On 11/05/2011 04:57 PM, Bill Coop wrote: > "News from other Occupy Wall Street protests around Iowa" > .DesMoinesRegister.com > http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/10/29/news-from-other-occupy-wall-street-protests-around-iowa/ > > > Fairfield: In lieu of continuous occupation, a local group of protesters > organized an informational gathering in Howard Park and also screened the > documentary “The Corporation” at a local coffeehouse. Video from the park > event: > > http://vimeo.com/30531665 > > #Occupy Fairfield: Awareness and Education from Wayside Shine Productions > on Vimeo. > > One of the Fairfield supporters, Rianna Koppel, also had this to say: > > I don’t want to speak on behalf of the entire Occupy Fairfield Group, but I > can speak personally on why I don’t think we are occupying a public space > consistently. > > Fairfield is home to a community that is based in Transcendental > Meditation. At our university, Maharishi University of Mangement, many > students, staff, and faculty are already working on many projects that > relate directly to sustainability, consciousness, local economy, local > cooperatives — financial and otherwise, farmer’s markets and CSAs, and > many, many more. > > What I think the purpose of our local Occupy movement is has to do more > with education, awareness, and continued promotion of local projects and > activities that are already taking place to support each other in our > community. I think that this is the perspective that everyone is taking > here in Fairfield, and so through the Occupy movement, we have strengthened > and rallied our community. We do not need to occupy a public space > consistently in order to do what we see as the next step from this movement.
Cool! I have Vimeo on my BD player so will watch it on my big screen! ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
