Nov 28th gives us enough time to coordinate something and is the biggest punch. Whatever we do, we need to decide ASAP. I think it’ll be a struggle for us to support sooner dates at this point as we have already committed to other actions. Let’s not have death by committee.

Position: Support Preferred Date(s): Nov 22 and Nov 28 (Black Friday) Strategic Reason: Nov 22 can be used as a mutual aid opportunity. Different groups can partner with nonprofits who provide food and shelter to the homeless OR they can protest and hold a food drive since it’s the weekend before Thanksgiving and SNAP is on the line. Nov 28 Strongest national leverage point - retail choke + labor solidarity Framing Proposal: Nov 22-Mutual aid, food distribution, serve the community Nov 28-Disrupt business as usual, workers for justice + ceasefire now

Position: Oppose / Amend

Preferred Date(s): Nov. 15 or Nov. 22

Strategic Reason: Escalation matters, but right now consistency is the greater weapon. We’ve seen over the past several months that the most effective way to change the shape of politics isn’t always through peak-disruption events, but by steadily shifting the political center. The middle is where momentum is being built, for better or worse. The recent series of coordinated monthly protests have been doing exactly that: growing attendance, building recognition, and creating a new normal for public accountability. Every week the percentages rise, and with them, the narrative that truth still has mass appeal.

A one-day economic disruption like Black Friday looks powerful on paper, but it risks alienating the very center we’re successfully moving. The reality is that much of the moderate base is still deeply tied to capitalist culture; framing the movement around a retail boycott could blunt that connection instead of expanding it. Boycotts change decimals for sure, but not always hearts. What’s working right now is visible, consistent, truth-driven presence.

Framing Proposal: Anchor mid-November (Nov. 15 or 22) as a unifying “Democracy Defense” weekend - an escalation that reinforces the through-line from labor power to anti-corruption to truth over propaganda. Center the message on preserving democracy itself as the shared value that transcends party and ideology. Make the action broad enough for every aligned movement - labor, anti-war, anti-fascist, cost-of-living justice - to plug in without fracturing the narrative.

This keeps the energy building through the month while holding the moral high ground. We can still support decentralized Black Friday actions where they make sense locally, but the main national anchor should focus on truth, unity, and protecting democratic power - because that’s where we’re actually winning people over.

Position: Support Preferred Date(s): Nov. 1 Launch a month of disruption under a shared banner Strategic Reason: We have to start building local power. A month of disruption will allow us to focus on weekly actions, from an ICE Watch Training Day to an Economic Blackout on Black Friday. Framing Proposal: Week 1: ICE Watch, shore up local watchers to disrupt illegal ICE activities in our communities. Week 2: Mutual Aid / Food Drive to disrupt food and resource scarcity in our communities and build networks of community care and power. Week 3: Food and Know Your Rights Distribution to connect with the most impacted communities and build power. Week 4: Black Friday - Dec. 2 Economic Blackout Week