Voices We Love: Gina Crosley-Corcoran

This last week, Gina Crosley-Corcoran published a fantastic article on Occupy Wall Streets’s website.  Gina is a writer, activist, musician, doula, mother of three, and is currently working on her Masters of Public Health in Maternal Child Health.  Her website, the Feminist Breeder, is an eclectic website of tools, related articles on inclusiveness and bridge building, and humor to our insane lives; not to mention a recipe or anecdote.  It is a great site to get lost on for a bit.

Most recently Gina caught the attention of Project Kinect with her article Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person.  Privilege itself has a lot to do with the state of our society.  Understanding privilege then can help more specifically understand white privilege.  You can read the entire article here.

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The Latest on Occupy Wall Street

October 14th:

This morning Zuccotti Park clean up was cancelled…
 

New York Times: This was the story I saw in the New York Times today discussing the low numbers for Occupy San Fransisco as well as other cities in the movement.  We need some inspiration and to show the public how extreme this is and what is really at stake.

To keep up on a continuous run of Occupy Wall Street on Project Kinect, keep your eye here.

Occupy Wall Street

Since the middle of September, we have seen the entire nation taking on different charters of Occupy Wall Street.  While Occupy Together and Occupy Wall Street are the central hubs for this movement, I will be posting different stories, videos and events that  are happening on this page as well as different posts that I write.  In the New York Times today, the article on the non-violent protests shared a quote from Michael Kazin, a professor of history at Georgetown University. He said, “it was unclear if the current protests would lead to a lasting movement, which would require the newly unleashed passions to be channeled into institutions and shaped into political goals.”

Like the rest of the country, I have no clue to what the political goals or the right avenue for change is at the moment, but as this gains momentum, and leaders of this movement are chosen throughout the country, we will begin to see those needs and goals appear.  That is if this has the kinetic energy and the fuel to keep going the length it needs to make an impact and ignite the motivation from millions of others. 

October 4th:

 

 

  • CNN iReport: This video is fantastic of what happened on the Brooklyn Bridge this weekend.

Occupying the Country

Today is day fifteen of Occupy Wall Street.  This is a small movement that is growing exponentially not only in Manhatten, but through the whole of our country.  Here is a list of what I could find for times and places for different protests throughout the country today and I will attempt to keep this updated frequently.  This isn’t about politics, race, gender, sexual orientation but about the well being of the majority of our country.  The more you get active, the more you learn about the entire situation and the more you can make your own decisions on what actions you take. 

WE ARE ALL INVOLVED

Protests set for October 1st  

Washington D.C.: McPhearson Square.  I couldn’t find a time but I imagine people are already there.  Occupy D.C.

Boston: Dewey Square, Occupy Boston

Chicago: I couldn’t find anything yet but my guess is near Michigan and Congress, Occupy Chicago

Dallas: Federal Reserve Building 2200 North Pearl Street.  Occupy Dallas

Los Angeles: 10:00am Pershing Square, Occupy Los Angeles

Seattle: 10:00am-7pm, West Lake Center Plaza, Occupy Seattle

San Fransisco: Occupy San Fransisco 

Also keep checking Occupy Together for the most up to date information for the entire country. I will keep adding as I can.  Here is the footage from Susan Surandon. I really appreciate her sharing her views on how change starts from the bottom, not the top and that she is confident that we have “the tool kit to do this non-violently.”  Thank you to bYarlboro for putting this video up in its whole.