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Occupy Supply command post tent at Occupy Rochester
Occupy Supply is announcing a contest to give away five 11′ x 11′ command post tents worth $5000 each, three media laptops equipped with webcams for live streaming and twelve $100 gift certificates for supplies from the Occupy Supply store to reward occupations for their ongoing community activism.
DADT and Keystone XL Pipeline activist Lt. Dan Choi will personally deliver the five tents to the winning occupations, and host a celebration of the occupation’s achievements courtesy of Occupy Supply.
DEADLINE: Monday, 1/30/2012
The corporate media may be eager to eulogize the occupy movement, but Occupy Supply serves over 60 encampments across the country and we learn about new ones every day.
Local occupiers have helped stop the execution of a death row inmate. They’ve blocked the entrance to banks and demanded they divest from for-profit prisons. They’ve saved homeowners from eviction and forced cities to open homeless shelters.
Accomplishments like these should not go unnoticed. That’s why Occupy Supply is launching this contest to celebrate Occupy’s early successes and raise awareness of the people who are investing countless hours in the decidedly non-glamorous retail politics necessary to build a movement.
These brand new tents are equipped with presentation boards, tables and lighting systems. They have floors and liners to keep out the cold and wind, and provide the perfect setting for occupations to organize and plan for the spring. We recently gave one of these command post tents to Occupy Syracuse (photo above) who like it so much they have asked for another.
Some occupations have had their encampments evicted or have moved indoors, so we’ll also be awarding laptops with built-in webcams (perfect for livestreaming!) to the top 3 vote getting occupations that cannot use a tent.
- Nominations will open on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 9:00AM EST and close on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 11:59PM EST.
- There is no limit to the number of times an occupation can be nominated.
- Each nomination must be accompanied by a link that verifies the action for which the occupation is being nominated.
- In the case of multiple nominations per individual occupation, Occupy Supply will use its discretion to choose the action(s) it believes will best represent that individual occupation for consideration in final voting.
- Voting will open on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 9:00AM EST and close on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 11:59PM.
- The top 20 vote recipients from the initial round of voting will move on to the final round, which begins on Thursday, February 2nd at 9:00AM EST and closes on Saturday, February 4th at 11:59PM EST.
- In the event of a tie, Occupy Supply liaisons will cast tie-breaking votes on the Sunday, February 5th 2012 liaison conference call.
Winners will be announced at Firedoglake on Monday, February 6th, 2012.
As February approaches, we know that occupiers could really use a morale booster and there’s nothing better than being acknowledged for their inspirational activism. Nominate your occupation for a chance to win one of these prizes by for their local community-oriented activism.
Day in, day out we hear stories from our 120 local member liaisons about the heroic actions of these occupiers who are working tirelessly for real, tangible change in their communities.
Download the Contest Flyer for distribution to occupations: Downloadable PDF | Online version
Contest Rules: Downloadable PDF | Online version
Occupy Supply has raised over $180,000 to supply occupations across the country. 100% of all money received goes to the purchase and distribution of supplies. You can donate to Occupy Supply here.
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Do we have numbers on the size of the crowds we have nationwide at OWS? how much do the numbers change on the weekends, cold weather etc I know there is great variation in the numbers for various reasons but we got people every day in the Freaking Winter camping!
Its not numbers its quality of the numbers the Tea Baggers never could match Wisconsin protest numbers last winter for even one day and people camped out for months.
Now OWS is taking this nationwide and now it seems we are not just a local Phenomenon, we have quality I am still wondering about the numbers though.
If we can keep this up until the summer time when the Presidential race starts heating up:)
Can’t tell you how many occupy “supporters” have repeated the propaganda that most of the occupations across the country have been raided. I’m really looking forward to publishing a list of all the local occupy actions of places with 5-10 people in small towns across the country.
We publish the number of encampments regularly. As far as I know, we’re the only place that keeps track and makes it public:
http://firedoglake.com/state-of-the-occupation/
The number of campers has certainly gone down with the cold, but we actually recommend cycling people through so nobody gets sick from taking too much on themselves. As to actual numbers at demonstrations I can’t say, but getting a list of local occupy actions would be the first step in making any estimate.
Jane, this is wonderful! I’d meant to be on the call last night but got tied up with work stuff. This is really exciting!
it is exciting.
tweeted!
Thanks so much Kris, it went really well.
How are things going at Occupy Austin?
Most excellent!
What a great idea.
I hope this goes viral
That is hard to estimate, but the talk last night at the Occupation Lancaster (PA) GA is that they are hoping for a MILLION to show up at the national Occupy gathering in DC on March 30.
I love you, Jane. This is amazing!
Did Lt. Dan help you pick out the tents?
what a dividend, eh not? :)
Nah, but he thinks they’re great and he’s excited about getting out there on the road and seeing occupations across the country first-hand. I think it will be a great cross-pollenation of activism and ideas.
The photos we saw at the webinar last night were fantastic! Those tents are awesome – they are going to make life so much better for the encampments that receive them!
And getting to see Lt. Dan Choi…..OMG! That is really exciting.
February may be the shortest month, but it is short, nasty and brutal. The weather is the absolute pits in most places, and it seems like spring will never arrive. This is a great morale booster, and just at the perfect time!
The Occupy movement is becoming the new hub for all forms of citizen activism.
I nominated Occupy Santa Rosa. There are lots of larger, better known occupy camps, but I’d like to see one of the little guys who have staying power win. Good luck to all the nominees!
My first shipment for Occupy Chattanooga just arrived! Everything is so beautifully made, and I can’t wait to meet my contact at the GA on Sunday for distribution. I’ll be sure to get lots of photos! Thank you, everyone at Supply!!