We will be looking for you at the Occupy Oregon South Coast General Assembly on Wednesday, August 29th, at 6:00 P.M..
We will be meeting in the wind shelter on the Coos Bay Boardwalk off of Highway 101 North, in downtown Coos Bay. For added comfort bring a stool, or pillow to sit on. We will only have a rug to sit on.
If you would like further information you can contact us at: OccupyOregonSouthCoast .
Hope to see you there!
Danged Socialist/Commie/Marxist ——well, you know, they all look alike to me.
Don’t encourage Them, don’cha know they’ll jist tell their friends we’re suckers?
Our money is on the huge dredge ship that is plying the bay, millions of it, upon millions.
Don’t get in our way Curt, we don’t have time for foolishness.
Occupy note 08-29-12
The GA started at 6 in the wind shelter on the boardwalk, after the weekly protest on the hwy. Four people from that group joined the meeting. A new facilitator stepped up (in keeping with the leaderless concept), a kindly fellow who has lived in the area for some time. Maybe a bit too kindly, as several people were making “process” signs, while he gently guided an older woman back on topic. At least one person wondered how anything gets done with this model, when everyone deserves to be heard.
Committee reports were being solicited when a homeless couple came over. She is pregnant, and they are currently living in a makeshift shelter (under a nearby boxcar). Remarkably pathetic, they knew of only one local resource that might help. One of the group offered to be an advocate for them, a term they had not heard before, and appeared to have no idea what it meant. The meeting continued…
About 1/2 way thru, those people left, and soon thereafter came a nattily dressed older woman walking a dog. She was also homeless, but knew local resources and had a place to live. She gave an impromptu speech on the difficulties that the homeless face just to qualify to start filling out forms they don’t understand.
After the meeting, two of the occupiers ran into one another and decided to get some groceries for the homeless couple. Fear for safety was an immediate concern, but was quickly assuaged by their number. They found the pathetic (and harmless) couple trying to stay out of sight.
The homeless and helpless duo was of course grateful, and one occupier was moved to tears as he realized, “There, but for the grace of God…”
That’s what I saw, and heard, on the boardwalk, in Coos Bay, OR.
curt