Occupy Queens

A working group focused on movement-building in NYC.

‘Participatory Budgeting’ (PCB) gives ordinary people real decision-making power over real money and has three goals: Inclusion; Equality; and, Empowerment.

‘Asset Based Community Development’ (ABCD) is a […]

Defending Our Rights working group is dedicated to the REPEAL of the recent attempt by Congress and the President to suspend the legal procedure of habeas corpus (see Article I, section 9, clause 2 of the U.S. […]

Monitoring and questioning Police action and civilian surveillance.

Through a campaign of education and direct action we work to dismantel the influence of the Big Banks.

The Internet Working Group is responsible for building and maintaining the internet infrastructure behind the Occupy Queens movement.

We strive to engage with the struggles of working people in Queens to create a better world for themselves at work, in the community, and in society.

We plan and bottom-line actions including marches, rallies, flash mobs, street theatre, and more. We also coordinate OQ participation in actions organized by other NYC groups. We also run direct action trainings […]

We strive to spread the message here at Occupy Queens across New York City and beyond. Our movement will be successful to the degree that we are able to reach out to and organize the diverse population that is New […]

Update coming soon.

The Facilitation Committee is a neutral body that assists in facilitating the NYC General Assembly by utilizing a direct democratic process as well as additional inclusive and progressive radical concepts.

All things media related.

The Real Democracy and Voting Rights working group will focus on the development of a more open, transparent, and engaging democracy. It will explore decentralization of the State apparatus. It will seek ways to […]

The Occupy Queens Housing Working Group is committed to the proposition that housing is a human right. We organize to address the crises of homelessness, housing, substandard and inadequate housing, […]

We strive to spread the message here at Occupy Queens to the youth of New York City and beyond. Our movement will be successful to the degree that we are able to reach out to and organize the diverse population […]

Through open and facilitated discussion groups, idea boxes, community outreach and online activity, we aim to stimulate, generate, distribute and analyze ideas emerging from the global movement. This will result […]

To bring environmentalist forces and voices together to holistically inform political, economical and social debates inside and outside Occupy Queens.

We meet to study and discuss books, essays, films, and other materials about the issues we face and the word we wish to create.

We work to provide an accurate, objective, and comprehensive written record of Occupy Queens General Assemblies, online and accessible to the public.

To view the minutes, look in the documents tab.

Demands Working Group