It is likely to be said that any person that has gone out walking downtown, or buying a new TV set, or probably scrolling on web pages such as Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr for the past few months, has seen the Occupy Wall Street protest signs.
The Occupy Wall Street protests began with “Operation: Occupy Wall Street.” Just about 100 nations and over 1,000 cities across the globe are protesting. The question is, what are they protesting against?
For the past generations, society has been completely neglected from countless governments across the nation and other parts of the world. The public was influenced by the revolts in Egypt, and in Tunisia. Occupy Wall Street is composed of different ethnicities, genders and political influences. They are the 99% that can no longer tolerate the corruption of the 1%.
It came here to Kansas City around September 26 and there is no different story. Everyone has the same standards and needs. Opinions have staked high and just about thousands of people have joined in and got involved for numerous reasons. One of them is that the unemployment rate in the U.S. is at 9.1% and it is 8.5% in Kansas City (Occupykc.com).
Occupy Kansas City has been held at Memorial Drive outside the Federal Reserve Bank of KC. General Assemblies have also been held every day at 6:30pm. Assemblies are publically displayed with no leader. Everyone is a representation of themselves and others. Discussions are addressed democratically and do not tolerate anything besides common courtesy. Fridays are engaged with Friday Night Sleepovers.
Anyone can come and are welcomed by courageous conversations. Showing support for Occupy KC does not have to be shown publically, rather you can also support the fairness of the protests by blogging and donating goods. It will continue to go on until there is change and proven otherwise.