ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
You know, there was a grass roots movement called Occupy Wall St. came into the news a while ago. Seems that people found out if you want to mobilize others who think like you do, getting on social media and Twitter is a really good way to organize.
It seems that their passion for organizing for a good cause has expanded to yet another arena.............................
The East Coast and those affected by Hurricane Sandy........................
Where FEMA Fell Short, Occupy Sandy Was There - NYTimes.com
Still think the OWS movement is nothing more than a bunch of bums looking for a handout?
Seems to me it's a bunch of people who care about this country offering their hands out in help.
It seems that their passion for organizing for a good cause has expanded to yet another arena.............................
The East Coast and those affected by Hurricane Sandy........................
ON Wednesday night, as a fierce northeaster bore down on the weather-beaten Rockaways, the relief groups with a noticeable presence on the battered Queens peninsula were these: the National Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Police and Sanitation Departments and Occupy Sandy, a do-it-yourself outfit recently established by Occupy Wall Street.
This stretch of the coast remained apocalyptic, with buildings burned like Dresden and ragged figures shuffling past the trash heaps. There was still no power, and parking lots were awash with ruined cars. On Wednesday morning, as the winds picked up and FEMA closed its office due to weather, an enclave of Occupiers was huddled in a storefront amid the devastation, handing out supplies and trying to make sure that those bombarded by last months storm stayed safe and warm and dry this time.
Candles? asked a dull-eyed woman arriving at the door.
Im sorry, but were out, said Sofia Gallisa, a field coordinator who had been there for a week. Ms. Gallisa escorted the woman in, and someone gave her batteries for her flashlight. As she walked away, word arrived that a firehouse nearby was closing for the night; the firefighters there were hurrying their rigs to higher ground.
Its crazy, Ms. Gallisa later said of the official response. For a long time, we were the only people out here doing relief work.
After its encampment in Zuccotti Park, which changed the public discourse about economic inequality and introduced the nation to the trope of the 1 percent, the Occupy movement has wandered in a desert of more intellectual, less visible projects, like farming, fighting debt and theorizing on banking. While several nouns have been occupied from summer camp to health care it is only with Hurricane Sandy that the times have conspired to deliver an event that fully calls upon the movements talents and caters to its strengths.
Maligned for months for its purported ineffectiveness, Occupy Wall Street has managed through its storm-related efforts not only to renew the impromptu passions of Zuccotti, but also to tap into an unfulfilled desire among the residents of the city to assist in the recovery. This altruistic urge was initially unmet by larger, more established charity groups, which seemed slow to deliver aid and turned away potential volunteers in droves during the early days of the disaster.
In the past two weeks, Occupy Sandy has set up distribution sites at a pair of Brooklyn churches where hundreds of New Yorkers muster daily to cook hot meals for the afflicted and to sort through a medieval marketplace of donated blankets, clothes and food. There is an Occupy motor pool of borrowed cars and pickup trucks that ferries volunteers to ravaged areas. An Occupy weatherman sits at his computer and issues regular forecasts. Occupy construction teams and medical committees have been formed.
Where FEMA Fell Short, Occupy Sandy Was There - NYTimes.com
Still think the OWS movement is nothing more than a bunch of bums looking for a handout?
Seems to me it's a bunch of people who care about this country offering their hands out in help.