Monday October 10th, – 7:48pm
What a day… Huge thank you’s to everyone! Too many to list right now.
My first reactions… Everything you’ve heard about the gentle-spiritedness of this is true. I witnessed a bunch of Americans being the civic minded Americans that we are meant to be. Protesters, cops, journalists, all American patriots doing their thing.
Everything you heard about this being anti-capitalist is a bunch of hooey. Everyone I saw seemed to be expressing a desire to return to the kind prosperity that was built on the notion that we are all in this together. A prosperity that does not simply materially enrich a few – but on a much deeper level enriches us all.
More on this tomorrow.
Thanks again.
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Monday October 10th, 2011
We’re off. I’m looking forward to meeting some of you today. Liberalgeek and I will try to update this thread when we can. You can also get periodic updates by tuning into WDEL this morning, as we’ll be calling into Al Mascitti’s show now and then.
If you have BLANKETS, RAIN PONCHO, GLOVES, JACKETS, etc… Bring them down to:
- Sussex – The Lewes Library @ 10:00am
- Kent – Legislative Hall Main Entrance @ 11:00am, and
- New Castle – The Shipyard Shops (the roundabout) @12:00
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Saturday October 8th, 2011
We have our pick up times, and our donation wranglers. We have some donation lined up. We have our wheels and I have my post it note reminding me to bring my easy pass. If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning.
What we don’t have, is a real clear sense of how this is going to work once we get to Manhattan. In the action oriented spirit of this protest, we are still going for it – but if anybody has any first hand knowledge of what the receiving operation in OWS is like, I’d be eager to hear it.
What we still need:
1) Whatever you do, sign this petition: http://www.getmoneyout.com/ Democrats are getting a little spine because they can count.
2) More pledges of supplies. (You know you have an old coat. Bring it to one of the three collection points on Monday morning. (see below))
3) A little more press(?). I’m not sure about this. We have a call in to Al Mascitti’s show lined up, but maybe some local press would be good? Maybe not. I’m not a huge fan of any of the Delaware Newspapers.
4) There is no number four unless you think of something that we are forgetting and want to put in the comments section.
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Important Reminder:
The DL community is going to fill an SUV with donated sleeping bags and/or blankets, yoga mats and tarps* and drive up to New York where we will deliver them on behalf of everyone in Delaware who thinks that the corporate takeover of our democracy requires a response.
We’ll be picking up donated items in the following locations:
- Sussex – The Lewes Library @ 10:00am
- Kent – Legislative Hall Main Entrance @ 11:00am, and
- New Castle – The Shipyard Shops (the roundabout) @12:00
1) Think about whether you can volunteer to organize donations at one of the three pickup location on the morning of the 10th.
2) Help us find a very up to date and complete list of the occupiers genuine needs.
3) Spread the word. Twitter (the hash tag is: #DE2WallSt) , Facebook, Semiphore flags…
* As of the writing of this, these are the items that were being requested. If the needs change between now and Monday morning, we’ll update the list.
Comment Rescue:
The Occupy Delaware movement seems to be growing. They’re holding their second General Assembly meeting on 10/12 at 7PM at the UAW hall on Old Baltimore Pike in Newark. They also now have a Twitter feed (@OccupyDelaware), a Facebook page (facebook.com/occupyDE) and a YouTube channel, which now has the videos of the first General Assembly meeting.
I’ve seen posts on Reddit about their meetings and it looks as if the Facebook page has about 300 people paying attention. Not bad considering they just started three days ago.