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OCCUPY THE CONVERSATION: BUILDING A TOOL KIT TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH THIS REVOLUTION

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A Two-Part Workshop to Help Occupiers Communicate More Effectively through Decisive Discussions

LOS ANGELES – A year-long member of Occupy Los Angeles (OLA) plans to facilitate a two-part workshop on effective communication skills at OLA’s 1-year Anniversary weekend, a 4-day weekend with educations, speak outs, a walking tour, marches, actions, and some celebration.

OCCUPY LA MARKS ITS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH A WALKING TOUR AMONGST OTHER THINGS

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Members of Occupy LA Plan a Peaceful 2-Hour Walking Tour of OLA Points of Interest near City Hall

LOS ANGELES – On September 23, 2011, a small group of people came together in Pershing Square to start the first General Assemblies associated with the rag-tag group known as Occupy Los Angeles (OLA). By October 1, 2011, the small group turned into hundreds who began camping at City Hall Park.

CITY OF LA DENIES ‘CHALK WALK’ PERMIT, OCCUPY LA PROCEEDS WITH PLANS

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LOS ANGELES – Wednesday night, Occupy Los Angeles learned that the Mayor’s office has declined an individual’s inquiryfor a chalking permit in Pershing Square for Thursday night. Despite the news of the denial letter read outloud at Pershing Square last night, participants of the Occupy LA’s General Assembly passed a proposal to endorse a “Chalk Walk” event for Thursday night during the monthly Downtown LA Art Walk.

The event theme revolves around the phrase “Another World is Possible”.

CHALK WALK 2: OCCUPY LA OCCUPIES THE DOWNTOWN LA ART WALK WITH A TWIST

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    CHALK WALK 2: OCCUPY LA OCCUPIES THE DOWNTOWN LA ART WALK WITH A TWIST

Members of Occupy LA Plan to Have a Peaceful Event in Pershing Square the Night of DTLA Art Walk


LOS ANGELES – Members of Occupy Los Angeles plan to peacefully occupy this week’s Downtown LA Art Walk from Pershing Square where they hope to create a “community space” with the theme: A Better World is Possible. Participants hope the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) can stay peaceful this month after last month’s near riot caused in part by excessive police force.

On July 12, 2012, Occupiers planned to have a peaceful event of public outreach and awareness called Chalk Walk at the DTLA Art Walk, after 12 LAPD arrests of Occupiers for water-soluble chalk on public sidewalks. These 12 arrests occurred the six weeks prior to the Chalk Walk event and began only after the group started to target the Central City Association, a local lobbying group.

This month Occupiers take a different approach by setting up an open community art and music space in Pershing Square with a community potluck and a “Really Really Free” Market.

OCCUPY LA DECIDES TO CHALKUPY THE WORLD

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Chalk Walk Organizers Call for a Day of Action for Rights and Against State Violence

 LOS ANGELES – Wednesday night, at Occupy Los Angeles’ General Assembly, participants came to consensus to call a global day of action and solidarity, on August 9, 2012, to assert Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association and to celebrate the Human Spirit with Chalk.

Occupy LA released a solidarity call for protesters and communities that experience state violence, censorship, and repression throughout the World.

OCCUPY LA RETURNS TO CITY HALL TO EXPOSE THE LAPD CHALK ABUSE

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Activists say City Council Ignored Their Pleas for Help before Art Walk Incident

LOS ANGELES – Tuesday morning, participants of Occupy LA’s Chalk Walk return to City Council chambers after a two week recess of council sessions. Chalk Walk activists say they want to know why LA City Council ignored their requests for help with chalking arrests before the Council went on recess.

Two Videos of Public Comment and copies of public records show the Occupiers contacted City Hall about two weeks prior to what the LA Times dubs the “Art Walk Melee”.

OCCUPY LA SAYS CITY ATTORNEY DECLINED ALL CHALK PROSECUTIONS

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Activists say City Attorney has yet to Prosecute Even One of the Nearly Two Dozen Chalk Arrests


LOS ANGELES –Participants of Occupy LA’s Chalk Walk wonder why the Los Angeles Police Department continues to arrest them for chalking when the City Attorney has declined to prosecute any of the chalking arrests.  

One Occupier wonders, “If the so-called crime is not worth prosecuting, then is it worth making the chalk arrests in the first place?” and then adds, “LAPD harasses us with these arrests to intimidate us.”

OCCUPIERS GENERATE AMPLIFIED BUZZ ABOUT LA MAYOR’S DOUBLE STANDARDS

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Participants of Chalk Walk say the City has two Sets of Rules for them and others


LOS ANGELES – City Hall Park opened Thursday morning with the Mayor, Antonio Vallaraigosa, and LAPD Chief, Charlie Beck, who spoke to an invite-only crowd from the grass just west of the south steps at LA City Hall.


Each spoke from a podium with a microphone, two large speakers, and a genitor powering the amplification about 20 feet away from a new sign that specifically says “no generators or sound amplification”.

Member of the public, including Occupy Los Angeles participants, were kept out of the park until the Mayor and Chief finished speaking. However, they were able to take photos of the sign with the generator in the back ground and of the podium with microphone and speakers on the grass.

CHALK WALK ACCUSES MAYOR OF ‘CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR’

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Participants of Chalk Walk Respond to Mayor’s Statement & Selective Enforcement


LOS ANGELES – After Thursday Night’ Downtown LA Art Walk Melee, the City blames Chalk Walk organizers for the mini riot and Chalk Walk participants blame the City for excessive show of force, violence, abuse of power, and selective enforcement.


Los Angeles City Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, told reporters that what Chalk Walkers did was against the law and not protected by the Constitution.


Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, said "vandalism has always been illegal" and defended the city's approach to Occupy L.A. "That’s not free speech, that’s criminal behavior,” the Mayor told news crews after Art Walk.


Now, participants of Chalk Walk accuse the mayor of similar parttaking in vandalism and “criminal behavior”.

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