[HacktionLab] Bit of an update and call out for Movement Support Gathering

[Mick Fuzz]

Hi there,
Just keeping you guys in the loop about how this is progressing. Let me
know if you have any questions, requests of offers.

nice one
Mick

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On the 5th & 6th of October there will be a Movement Support Gathering
in Birmingham.  People who do workplace rights trainings, community
organizing, support on legal defense, anti-racism & youth work,
non-hierarchical organizing or just anyone else who is generally
interested to learn more and participate is invited.  You're also
welcome to be part of the organizing groups work to arrange the venue
and agenda.  The point of the gathering is to bring together groups who
support social movements to share resources and skills.  It's also an
opportunity for your group to let other parts of the movement know what
you do so that they can refer people to you who are looking for support
(for example, on a workplace issue, anti-racism, legal support, etc). 
Below is the original invite to groups (you can circulate to people you
feel would be interested)

Movement Support Gathering
Friday October 5th, 2:30 ? 6pm
Saturday October 6th, 10:30am ? 5:30pm
https://network23.org/msg2012/
ukmovementsgathering2012 at aktivix.org
  editable draft of second call-out at http://piratepad.net/kYhNw2bNYk

-------- Original Message --------

Subject: Movement Support Gathering invitation

Hi,
We're sending this to you because your group provides vital support for
social movements in Britain.

Would you be interested in participating in a Movement Support Gathering
later this year?
Please get back to us about how you?d like to get involved, what you
would be interested in bringing to the gathering and how you think such
an event might help build our support networks throughout the U.K. Our
contact details are below.

With protests spreading up and down the country, we felt it would be
helpful for groups who support this growing student, workers, &
environmental protest movement to meet during a national event, build
connections, and share workshops. So we?re putting out feelers to see if
there?s interest in having a Movement Support Gathering later this year.
The idea is to have it in central England (not in London) and perhaps
focused around a large action that we could then support the day after
the gathering. For example, the weekend before the Conservative Party
Conference <http://www.conservatives.com/get_involved/conference.aspx>
in Birmingham (8 to 11 October 2012).

At the bottom of this email is a example of what a schedule for this
gathering might look like.

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_The format could be:_/

_DAY 1_
During the day there could be workshops provided by all groups involved,
such as:

1) A series of workshops & trainings (Know your rights, facilitation
training, legal issues & squatting, organiser training, self defence,
legal observer training, tech tools for activists, building a website,
activist medics, conflict resolution, etc)

2) Trainer trainings (for example, how to train legal observers, etc.)

3) Space for groups/networks to meet (For example GBC needs to do a
short business meeting amongst the various GBC regional groups who would
be there)

4) An afternoon plenary session for open space discussion/skill share ?
possibly use Seeds for Change or other facilitators. How is it we build
a support network for the protest movements? How do we share information
about what is already available (between ourselves and also the wider
movements)?

_DAY 2_
Presumably the following day would be an Action Day and many of us could
participate or support the locally organised action