Occupy San Diego (OSD) is a shoot off of NYC’s Occupy Wall Street. While the weather is a more cooperative the crowds are a bit smaller than NYC, the enthusiasm of San Diego’s 99% rival that of any other Occupy Movement.
As a student reporting on OSD I had the pleasure of talking to one of its original occupiers. Cali is recent college graduate with her degree in Environmental Studies and has been unemployed for the last two months. Cali is a lifelong resident of San Diego and is very proud of the OSD movement from its beginnings two months ago to where it is today. Cali looks back at the movement and can remember on day 20 when everyone remained peaceful even in the face of violent cops pushing, shoving, and verbally threatening her fellow 99%ers. She is also impressed with the amount of democratic participation the 99% now contribute to at San Diego City Council Meetings. The OSD movement is a political awakening for many San Diegans and has made its way from the Civic Center Square to the Police Department and City Hall.
The goal of the 99% is to get families talking again about whey the middle class is shrinking, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. They want challenge of the government to bring the American Dream that our parents and grandparents enjoyed back to generation X.
OSD would like to give a big “Mike Check” (shout out) to the following organizations who have been a source of support over past two months: Citizens Oversight, Labor Council, O.B. Rag, Chaplin Ron, Transit Workers, International Association of Electrical Workers, Nurses Union, and ironically…. The International Union, Security, Police, Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA).
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