taking civic action in mass fashion

April 11, 2023

Taking Civic Action inMass Fashion

August 8, 2014

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Hi.

Dan O’Neil, Sonja Marziano,Christopher Whitaker, Josh Kalov,

and Mohammad Ouyoun

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A few things

• The power of mass action• Online tools and methods for mass

action• Online tools for offline mass action

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We do civic tech

• Open data• Lightweight technology• Fail fast• Test things• Listen to people• Make things• Have fun

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The power of mass action

• Komen for the Cure/ Planned Parenthood

• SOPA/PIPA• Texas filibuster – Wendy Davis• “No deals!”• Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Planned Parenthood v. Casey

"Where, in the performance of its judicial duties, the Court decides a case in such a way as to resolve the sort of intensely divisive controversy reflected in Roe and those rare, comparable cases, its decision has a dimension that the resolution of the normal case does not carry. It is the dimension present whenever the Court's interpretation of the Constitution calls the contending sides of a national controversy to end their national division by accepting a common mandate rooted in the Constitution."

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Stare decisis

Courts should generally abide by precedent and not disturb settled matters.The court had decided in Roe v. Wade and that was that, according to all.

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No mass actionw/o mass agreement

• Deciding on what should be a settled matter• It makes all the difference in the world• We learned, in part, how to do that• Last week, in considering Beyond Scared

Straight as a policy• You should feel proud that you have these

skills by being a part of this here, today• Because we have to decide what we resolve

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At your table ahora

• Take five minutes• Come up with something about

which you are completely resolved• Can be anything• But there has to be complete

agreement– what is, in the opinion of the table, a settled matter

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We have to know each otherso that we can resolve.

@danxoneil

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Tribune boundary app

• http://boundaries.tribapps.com/ • Once you decide what action to take,

you have to know who to take action upon

• If you live in the city, this app will tell you who represents you in all of the various units of government to which you belong

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Great tool

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Gimme some addresses

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The humble service request

• A simple form of action

• Let’s practice • http

://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/311/supp_info/request_service.html

• Or just call 311 from yer phone

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All sorts of things you can report

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What about if you’re done with the existing processes?

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btw I took that picture

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Have a parade!

• All protests are covered under the “10-8-330 Parade, public assembly or athletic event” section of the municipal code

• Here’s a list of 529 permits: https://data.cityofchicago.org/Events/PARADES-/dbxi-w2tt

• Though it seems out of date (2012 Toys for Tots is the most recent)

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So we took action on that

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Back to the protest permit

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Fill it out

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Or just go outside

• One of the deep dark secrets of government leadership is that there is very little they can do to stop that from happening

• Settled matters win

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Or just go outside

• When a set of people decide on settled matters, the power is really