What Inspires Melanie Butler day 49 OWS

I met Melanie in Zuccotti Park day 49 of the Occupy Wall Street movement. She spoke to a group gathered with the amazing Eve Ensler to hear women's stories of why they had come to Occupy Wall Street. Melanie shared her excitement about the new women's safe space tent she had gone to check out and donate supplies to. It was the first day of the tent, a welcomed protected space as it was a cold and windy night.

What inspires Melanie Butler? Her female mentors @CodePink.org a women's peace organization and the activist community in NYC.

To watch and hear her speak these words "I'm just so full of hope." Well all I can say is Inspirational!

What's Your Inspiration?

Occupy Wall Street Day 25

NYCSubwayGirl visits Zuccotti Park encampment of Occupy Wall Street protesters. Joined by musician activist Joy Askew. 

My take away: Hope, inspiring to take action and making a difference...

If you'd like more insight from within Zuccotti Park, here's some interesting posts by Eve Ensler and Amy Goodman's Democracy Now whom I believe are the true pioneers of our time.

Also one of my fav sites is Place Matters.  They have made Zuccotti Park the place of the month.

Update on 2011-10-24 16:05 by NYC Subway Girl

Breaking News: Friday 7am. Cleanup of Zuccotti Park by occupiers yesterday. This morning the Mayor and Brookfield Properties (owners of the park) have backed off and Occupy Wall Street continues.  If those against the movement could shift their energies to cleaning up the financial mess, that would be real progress.   

EMERGENCY #OWS EVICTION DEFENSE:

Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street

Tell Bloomberg: Don't Foreclose the Occupation.

NEED MASS TURN-OUT, SHOW UP NO LATER THAN 6 A.M.

This is an emergency situation. Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide.

Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.

But last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to “clean the park”—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. "Cleaning" was used as a pretext to shut down “Bloombergville” a few months back, and to shut down peaceful occupations elsewhere.

Bloomberg says that the park will be open for public usage following the cleaning, but with a notable caveat: Occupy Wall Street participants must follow the “rules”.

NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said that they will move in to clear us and we will not be allowed to take sleeping bags, tarps, personal items or gear back into the park.

This is it—this is their attempt to shut down #OWS for good.

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