Thanks to all the wonderful participants, presenters, musicians, volunteers, organizers for helping to pull off the Festival.

In organizing a Festival for the first time, we learned many lessons and would appreciate feedback and constructive criticism.  Please hit us up e4e.fest [at] gmail [dot] com

We are interested in analyzing what happened and we want to learn from the experiences you had.  What did you like?  What did you not like?  What can be done better?  Who would you like to see participate in organizing and participating and what kinds of content would you want in a future event of this nature?

What did you take away from the Festival?  What workshops helped to move forward revolutionary work?  Were you able to expand our networks?

-e4e Organizers

4pm @ Seattle First Baptist Church (1111 Harvard Ave.).

FROM DOWN WITH MUBARAK
TO DOWN WITH THE 1%:

A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY AND REVOLUTION

In 2012, new movements like the Arab Spring, the Indignados, the Squares Movement, and Occupy have been challenging everything and lifted sights for a new generation. But questions remain to be answered.
Long term visions and strategies are yet to be fully envisioned, vetted, and developed. The closing plenary for the Everything for Everyone Festival will discuss possibilities for revolutionary openings, current moments, next steps and long term goals from a variety of different perspectives. Following four short presentations, this event will be a time for open discussion as we seek radical solutions together. Please join us for this important discussion.

PANELISTS

-Kali Akuno Malcolm X grassroots Movement
-Sopiko Japaridze take Back the Block, winter has its end
-Geoff MC Former Bring the ruckus
-Mike Ely kasama project

At 8:30pm, there will be a screening of the documentary “Commune” at the Highline Bar. The Highline is a 10 minute walk from Seattle First Baptist Church.

“COMMUNE” @ HiGHLiNE BAR 210 Broadway E., 8:30 pm

This locally-produced documentary is a street-level exploration of the Olympia social commons—a shifting space that erupts on street corners and bubbles up from an underground well of potential. Through casual interviews with strangers, the film dives into the depths of desire and unveils new uses of the spaces we all share. Film screening followed by Q&A with the film makers. All donations will go towards their next film, METROPOLIS, an exploration of the bio-political tissue of Seattle.

Land Defense and Class Struggle: The Red-Green Alliance
Environmental destruction is the most urgent and immediate problem we face. If we don’t solve it, nothing else will matter. Capitalism converts raw materials (life) into commodities through the exploitation of labor. Because of its compulsion to constantly expand, capitalism will never be sustainable. The common ruin of contending classes is becoming increas­ingly likely. Yet as the economic and ecological crises converge, the possibility of liberation and social transformation also opens up — but only if we organize to make that happen.

Overthrow Dictatorship or Perfect Democracy? A Discussion Between the Commons and Get Money out of Politics
This panel will feature a variety of perspectives on how to change society, democracy, and the economy, or how to foment revolution. How, in the current moment, do we build move­ments? How do we interact with electoral politics? And how do we make an actually better world? This panel will engage in discussing capitalism and reform, the Democratic Party, democracy and rising movements. It aims to have dialog and debate on a variety of perspectives, revealing commonality and disagreements within Occupy.

Class Struggle: Organizing Across Student/ Worker Lines at Educational Institutions
How can students and workers organize together in ways conducive to their common liberation? How can we build together in ways that do not reinforce or expand systems of op­pression? How can we immunize ourselves against the divide and conquer strategies of bosses, administrators, and politicians that would otherwise have us fighting each other for the best scraps from them? How can we fight austerity measures in education (K-12 and higher ed.) in ways that recognize and respect all struggles as interconnected, including within and outside of institutions of education? This workshop will attempt provide some initial working answers to the above questions as well as open space for continued discussions and collaborations surrounding struggles in education.

DAY 1 #e4e PLENARY HOSTED BY GLITUR
BEYOND THE GAYSTREAM:  EQUALITY DOES NOT MEAN LIBERATION
Mainstream gay politics have evolved from a culture of fighting the status quo and liberation to a phenomenon obsessed with assimilation and corporatism. The very issues that politicians would prefer us to focus on, from marriage equality to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal have proven to be a distraction that does disservice to the issues that actually affect queer people of color and lower class youth, stifling the voices of queers who do not choose to assimilate. How do we inject radicalism back into the LGBT community?

Workshop Tent A
Police and the State

Counter Insurgency Against Occupy – Entrapment, police raids, co-optation, and media smear campaigns. What’s the logic and his­tory behind it and what to do?

Rose City Copwatch - What does safety, justice, and accountability look like without the police and the white-supremacist state?

Beyond the Ruckus: Fight­ing White Supremacy to Defeat It; the Legacy of Bring the Ruckus – Bring the Ruckus was a revolutionary org. in the US for 8 years. Learn it’s history.

Occupy / Decolonize Personal Safety: A Self-Defense Seminar – Self-defense and martial arts seminar with Greg Lewis… Wake up God Damnit!

Workshop Tent B
Report Backs

“Either we Invent, or we Err”: Looking at Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution. How do we radically decon­struct, while at the same time, create and sustain revolutionary growth?

Fork in the Road: The Path to Revolution through Investigation - Report back from Savannah, GA, the site of the first urban uprising of the ‘60s and the hometown of Troy Davis.

What now? Lessons from Occupy and Greece’s Revolutionary Movement – Winter Has It’s End, a revolutionary news service, reports on investigations in Greece.

Occupy and Class Struggle - From Oakland, working class struggle and organizing in Occupy.

Workshop Tent C
Skill Shares, Training 

People’s Community Medics - Formed in Oakland to give first responder skills to communities due to racist, slow response of ambu­lances. History & training to be shared.

Occupy Oakland Foreclo­sure Defense Group – Occupy Oak­land organizers will speak on the po­litical terrain encountered in Oakland, their successes, analysis, & experience.

Queer and Feminist Or­ganizing at Occupy Oakland - Will examine the strengths and weaknesses of a community of feminist/queer vigi­lantism.

How to Prepare for Radical Eco-Action - Workshop will cover forming affinity groups, security culture

Workshop Tent D
Theory, Strategy

Anti-imperialism and Struggles for Self-Determination within the US Empire: the Jackson-Kush Plan as a Model of Decoloniza­tion

SEASOL-Direct Action Gets The Goods - Seattle Solidarity Net­work organizers talk about experience and strategy for building mutual aid networks through direct action.

Occupied Media: Commu­nicating the Rebellion - On the role of people’s media in radical movements. Presenters from the Occupied Wall Street Journal, All Power to the Positve, and Occupy Seattle Livestream.

Queer Theory, Colonization and Gentrification: A Radical History of Seattle

Workshop Tent E – Open Your Mind

Intro to Theatre of the Oppressed - Developed in Brazil by Augusto Boal and practiced in social movements around the world as a process for com­munity dialogue, reflection, and action.

Free U: Abolish Education to Liberate Creation - Why should we have to go through school? Train to serve job market that we don’t control? Shape ourselves to the will of people who don’t care about us in order to live? We shouldn’t and we don’t have to!

Religion and Revolution - Are religion and revolution incompatible or interdependent? How does spirituality intersect with radicalism? Join activist clergy and laypeople from various spiritual traditions in a panel presentation and discussion of social revolution as a religious practice.

Meeting and Defeating Attacks by the Police: A Discussion with Targeted Activists -This panel will dig into the experiences and strategies of several activists who have faced repression and threats for their political work.

This Saturday, August 4th at 12pm, we will host a volunteer orientation at Jefferson Park (in the Northwest corner).  The goal is to distribute volunteer roles/tasks during the Festival, answer questions and finalize logistical details.

This success of #e4e depends on all the generous volunteers who will help with set-up of tents/chairs/tables, staff booths, tear-down, and clean up.

We still need volunteers!  If you haven’t signed up yet, you can sign up here.

Are you interested in attending Sensei Greg Lewis’ martial arts training on Saturday at #e4e?

He is asking that people pre-register for the class. If you plan on attending, register by sending us an email: e4e.fest [at] gmail [dot] com

By tomorrow, we will be posting a draft of our Program which will include the times, descriptions and names of all presenters, debates, performances, workshops and trainings that will take place at #e4e. Our program includes a wide variety of content and participants from Oakland, Seattle, Atlanta, Portland, New York and other cities!

We need all booth requests in by Monday, July 30th at 12:00am!  If you don’t have one in by then you won’t get a booth!.  Please email e4e.fest@gmail.com to request one.  Also, please review our rules for booths at #e4e: Booth Guidelines.

How do I get there?

Location:  E4E will be held at “Jefferson” Park on Beacon Hill.  (Note that it was named after Thomas Jefferson.  We are renaming it Sally Hemings Park after the woman he kept as a slave that bore him children.  This gesture is meant to help us decolonize our minds.)

The E4E festival will be centered in the Amphitheater on the NW corner of the park.  The closest physical address is that of the Community Center located at 3801 Beacon Avenue S. Seattle, WA 98108.

By Bus: Metro #36 from downtown has a stop at the Spokane Street and Beacon Avenue intersection.  Metro bus #60 has a bus stop on the west side of the park along 15th Ave. S.

By Rail: Take Sound Transit Light Rail to the Beacon Hill Station, then either walk south .9 mile (no hills) or walk across Beacon Ave S and take the #36 or #60.

By Bike: There are bike routes along Beacon Ave S.  From the Rainier Valley, head up Columbian Way or Cheasty to Beacon.  From Capitol Hill, take 12th ave south across the Jose Rizal Bridge, then head up 14th or 15th ave S to Beacon.   From Downtown, take King Street east to 12th ave s then use the directions above.  At the park, lock your bike to a bike rack or other stationary object.

By Car:  E4E encourages use of alternative transportation and/or carpooling.  Parking at the Park will be extremely limited.  Parking might be found either in the neighborhood to the north of Spokane Street or you may be able to park in the lot at Mercer Middle School and walk .5 mile north along the paved trail past the soccer and cricket fields to the festival site.  NOTE:  NO vehicles are allowed on the festival grounds (grass).

What should I bring?

Plan for the day as if going on a picnic (reusable water bottles, lawn chairs, blankets, snacks, etc). There is plenty room for picnics, and mats for the ground are useful when listening to music or participating in panels.

Seattle August weather is variable, but around 1/3rd of the days may have some precipitation.  The temperature is usually in the 70′s, but can vary to the 80′s or the 60′s.  The park is a higher elevation than most of the city and usually has a light breeze.  Depending on the forecast, bring sunscreen, sun hats, or parkas, or umbrellas as appropriate.

What should I NOT bring?

Weapons, Recreational Drugs, and Alcohol are not allowed in the park.  No one may sell anything at the festival.

What if I want to eat something/anything/everything?

Nothing will be sold at E4E including food and drink.   Festival organizers are providing some food for free, but because we cannot precisely guess the attendance, we cannot promise to meet all attendees’ needs.  It is advised that you might want to bring food and drinks with you.  We will have a water tent, and there is a water fountain in the park to fill water bottles.

In case you need anything more, you can find the following restaurants by heading North on Beacon Ave S:

• Tippe & Drague Alehouse 3315 Beacon Ave. S. – .2 miles N
• Victrola Coffee Roasters   3215 Beacon Avenue South – .3 miles N
• El Quetzal  3209 Beacon Avenue South – .3 miles N
• Kusina Filipina  3201 Beacon Avenue South – .3 miles N
• Bar del Corso  3057 Beacon Avenue South – .4 miles  (opens at 5pm) N
• Red Apple Market 2701 Beacon Avenue South – .7 miles N
• El Sabroso Taco Stand  NW Corner of Light Rail Station  - .8 miles N
• The Station Coffeehouse  2533 16th Avenue South – .8 miles N
• La Cabana Restaurante  2532 Beacon Avenue South – .8 miles N
• Travelers Thali House  2524 Beacon Ave South – .8 miles N
• Golden Daisy Restaurant  2518 Beacon Avenue South – .8 miles N
• Inay’s Asian Pacific Cuisine  2503 Beacon Avenue South – .9 miles N
• Baja Bistro 2414 Beacon Avenue South – .9 miles N

Or, you can get to these restaurants by heading South on Beacon Ave S:

• Grown Folks Coffeehouse  4878 Beacon Avenue South – .8 miles S
• Beacon Bar B Que  4886 Beacon Avenue South – .8 miles S
• Dim Sum House  4860 Beacon Avenue South – .8 miles S

What else is at Sally Hemings (Jefferson) Park?

The site of the E4E festival is a newly redesigned community space with a vast array of activities including a new skate park, a massive children’s playground, a community center, tennis courts, golf, lawn bowling, and even a cricket field.

What if I need something/anything/everything?

In the center of the E4E festival, there will be an Information Canopy, a Food Canopy, a Water Canopy, and a Medical Canopy staffed by Seattle Street Medics for minor medical issues.    The information pop-up will have schedules and maps, and can provide a list of staff, musicians, and presenters on the site.  We will soon have downloadable E4E programs.

There will be volunteer staff who will be wearing a yellow strip arm band.  They will have the cell phone numbers of those staff members who can be available to de-escalate tense festival situations, to be a liaison with the press, and to be a liaison with park officials.

Note that there are other potentially large events in that park that day and the facilities may be under heavy use.  If bathroom supplies run low, please notify the Info Tent.