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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 04:25 AM
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Any "Occupy" events happening in Anchorage or Fairbanks?
Hasn't hit Juneau yet(the dominant feeling here is still more timid liberal than resistance culture).

It seems to be going on everywhere else in the country.

As a short-term thing, I'd suggest we do events to gather used winter clothing to send to the OWS people:

gloves, hats, heavy coats and umbrellas would be of great use to them.

If anyone was looking for a suggested venue for an actual "occupation" event in Anchorage, perhaps the Commonwealth North offices would be a possibility...
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-11 01:07 PM
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1. I saw a few friends on Facebook talking about it yesterday.
I'll let you know if something "gels."
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-11 03:54 PM
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2. Ken, here's the link to the Facebook page
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-09-11 11:02 PM
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3. Occupy Anchorage protesters point to empowerment, jobs
By CASEY GROVE; Anchorage Daily News
Published: 10/09/11 6:29 pm | Updated: 10/09/11 6:29 pm

About 200 people rallied downtown Saturday for the continuation of Occupy Anchorage, an event sparked by a three-week-long protest on New York City's Wall Street.

The gathering at Town Square was the second local installment of what has become a national movement that loosely targets corporate greed ...

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/08/1857626/occupy-anchorage-protesters-point.html
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