Legalize Louisiana Rally - October 25 3pm
Upcoming Events Planned by Occupy The Stage and Occupy NOLA !
Note: Here are a few of our most recent and upcoming events. For a full list of actions supported by Occupy The Stage and Occupy NOLA, please see our calendar.
Occupy The Stage Labor Day Celebration! Monday, September 3, 2012
Come out for Labor Day BBQ and Live Show with Sweet Street Symphony!
BBQ 7pm
Show 9pm
BBQ 7pm
Show 9pm
Rally for Transparency at University of New Orleans - August 8 9:45 am Earl K Long Library (Building 12)
The University of New Orleans Press has be put on "hiatus." UNO professors have lost jobs amid state-mandated budget cuts. As tuition and class size increase and faculty are faculty jobs are cut, any new administrative positions should be made public.
Are you upset about budget cuts at The University of New Orleans?
Demand President Fos reveal UNO budget cuts and all administrative salaries!
OCCUPY NOLA demands the University of New Orleans
· Publicize list of budget cuts
· Publicize all administrators' salaries to show that administration is bearing its proportion of the cuts
· Stop utilization of the budget cuts for political ends
· Publicize a list of all new administrative positions (including salaries) created by President Fos
@small_affair will livestream this event. NOTE: This issue already has a hashtag on Twitter! #SaveUNOLowRes
See the following links for details about these budget cuts and more!
Driftwood
Institutional Research & Data Management (IRDM)
Petition
Facebook Event
Expect Us!
~ Occupy The Stage
Chalkupy The World! August 9
Occupy NOLA chalkupied Duncan Plaza in the rain in response to #A9 Call for Global Day of Action – Chalkupy the World
It was pouring rain and we chalkupied under the pavilion awning until City Hall called NOPD. The City of New Orleans apparently found our chalk more disturbing than the fact that several homeless folks were trying to sleep on the pavilion during a thunderstorm and torrential downpour.
The officer said chalking was "Criminal Destruction of Property" and confiscated the evidence (a crate of chalk) of this "crime." He then produced handcuffs when small affair said she did not have her ID on her, so we ran away in the pouring rain.
We were actually chalkupying a globe, so we did Chalk The World!
A visitor from Occupy Austin says he's retrieved our chalk supplies.
Expect Us!
Full slideshow and details here!
It was pouring rain and we chalkupied under the pavilion awning until City Hall called NOPD. The City of New Orleans apparently found our chalk more disturbing than the fact that several homeless folks were trying to sleep on the pavilion during a thunderstorm and torrential downpour.
The officer said chalking was "Criminal Destruction of Property" and confiscated the evidence (a crate of chalk) of this "crime." He then produced handcuffs when small affair said she did not have her ID on her, so we ran away in the pouring rain.
We were actually chalkupying a globe, so we did Chalk The World!
A visitor from Occupy Austin says he's retrieved our chalk supplies.
Expect Us!
Full slideshow and details here!
Chalkupy The World - August 9
Get your sidewalk chalk ready!
On August 9th, Occupy Los Angeles calls for you to fill your squares and take your streets and sidewalks with chalk. Call to all people everywhere to show that dissent is as simple as writing your grievances on the sidewalk, as accessible as hopscotch in the streets- reclaiming public space and engaging in public dialogue and expression. Join us (if you're close enough) for a day of solidarity and fun to celebrate the human spirit and chalk for our collective liberation. Together we will remake the art of public life in our alley ways, on the doorsteps of banks whose only allegiance is to profit, and in the streets built by our labor. In solidarity, regardless of all nations and borders, we will engage in willful public expression against political repression.
They ask that you SUBMIT CHALK PHOTOS HERE: http://chalkitout.tumblr.com/
The Occupy NOLA Direct Action Working Group met August 2 and has scheduled a Day of Chalkupy in response to Occupy Los Angeles’ #A9 Call for Global Day of Action – Chalkupy the World
We will meet at 11:am at Duncan Plaza and chalk the city! Meet us there, meet up with us, or Chalkupy your neighborhood and send us pictures!
Map and details forthcoming!
#ChalkTheWorld #ChalkAllTheThings #OpChalk
On August 9th, Occupy Los Angeles calls for you to fill your squares and take your streets and sidewalks with chalk. Call to all people everywhere to show that dissent is as simple as writing your grievances on the sidewalk, as accessible as hopscotch in the streets- reclaiming public space and engaging in public dialogue and expression. Join us (if you're close enough) for a day of solidarity and fun to celebrate the human spirit and chalk for our collective liberation. Together we will remake the art of public life in our alley ways, on the doorsteps of banks whose only allegiance is to profit, and in the streets built by our labor. In solidarity, regardless of all nations and borders, we will engage in willful public expression against political repression.
They ask that you SUBMIT CHALK PHOTOS HERE: http://chalkitout.tumblr.com/
The Occupy NOLA Direct Action Working Group met August 2 and has scheduled a Day of Chalkupy in response to Occupy Los Angeles’ #A9 Call for Global Day of Action – Chalkupy the World
We will meet at 11:am at Duncan Plaza and chalk the city! Meet us there, meet up with us, or Chalkupy your neighborhood and send us pictures!
Map and details forthcoming!
#ChalkTheWorld #ChalkAllTheThings #OpChalk
Occupy NOLA and OTS Events of Interest August 2 - 9
Tuesday, August 7: 7pm:
The 99% and the Elections: Which way forward for workers and youth?
Tuesday, August 7 at 7pm NOTE: This event is occurring in lieu of the regular Occupy NOLA Tuesday General Assembly. Future Tuesday GAs will convene at 2735c Toulouse at 7pm per usual.
First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans – UU
2903 Jefferson Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 The Global Occupy Movement erupted half a year ago to struggle to break the current relationships between wealth and power. While the 99% are sent to wars, pay higher tuition fess, face foreclosure, and lose jobs and services: the ruling 1% bail out their casino Wall Streets banks, give subsidies to monopolies like GE and BP, and have their established parties attack wages and collective bargaining rights. But while we stand up and fight their Big Business agenda of making the 99% pay for their global crisis, what should the elections mean to us? Join your community as we discuss the way forward to end the dictatorship of the 1% RSVP to Facebook Event
Wednesday, August 8 - 9:45 am Rally for Transparency regarding budget cuts at University of New Orleans! Facebook Event
Thursday, August 9 - Chalkupy in solidarity with Occupy Los Angeles call to action for Global Day of Chalkupy: Chalk The World (details being planned at DAWG tonight)
We hope to see you at some of these events/actions. Please feel free to contact us with questions!
The Election and the 99%: Which Way for Workers and Students? - August 7 at 7pm
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View Map to 5212 S. Claiborne Ave
Occupy That Flyer Above! Tell Your Friends and Family!
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The 99% and the Elections: Which way forward for workers and youth?
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Past Actions and Events
Here are a few of our most recent events. Check out our Videos and Photos pages to view a full gallery of our past actions!
Stop Jindal's Attack on Medicaid, Public Housing, Public Schools, & Public Hospitals - July 27 2pm
A Call to Action
Louisiana is facing roughly $859 million in federal Medicaid funding for this year. Protest at the home of State Representative and House majority leader Anthony (Tony) Ligi.
Ligi supports Jindal's legislation pushed by ALEC includes school vouchers, charter and virtual schools, public retirement reform, Medicaid reform, public employee health benefits reform and sweeping privatization—all part and parcel of Jindal’s legislative agenda. Ligi received $20,700 in contributions from ALEC.
Tell Ligi Louisiana will not stand for this!
Meet at Occupy The Stage, 2735 c Toulouse and caravan to reign upon 5216 Senac Dr. Metairie! We'll have a route by Friday (trying to decide if we should take the interstate I-10 or Earhart expressway).
Key Demands
~ Occupy New Orleans General Assembly
Louisiana is facing roughly $859 million in federal Medicaid funding for this year. Protest at the home of State Representative and House majority leader Anthony (Tony) Ligi.
Ligi supports Jindal's legislation pushed by ALEC includes school vouchers, charter and virtual schools, public retirement reform, Medicaid reform, public employee health benefits reform and sweeping privatization—all part and parcel of Jindal’s legislative agenda. Ligi received $20,700 in contributions from ALEC.
Tell Ligi Louisiana will not stand for this!
Meet at Occupy The Stage, 2735 c Toulouse and caravan to reign upon 5216 Senac Dr. Metairie! We'll have a route by Friday (trying to decide if we should take the interstate I-10 or Earhart expressway).
Key Demands
- No Cuts to Medicaid
- No Closure of Public Hospitals or Cuts
- No to School Vouchers and Yes to Public Schools
~ Occupy New Orleans General Assembly
Occupy The Stage Performance! Thursday July 26 10pm
Featuring live music & burlesque!
The Relief Effort
and burlesque troupe
Reverend Spooky LeStrange and Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls
Doors open at 9 and show starts at 10p
2735 c Toulouse Street
RSVP to our Facebook Event
The Relief Effort
Rev. Spooky LeStrange and Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls
Wednesday, July 25 2pm OTS Voiced Demands to President Obama
Obama wants to "Occupy The Vote" in NOLA!
President Obama will be coming to New Orleans to "Occupy The Vote" for the 2012 National Urban League Conference and will be attending a Reception For the Obama Victory Fund (OVF) at the House of Blues.
The reception is at 3:30 pm Wednesday, July 25! Although the notice "“Please join President Obama for a reception with supporters like you in New Orleans” is included with the invitation, many of the NOLA 99% will not be able to afford the 250 price of a ticket. The National Urban League Conference, will last for three and a half days as they present Occupy the Vote: Employment & Education Empower the Nation, the clarion call for all conference participants to be informed and deeply engaged in the various elements of economic empowerment. This conference is sponsored by Shell Oil! 
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Event Photo Gallery - Thanks Everyone Who Attended!
Read about Chalkupy and protest HERE!
2 pm Chalkupy
Since we can't afford to pay $250 to voice our concerns in person at House of Blues, we'll be Chalkupying the amphitheater across from Jackson Square in the French Quarter at 2pm. We hope you'll stop by the Amphitheater, grab some chalk, and write your message to Obama, or print it on an index card we'll provide. Or, you can submit your concern HERE and we'll chalkupy it for you! 3:30 pm Rally
Below are some but not all of the concerns we addressed. National Concerns:
Local Concerns
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Monday, June 25 No Justin No Peace Protest
Occupy NOLA received mainstream media coverage as members protested outside the Orleans Criminal Court building, taking turns reading Justin's speech. He was held in jail for seven days for making it.
June 20 Occupy The Stage/Occupy NOLA Caravan Related Events
Note: see OTS News for info on Louisiana Bucket Brigade Action and other events not sponsored by ONOLA or OTS!
Secret Location Announced - June 20 Rebel without A (Single Cause) Flash Concert & March
Tuesday June 20 2pm
Occupy Caravan / Occupy The Stage / Occupy NOLA
Rebel without A (Single) Cause Flash Concert & March
w/ Rv. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls
Secret Location Announced!
Meet at
Washington Square NOLA
Flash Concert!
March Through French Quarter & CBD
Occupy Caravan / Occupy The Stage / Occupy NOLA
Rebel without A (Single) Cause Flash Concert & March
w/ Rv. Spooky LeStrange & Her Billion Dollar Baby Dolls
Secret Location Announced!
Meet at
Washington Square NOLA
Flash Concert!
March Through French Quarter & CBD
June 20 Community Kitchen - all day! Come on by and help provide/prepare food! If you can't bring food but make a mean PB & J, just bring yourself.
June 20 Open Mic - after the March and Flash Concert, poets, musicians, performers can Occupy our stage!
June 20 Chalkupy - on the sidewalks! From the West Coast to the Gulf Coast to the East Coast, let us leave a visual representation of the 99%!
June 20 Performance - Midsummer Night's Burlesque: A Night of Burlesque & Live Performances
Occupy The Stage invites you to a night of burlesque
and live performances when the Occupy Caravan stops in NOLA!
Door open at 9! Show starts at 10!
RSVP to our Facebook Event!
and live performances when the Occupy Caravan stops in NOLA!
Door open at 9! Show starts at 10!
RSVP to our Facebook Event!
June 20 2pm Flash Concert and March w/ Occupy Caravan
Flash concert begins at 2pm. "Rebel without A (Single) Cause" March will follow. Exact location will be announced right here on the home page of this website.
June 19 and 20 - New Orleans Will Be Occupied!
On May 15, members of Occupy NOLA's Digital Media
Team spoke with Occupy Caravan and the GA voted unanimously to form a
working group to accommodate the the occupiers who will be stopping in New Orleans.
This Caravan kicks off June 11 from Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It will travel three routes across America on the way to Philadelphia for the five-day Occupy National Gathering that ends July 4 on Independence Mall!
Occupy Caravan is scheduled to be in New Orleans from Tuesday night, June 19 to Thursday morning, June 21.
We've been busy busy busy preparing for this. Expect a burlesque show on June 20 as New Orleans gets occupied!
More details to come! If you'd like to join the caravan and travel to Philadelphia for the Occupy National Gathering, visit the Occupy Caravan website here: http://occupycaravan.webs.com/
This Caravan kicks off June 11 from Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It will travel three routes across America on the way to Philadelphia for the five-day Occupy National Gathering that ends July 4 on Independence Mall!
Occupy Caravan is scheduled to be in New Orleans from Tuesday night, June 19 to Thursday morning, June 21.
We've been busy busy busy preparing for this. Expect a burlesque show on June 20 as New Orleans gets occupied!
More details to come! If you'd like to join the caravan and travel to Philadelphia for the Occupy National Gathering, visit the Occupy Caravan website here: http://occupycaravan.webs.com/
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Occupy The Stage - Fortnightly Clandestine Concert Series
Occupy The Stage invites you to the next free show Saturday June 23.
Doors Open 9pm / Show begins 10 pm
Check out our communal library, tentmonsters, and activism info.
Occupy The Stage hosts performances every other Saturday!
Expect Us!
Occupy NOLA General Assemblies Meet 7pm Tuesdays OTS
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May 12 Civil DISCObedience Open Mic Celebration - New Orleans
Musicians, performers, poets, tentmonsters welcome!
Come to Occupy The Stage for a night of civil DISCObedience. May 12 10pm 2735 C Toulouse Street! See our Facebook Page for details! |
