Occupy Tulsa had their first General Assembly (GA) meeting on October 1, 2011. I was unfortunately unable to attend, but Ms. Pressley was kind enough to send a summary of the things discussed to those unable to attend*:
Hey everyone,
Sorry if anyone who was at the meeting gets this e-mail but I had everyone that I was communicating with on the same e-mail list.
I wanted to let everyone know that I've handed the task of updating and communicating with you guys over to the head of the Communications committee group that was organized at the meeting this Saturday.
If anyone would like to keep in contact with me despite this, feel free to e-mail or text/call me. I just thought it would be more appropriate if someone who lived in Tulsa who was going to be more informed about arrangements that were more local to be your direct line to the Tulsa group. I will still be attending the meetings and encourage all of you to try and make it to at least one. Comparatively, Tulsa was far more organized, cohesive, and productive than OSU or OKC seemed to be, from my observations over the course of this weekend.
The next Tulsa meeting will be at Newblock Park at 10 am, same as this weekend. If anyone needs a ride, please don't hesitate to ask me, as I'll still be commuting from Stillwater to attend the meetings in Tulsa.
Thanks for everyone's time and interest in this,
Kirsten Pressley
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P.S. Big news! OU and OSU are now both organizing in cahoots to Occupy Oklahoma - this has gotten WAY bigger than Bedlam! :D
The next GA meeting will be on October 8, 2011 in the same location at the same time. They are currently planning a mini protest for September 5, 2011. The general concensus seems to be that they march at the 61st and Sheridan branch of Chase bank at noon CST, but no plans have been solidified as of yet.
(*Number removed for privacy. If you need it, find her through Occupy Tulsa's Facebook page).
Occupy Wall Street:
Going into their third week, the protesters in New York keep growing exponentially. On September 5, 2011 Occupy Wall Street protesters will be joining Union members in a march from Foley Square to the Financial District at 4:30 p.m. EST.
After the Brooklyn Bridge incident this past weekend, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) has filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD) for forcing bus drivers to transport the 700 plus arrestees to holding facilities. While U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected an initial request from TWU that would bar NYPD from commandeering buses, stating that, "New York state penal law requires a person to assist police with an arrest when it’s 'reasonable' to do so", the judge has not ruled out the union's request for permenent injunction.
Occupy Seattle:
Reports of arrests was said to be false late Tuesday evening when a rumor began spreading across Twitter that the police were on the scene with vans and paddy wagons arresting protesters. One protester said he heard a radio transmission that police were at 5th and Pine, but another stated that a single officer was on scene to aid a drunken man who had injured himself.
Current reports are that Seattle PD may be waiting for crowds to thin before descending upon protesters.
Occupy St. Louis:
After the Cardinals suffered a 3-2 defeat by the Philies, fans leaving Busch stadium mingled with protesters. One protester mentioned via Twitter that they are set up about two blocks away from the stadium.
Occupy Los Angeles:
Twitter was buzzing for a little while on Tuesday with reports that SWAT teams were barring people from making withdraws at Bank of America. It tuned out the information was, in fact, from a 2007 incident (similar reports buzzed about St. Louis, but those reports were also false, as they were from August 2011).
If you'd like for your Occupy organization to be mentioned here, send a summary of the day's events and/or a summary of upcoming events to: gideon.amittai@gmail.com
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