Last night I spent the night in Grand Circus Park with 30-50 other people (I'm not good at these sorts of estimates). It was about 1/3 white young folks (like myself), 1/3 houseless people and 1/3 other. I spent most of the evening in the food tent handing out hot dogs, beans and rice, beet salad, pasta salad, green salad and some veggie soup that some of us through together at the last minute. Here's some photos I took before it got dark:
Folks at the information table, there's a little library and we there is a website.
Lots of tents. I started to count this morning and I think I got about 30.
Safety/Security Committee meeting. There were some issues Saturday night due to a stolen lap tops. Everything was quiet Sunday night as far as I could tell and everyone seemed pretty cheery this morning.
This is my tent and bike.
This morning we made a lot of eggs, bacon and potato for folks, and also had tons of bagels. We also made an insanely large pot of vegetable soup to serve for lunch with grilled cheese, though I had to leave before lunch serving time.
It is pretty amazing how much things have grown since Friday night and how much better organized it is now. I went by on Saturday afternoon and there were twice as many tents as Friday night and twice as much kitchen, then when I showed up on Sunday there was 3 times as much food and quite a few more tents as well. There has been a lot of good outreach too, including a big meeting at the UU church on Saturday night and so it should be a lot more diverse soon. Lots of more established activists signing on. Below the break below are some photos from the big rally on Friday.
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| The only cop car there as far as I could see. Word is that there is a 60 day permit for us to use the park |
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| A couple of Ron Paul supporters. |
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| Lots of Moratorium Now supporters. Folks who want there to be a moratorium on foreclosures. |
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| Wayne State students. |
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| Representatives/observers from the Lawyers Guild |
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