MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN JOIN OCCUPY SAN DIEGO

[nadinbrzezinski]

November 12, 2011 (San Diego)—Over a hundred women walked from the other side of Third Avenue downtown, pushing wheelbarrow and carrying trash bags filled with supplies such as dry socks. The rain came down hard, soaking them. East County women were among the crowd, including a Jamul mother and her son.

They chanted “We are the ninety-nine percent,” and “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out.” The occupiers peeked out from under plastic tarps, or came out from whatever cover they were allowed by San Diego Police, and cheered. To them, it was a surprise. A few faces, filled with emotion, had tears. View a video:

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/7850

Disclaimer I wrote that story, and it was edited... some of those photos are mine too.

[sabrina 1]

1. Beautifully written Nadin

You are an official part of the new 'OWS' media, congratulations.

The story itself is wonderful. Everyone joining the movement, they will not be able to crush it no matter how hard they try. This was beautiful.

:kick: and rec'd

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[sabrina 1]

3. I was thinking, this is an idea that would be great everywhere

Women, mothers, grandmothers, taking care of the protesters like this, it really is a wonderful thing for them to do, and would be a great addition to all the other occupys.

Nice pics btw. Rain didn't stop them either. Thank you for covering this.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. You welcome, now I need to go hit a rack

tomorrow is market day... or is that later today?

[sabrina 1]

5. Depends on where you are, in NY, it is nearly 5 AM.

I did love these two paragraphs, these women are awesome, putting the Media in its place:

Another woman, a retired teacher, took over. She told the press and now occupiers that it is time to start investing in education, but that first we needed to get money out politics. She also quoted Elizabeth Warren, and said it’s time for the myth of the job creators to end. Wealth does not trickle down, she suggested; those people deserve their success, but also need to pay it forward to our future generations.

When the women opened the floor for questions, a reporter tried to direct the questions to the current story line from Council. The women very skillfully brought it back to the economic reasons behind this. They also warned the city and the press that they will be there every Saturday making sure the occupiers are treated well. They also reminded the press that they have a right to protest and to be there. They were crystal`clear on the rights of the people to the rights of assembly. They also said they were fed up with the current media coverage.

I also like that they emphasized the root cause of all the other problems, 'get the money out of politics'.

[Raksha]

6. K & R - Great story, Nadin!

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Kick