NEAN Second New England Sub-Regional Assembly

The 207 Collective would like to welcome all interested anarchists, activists and friends to the second New England sub-regional Assembly of the NorthEast Anarchist Network.

The assembly will be held during the weekend of the 12-13th of January in Portland, Maine. Both Saturday and Sundays' events will be held at the Meg Perry Center located at 644 Congress St., in Portland, Maine. The meetings will be from 10AM to 6PM Saturday and 10:30AM to 5PM on Sunday.

Housing is available for Friday and Saturday nights. Please contact Ani at
stamand@riseup.net in advance to let us know that you're coming. Also let us know if you have specific housing requests or allergies.

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Our basic agenda will be open to changes and concerns Saturday morning. The structure is as follows:

SAT 10AM-6PM:

-Introductions
-Agenda changes and concerns
-Into to Hand Signals and Discussion Process
-Establishing Groundrules and Respect Workshop (Regarding this weekend)
-Brief Caucus Meetings

-Groups and Project Discussion: Organizing Effectively (What groups and/or projects have attendees been involved in and what makes them successful? This block is an informal info-share and will also be a good time for people to plug themselves into local projects. We are interested in networking and comparing similar and different projects to better understand effective organizing.)

-Organizing Skills, Direct Action and Community Interactions Workshop

-Group Discussions (If time allows. We will provide space for people interested in participating in discussions after the days events are over.)

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Please feel free to table or bring literature! Contact us in advance if you'll need a table or extra room.

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SAT. NIGHT:
We have planned a show for Saturday night. It will be a benefit to cover expenses of the weekend and also will support local groups.

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SUN 10:30AM-5PM:

-Break into regional projects/working groups (The 207 Collective would like to suggest that we begin this half of the day by having a large group discussion about the upcoming RNC.)

-Workshops/ Skillshares (TBA)

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PLEASE CONTACT THE 207 COLLECTIVE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS!
Ani: stamand@riseup.net
Emily: ehill@riseup.net

YEAH! Want a flier? We can email you one! These include NEAN's website and other information for people who aren't a part of the network!

THANKS FOR ATTENDING!
-The 207 Collective