{"id":380,"date":"2020-07-15T03:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T03:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bettertimesinfo.org\/?page_id=380"},"modified":"2020-08-17T00:53:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T00:53:47","slug":"occupy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bettertimesinfo.org\/occupy\/","title":{"rendered":"OCCUPY!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12d32cfe elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12d32cfe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74e6604a\" data-id=\"74e6604a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd1af1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd1af1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contents\">\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>We are the 99%!<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Occupy Wall Street movement is a decentralized, leaderless movement to bring public attention to bear on the serious problems we face in this country.\u00a0<br \/>Inspired by the events in Tunisia and Egypt, we aim to bring about an &#8220;American Autumn&#8221; to go with the &#8220;Arab Spring&#8221;.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>While it is still early in the movement for the definition of actual goals and demands, the emotional issues that are bringing us together include &#8212;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul>\n<li>We bailed them out.\u00a0 They bought our government.<\/li>\n<li>They sold our jobs.<\/li>\n<li>They laid us off.<\/li>\n<li>They stole our homes.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve had enough!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of the primary strategies is setting up encampments in central areas of major cities.\u00a0 Many people, however, are unable to participate in such events.<br \/>The purpose of this page is to suggest ideas for action that do not involve camping out in a central business district.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Start an Affinity Group<\/strong><br \/>An affinity group is a group of people who share a common interest or geography.\u00a0 For example, the people of a particular neighborhood are an affinity group.\u00a0<br \/>People in a specific occupation (like nurses), or religion (like Baptist or Catholic), are in an affinity group.\u00a0 We suggest you start one or more Occupy! groups<br \/>for your affinity groups.\u00a0 Perhaps you could start with your own neighborhood, like Occupy Gatewood!\u00a0 Or your religion, like Occupy Archdiocese of Oklahoma City!\u00a0<br \/>Or Occupy Oklahoma School Teachers!\u00a0 Or Occupy Oklahoma Math Teachers!\u00a0 Etc. The number of different affinity groups is nearly infinite.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve decided on an affinity group, start publicizing it.\u00a0 Make a Facebook page. Put out flyers in your neighborhood.\u00a0 Schedule an activity.\u00a0<br \/>In Oklahoma, we are suggesting that Occupy affinity groups hold an activity the morning of November 5.\u00a0 Occupy Gatewood! neighborhood is having a meeting<br \/>that morning at 10 AM at a central space in the neighborhood, and afterwards may do a &#8220;honk and wave&#8221; along a busy street adjacent to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Network.<\/strong><br \/>As they say, &#8220;Stay in touch!&#8221;\u00a0 For affinity groups in Oklahoma, the website http:\/\/www.occupyoklahoma.org will soon be available to list the access information for your affinity group.\u00a0<br \/>The other main Oklahoma networks are the\u00a0Occupy OKC,\u00a0Occupy Norman,\u00a0Occupy Tulsa, and\u00a0Occupy Stillwater\u00a0websites. Post a link or your other access info to them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Move your Money.<\/strong><br \/>We also suggest that people move their money out of the big banks and into credit unions.\u00a0 Many groups are targeting November 5th as an action day to complete such transitions.\u00a0<br \/>Find more information at\u00a0Move Your Money Project\u00a0.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Support your Local Occupation.<\/strong><br \/>If there is a local occupation going on in your downtown area, support them. Donate food and supplies. Keep in touch with them. Participate in marches as you are able.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Speak for yourself.<\/strong><br \/>Each group speaks for itself and voluntarily affiliates\/networks with others.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Use tools.<\/strong><br \/>Don&#8217;t reinvent the wheel. Use existing tools linked here and elsewhere and share your own.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191111072556\/http:\/\/www.bettertimesinfo.org\/poster99.pdf\">PDF of &#8220;WE ARE THE 99%&#8221; 11 X 17 poster or yard sign.\u00a0<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191111072556\/http:\/\/www.bettertimesinfo.org\/poster99oklahoma.pdf\">PDF of &#8220;WE ARE THE 99%&#8221; Oklahoma poster<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(with url for www.occupyoklahoma.org ) &#8212; 11 X 17 poster or yard sign.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20191111072556\/http:\/\/www.bettertimesinfo.org\/occupygatewood.pdf\">PDF of Occupy Gatewood flyer<\/a>, invite to meeting on Nov 5.<br \/>Print at a copy shop that prints 11 X 17 paper, copy, past to cardboard or or piece of plywood or something similar.\u00a0 Stake in your yard or put up elsewhere. For an added touch, at most copy shops you can select &#8220;copy single color&#8221; and then you could copy it so the text is blue or red or whatever other color you want.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bettertimesinfo.org\/\">HOME<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are the 99%! The Occupy Wall Street movement is a decentralized, leaderless movement to bring public attention to bear on the serious problems we face in this country.&nbsp;Inspired by the events in Tunisia and Egypt, we aim to bring about an &#8220;American Autumn&#8221; to go with the &#8220;Arab Spring&#8221;. 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