, it’s in downtown Denver). Trainings will range from non-violent direct action and human blockade trainings, to legal observer and know your rights trainings. Check out www.tentstate.org and www.recreate68.org or visit the convergence center for a list of the being offered in the parks during the week.

D-Town 2 the Twins!! An Unconventional Caravan!!

Unconventional Denver is organizing a caravan from Denver to the Twin Cities (look under Friday above for more details) and needs your participation! If you are someone who is planning on going from Denver to St. Paul, please send an email to dtown2thetwins@gmail.com. We are running tight on seats for people traveling, so if you are interested in making the trip and have car space for even one person and you are willing, please get in touch with us.

Sexual Assault
Unconventional Denver has a sexual assault policy in place to appropriately address issues of sexual assault in our movement and communities. Sexual Assault WILL NOT be tolerated in any DNC protests or radical Denver space. Unconventional Denver has an Accountability/Mediation Team (AMT) in place to support survivors and ensure that their needs are met. The AMT is a resource for survivors in making spaces as safe as possible and supporting them in their emotional/physical/wholeness needs. If you are a survivor (or an empowered representative) and have concerns or needs that need to be met, please contact the AMT at (970) 623-5629. Below is a brief summary of Unconventional Denver’s Sexual Assault Policy; please visit www.dncdisruption08.org to view the policy in it’s entirety (no really, check it out! There is a lot of information not in the policy below that you should know!) Survivors of intimate violence (a.k.a. domestic violence) who need support in anyway should also contact the AMT.

Our Response to Sexual Assault

Sexual Assault will not be tolerated at the DNC protests or other related events. Unconventional Denver sees two different situations arising at the DNC: 1) An assault happens during the protests/related event. 2) A survivor comes to Denver and their perpetrator is present. We have two different plans and guidelines to be followed for each situation. We will have an Accountability/Mediation Team (AMT, whose contacts are publicly available) that survivors/empowered representatives can approach to assist and support the survivor in their needs and requests.

1) An assault happens during the protests/related event. Due to the short term nature of all the DNC events and the immediacy of the situation, the requests of the survivor are foremost important. We will also take into account the risk the perpetrator poses to the rest of the community present and whether they constitute a threat that needs to be expelled. Only secondary (and on the request of the survivor) will we confront the perpetrator and begin an accountability process that can then be carried on in the perpetrator’s home community.

2) A survivor comes to Denver and their perpetrator who has not been through an accountability process is present/accountability process states that they are not welcome in spaces where the survivor is. We will respect and enforce the needs and requests of the survivor. We will begin the accountability process that the perpetrator will take part in back in their home community.

We encourage survivors to seek out whatever support they need from both the AMT and their community yet we realize how difficult this can be. We hope that the formation of this policy the AMT and publicly presenting it will help create a safe enough space where survivors can come to us if they need our support and assistance in addressing their situation.

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<p>Compiled by <a href="http://www.nhgazette.com/">The New Hampshire Gazette</a></p>

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