www.occupyathensga.org
groups.google.com/group/occupyathensga
Occupy Athens began demonstrating on October 6th at the Arch in downtown Athens in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is our intent to peacefully occupy the public space around the Arch for at least as long as the demonstrators in New York occupy Wall Street. We are demonstrating because a few extraordinarily powerful corpo
rations and astronomically wealthy individuals have co-opted our political and economic systems, and the remaining 99% of society has suffered as a result. We cannot just expect change without getting out in public and demanding it. The American government, be it big or small, should not be for sale. We need to restore our democracy to the point where the voice of every individual matters more than the voice of Goldman-Sachs, Bank of America, or Warren Buffet. You are welcome to come to the Arch and discuss these issues with us and perhaps join in and have your voice heard as well. The Athens Occupation is a peaceful demonstration that has worked with County and University police to legally occupy public space. We do not advocate any violent, destructive, or hateful behavior and seek to include people of all political backgrounds, religions, genders, sexualities, nationalities, and ethnicities. By and large, we are pro-America, tax-paying, employed or enrolled residents of the United States. We are balancing our families, careers, educations, and other responsibilities with our need to demonstrate for our rights as the everyday 99% of Americans. We would love to hear your opinions and have your support! We are all the 99%, join the movement! http://www.occupyathensga.org/
http://www.occupytogether.org/
We are demonstrating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at The Arch at North Campus, UGA on the south side of Broad St, just by the intersection with College Avenue. We are a peaceful demonstration, working with a thus-far cooperative police department, and are not engaged in civil disobedience. If you are intent on causing violent or illegal disruption, or purposefully engaging in hostility with members of the Athens Clarke-County community (including the police), you are not a part of Occupy Athens GA. For all-day parking there is the Classic Center, a deck on College Ave, and a deck on Washington St. You cannot in any way camp at the demonstration site. Please promote this event.
