Deciding Force Project: Occupy Movements

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Published on Thursday, 10 July 2014 11:20
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Hello Occupy Victoria,

My name is Marybeth Baluyot and I am the Business Manager on the Deciding Force Project. Based on the UC Berkeley campus, we have been dedicated to the construction of a massive, searchable, highly-detailed database of police and protester interactions in over 200 Occupy movements across the nation. We want to use this information to identify sequences of interaction that escalate and de-escalate violence, so we can help make future interactions more peaceful.


I reach out to you for various reasons. We invite you to share news of our project to your members, to other Occupy groups, police departments, or city officials you have been in solidarity with, or to your personal network of friends. The Deciding Force Project has been in solidarity with various groups from Occupy Cal in Berkeley to Occupy Naperville in Illinois. Please join us!


We have also started a small promotional project committed to nonviolent movements and would very much appreciate your participation. Here’s what you can do to help:

  1. Send us a video describing your participation in the Occupy movement like &feature=youtu.be" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">this one. OR

  2. Send us a picture of yourself holding an 8.5”x11” paper describing your participation in the Occupy movement like this one.

The video/photo submissions will only be used to help promote the Deciding Force Project through social media including FB, Twitter, and Youtube but will NOT be used for research purposes.



Please visit our website for more info: http://www.decidingforce.org

Like us: http://www.facebook.com/decidingforce

Follow us: http://www.twitter.com/decidingforce Watch video submissions of OWS protesters: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG0ZvpUMlTB6l3UzTgTXe6Q/feed


I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Best,

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Marybeth Baluyot

Bachelor of Arts

Sociology | Education minor
University of California, Berkeley This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.