[Occupymendocino] OM Facebook protest planned

Thu Jan 1 19:02:07 PST 2015

I appreciate Ruby's sentiments, as well as everyone else. I haven't been consistantly present and I can certainly acknowledge the real work that several of you have been doing. I have at least a couple of photos online holding signs so that if we get put into camps, I'll be with the right people. :)

I applauded the spirit and action of the girls, online, they seem aware of what they are doing and the choices they've made. They deserve the opportunity to test present boundaries and find self expression, which is part of what school is all about, without being repressed because of everyone's fears. Choose love over fear is my most basic motto.

Also, I thought the article of Ms. Benefield of the Press Democrat was fair and equitable in covering the various issues, sides and expressions of the issues and stating the various questions, for all of us, that these issues bring up. Benefield: Muting protest by Mendocino girls is an

Thanks,
Kelton
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     On Thursday, January 1, 2015 4:46 PM, Tammy Davis <tammysue_123 at att.net> wrote:

  Hi Jessie - and Happy 2015! I hope you are well and feeling happy

 I wish you had been there too. I left the meeting feeling really energized. I am guessing that there were around 30 or so people in attendance. It was a casual exchange of ideas, suggestions and some discussion on things like:

 Where do we go from here, now that we successfully passed Measure S?
 Did the language used in Measure S afford us more far-reaching benefits than we realized?
 What specific changes still need to be addressed in our communities?
 What "on the ground"activities or strategies can we think of to move forward and implement solutions?
 How do we become a more cohesive, sharing and collaborative network?

 I made a few new and much appreciated connections (in the areas of local food, time banks, solutions to homelessness, and MRC's consistent applications of persistent poisons.) I also gained a much needed sense of validation. 

 Tammy

 We cast our vote with every dollar we spend, so we must be mindful as to where we are directing our support.
 Responsibility for changing the world belongs to each of us.

  On 12/31/2014 11:12 PM, Jessie VanSant wrote:

 Did anyone attend the Town Meeting in Mendocino last night?? 
  Wish I had gone…. 
  Reportage please!!! 
  btw - the kids asked for our support and we can participate in all/any ways we choose. 
  Jessie Lee VanSant
 vjessielee at gmail.com
 707-964-5511
 "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.” MLK Jr.

   On Dec 31, 2014, at 10:30 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote: 

so sad when stating one's opinion is represented as "telling others what
 to do" - maybe "please" has no meaning anymore.....

 I'm happy to have heard about Jose and all the students that took the ball
 on the protest and KEPT IT AWAY FROM THE GAME TIME -

 Nancy

 Dear Ms Nancy Wallace-Nelson

 If this is not important to you, then you should not participate. But
 please do not tell anyone else what is important to them or what they
 should do. If we can grieve over Officer Fiorentino - which we
 rightfully and righteously did - we can grieve over the death of
 innocent black and other people of color.

 The only real heroes at the moment are the courageous young girls who
 refused to go along with this outrageous suppression of people's
 voices. Much more important than any game could ever be.

 ruby gold

 On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:24 AM, nlnelson at mcn.org wrote:

   As a retired teacher who has worked in both Mendocino and Fort
 Bragg,
 and who has seen first hand the differences in cultural attitudes in
 the
 two, I urge Occupiers to stay out of this one and NOT to do
 anything which could harm the mood of the event. We already have sad
 recent examples of sports confrontations that turned lethal. We do NOT
 need to risk another in FB.

   In this world of video-game frenzy, and WII couch potatoes,  I laud
 all
 students who still get out and play sports and who take them seriously.
 And I also respect Becky Walker very highly, and the fact that she
 mentions the murder of Officer Fiorentino is important, as she knows
 that the emotion about that event remains high and charged. Sadly,
 there are people who mistake protests against any officer as protest
 against their fallen heroes, and some of those people are very likely
 to attend this tournament.  Becky said it precisely: FB does not have
 the resources to deal with potential confrontations, so let's do
 nothing that could invoke such arguments,and ruin the event for the
 players who have trained hard and well.

    PLEASE let the kids who have decided to participate enjoy their
 sports
 time, and leave those with concerns to educate their peers. They'll
 educate peers better than we, and Occupy can work on education in other
 venues.

    People are NOT coming to the tournament for enlightenment or
 education. Success is knowing where to choose our battles, and this
 should NOT be one of them.

 Heartfelt, Nancy Wallace-Nelson

Jasper N Henderson 8:16pm Dec 27
 Dear Occupy Folks --
 I'm a Mendocino resident (just moved down from Fort Bragg) who has
 long

 admired what you guys are doing here. I was fairly heavily involved
 with
 Occupy Boston, spent some time at Occupy Wall St., and helped start
 Occupy

Harvard back in 2011. I'm also a graduate of Fort Bragg High, so I'm

 furious about Becky Walker and Bruce Triplett banning "Black Lives
 Matter"

t-shirts at their basketball tournament. So I'm calling for a protest

 this

coming Monday (the first day of the tournament) at 5PM. Can you share

 this

with your many supporters? Here's the text I wrote. Feel free to

 edit/change it.

Calling a protest for free speech and #BlackLivesMatter at the

 basketball

tournament at Fort Bragg High School, Monday the 29th, 5PM. Making

 national news, the tournament organizers disinvited the Mendocino High
 School boys and girls basketball teams out fear that they might wear
 #ICantBreathe t-shirts during their warm-up.

Come stand in solidarity with the Mendocino basketball teams and the

 #BlackLivesMatter movement. Let's show the world that Fort Bragg and
 Mendocino County support the protests across the country and the right
 of

free speech.
 Meet on the front steps of Fort Bragg High School, 300 Dana Street at

 5PM

and marching to the tournament entrance. Bring t-shirts, signs,
 banners,

 and candles.

Articles published all across the internet about the ban:
 http://l.facebook.com/l/ZAQFxbB9uAQHgM7U-
 TUxYbxySlaZxA3L6RyeshA8Us_4Ibw/www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/27/
 i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-high-school-basketball

 http://l.facebook.com/l/
 cAQFOnNrGAQFBfqoAlNmPb_HqHVDt4BhEM0jqgxqYx78kyQ/www.ibtimes.com/fort-
 bragg-high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-t-shirts-1768106
 http://l.facebook.com/l/
hAQGbQL7xAQErNAVTvcTdvsfQ7SWxnbG6uujhECgdZuOJ5g/www.buzzfeed.com/
davidmack/high-school-bans-i-cant-breathe-shirts-basketball-
 tournament%23.qwaG498Lk

 'I Can't Breathe' T-shirts see high-school basketball team disinvited
 from event
 www.theguardian.com
 Mendocino High School teams out of Fort Bragg tournament after too few

 members of girls team promise...

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