What is the Occupy movement to you and why do you care? - Occupy Cafe2024-03-29T07:16:42Zhttp://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/what-is-the-occupy-movement-to-you-and-why-do-you-care?commentId=6451976%3AComment%3A10100&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'd love to collaborate on it…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-12-16:6451976:Comment:181312011-12-16T17:21:36.551ZJohn Boswellhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/JohnBoswell
<p>I'd love to collaborate on it. Working on it with Jeff Vander Clute and plans to integrate with StudioOccupy.org. Planning the online collaborative media program with the Global SchoolNet Foundation <a href="http://gsn.org" target="_blank">http://gsn.org</a> and <a href="http://consciousworldsummit.com" target="_blank">http://consciousworldsummit.com</a>.</p>
<p>Don't think I can be in the Cafe today. Thank you for all you are doing!!</p>
<p>I'd love to collaborate on it. Working on it with Jeff Vander Clute and plans to integrate with StudioOccupy.org. Planning the online collaborative media program with the Global SchoolNet Foundation <a href="http://gsn.org" target="_blank">http://gsn.org</a> and <a href="http://consciousworldsummit.com" target="_blank">http://consciousworldsummit.com</a>.</p>
<p>Don't think I can be in the Cafe today. Thank you for all you are doing!!</p> Cool! (That was fast!). Won…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-12-16:6451976:Comment:180372011-12-16T17:14:05.115ZOccupy Cafe Stewardshttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/21u3twzbb9qcp
<p>Cool! (That was fast!). Wonder if we might collaborate somehow?</p>
<p>Are you joining the Occupy Heart Cafe Call today from 3-5pm EST? <a href="http://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/occupy-heart-inaugural-journey">http://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/occupy-heart-inaugural-journey</a></p>
<p>Ben Roberts</p>
<p>Cool! (That was fast!). Wonder if we might collaborate somehow?</p>
<p>Are you joining the Occupy Heart Cafe Call today from 3-5pm EST? <a href="http://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/occupy-heart-inaugural-journey">http://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/occupy-heart-inaugural-journey</a></p>
<p>Ben Roberts</p> I want to help to help to cap…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-12-16:6451976:Comment:178492011-12-16T16:56:17.929ZJohn Boswellhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/JohnBoswell
<p>I want to help to help to capture the heart-based aspect of the movement and how love is the transformative key to financial, health and social solutions. I'm hoping to do this through the relaunch of the radio show Power Shift which will be integrated with a global online collaborative media project.</p>
<p>I want to help to help to capture the heart-based aspect of the movement and how love is the transformative key to financial, health and social solutions. I'm hoping to do this through the relaunch of the radio show Power Shift which will be integrated with a global online collaborative media project.</p> I have been waiting for years…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-11-18:6451976:Comment:101002011-11-18T07:33:53.423ZSteve Letsfixithttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/letsfixit3
<p>I have been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvhDk7vxSc" target="_blank">waiting for years for a youthful movement</a> to retake control of of our Congress-for-hire. Now that it has started, I an eager to see a platform formulated that is salable to citizens of all political stripes. <a href="http://discussion.occupyreno.org//index.php/topic,93.0.html" target="_blank">We can achieve effective change in 2013</a>. </p>
<p>I have been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvhDk7vxSc" target="_blank">waiting for years for a youthful movement</a> to retake control of of our Congress-for-hire. Now that it has started, I an eager to see a platform formulated that is salable to citizens of all political stripes. <a href="http://discussion.occupyreno.org//index.php/topic,93.0.html" target="_blank">We can achieve effective change in 2013</a>. </p> Hello to all of you! i look…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-11-13:6451976:Comment:80582011-11-13T01:03:19.671ZKellyAngelPdxhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/KellyAngelPdx
<p>Hello to all of you! i look forward to building relationships & a powerful inclusive movement.</p>
<p>Hello to all of you! i look forward to building relationships & a powerful inclusive movement.</p> I guess, the Occupy movement…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-11-02:6451976:Comment:51052011-11-02T21:17:34.324ZDeborah Hart Yemmhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/DeborahHartYemm
<p>I guess, the Occupy movement came as a surprise to me. However, I have LONG believed we are in a time critical - environmental, population and financial. As a spiritual person, I work from within my self; and from within my social online communities (Living Metaphysics & <a href="http://anewgaia.ning.com/" target="_blank">A New Gaia</a>) towards the transformation of human expression - to value a better quality of life for humanity, in general; and as good stewards of the planet, that…</p>
<p>I guess, the Occupy movement came as a surprise to me. However, I have LONG believed we are in a time critical - environmental, population and financial. As a spiritual person, I work from within my self; and from within my social online communities (Living Metaphysics & <a href="http://anewgaia.ning.com/" target="_blank">A New Gaia</a>) towards the transformation of human expression - to value a better quality of life for humanity, in general; and as good stewards of the planet, that provides EVERYTHING we are. </p>
<p>I see much to be concerned about overall; and I find in the Occupy movement, the visibility that shakes people out of basic survival mode or apathetic complacency. I try to be informed, keep an open mind and be supportive, of whatever seems "good" to me. I don't relish a crumbling or collapse of the world I have known; but I am willing to experience hardship and challenge, if it brings a more equitable type of circumstances, to humanity as a whole. I don't feel that "business as usual" is sustainable much longer.</p>
<p>I believe that humanity must "evolve"; or humanity may cease to be sustainable on this Earth, as a species. As someone who came "of age" in the early 1970s, I missed being able to be significantly involved in much of the 60s activism; but I was shaped within my soul, by many of it's values. I do what I can for the Occupy movement, as I can; and when the opportunity seems appropriate.</p> Hi Ben, et al.
Eric, Thank yo…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-10-29:6451976:Comment:39702011-10-29T21:04:44.091ZTish Jenningshttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/tishjennings
<p>Hi Ben, et al.</p>
<p>Eric, Thank you for the book recommendation. I just bought it and look forward to reading it.</p>
<p>I am very excited about the OWS phenomenon primarily because it seems to be emerging as both functional AND leaderless. That to me is key. If we can improve functionality and maintain leaderlessness, our best human nature may rise to consensus delivery that both exhibits the best of human nature and considers the perspectives of all. Wow, wouldn't that be awesome! Maybe…</p>
<p>Hi Ben, et al.</p>
<p>Eric, Thank you for the book recommendation. I just bought it and look forward to reading it.</p>
<p>I am very excited about the OWS phenomenon primarily because it seems to be emerging as both functional AND leaderless. That to me is key. If we can improve functionality and maintain leaderlessness, our best human nature may rise to consensus delivery that both exhibits the best of human nature and considers the perspectives of all. Wow, wouldn't that be awesome! Maybe it's a new way of human interaction that may help us survive. If you look at human history, our key to survival has been cohesive group process that has allowed us to work cooperatively to solve problems that threaten our survival. It's only been in the last 10,000 years of so (of almost $100,000 of homo sapien history) where you see the development of socially domineering hierarchies like governments. It may be the nature of these hierarchies to over-dominate the individual. Before these hierarchies, homo sapien lived in more egalitatrian social groups or tribes. Perhaps we are ready to expand our tribe to include our whole family of human beings. After all, there's some strong evidence that we all evolved from a small population of less than 5,000 or so in Africa because of a threat to life caused by a huge volcano that erupted about 70,000 years ago which caused a bottleneck in our demography. There's not much happening in my small college town of State College PA but I plan to visit the Wall Street folks when I go to NYC later in November. I have a lot of hope for our human compassion, intelligence, and ingenuity. </p> OWS is a good counter-balance…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-10-26:6451976:Comment:31062011-10-26T20:35:25.706ZJet Guerrerohttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/JetGuerrero
<p>OWS is a good counter-balance to the so-called Tea Party movement which is obviously funded by Big Corporations and fueled by Corporate media more specifically the Fox News Network. Why is it that when people question the powers given to corporations by Republican and Democratic politicians there is suddenly a news blackout ? It is so obvious that the Establishment's interests are directly in converse with the OWS. It took a month for the media to cover the OWS and in the meantime thousands…</p>
<p>OWS is a good counter-balance to the so-called Tea Party movement which is obviously funded by Big Corporations and fueled by Corporate media more specifically the Fox News Network. Why is it that when people question the powers given to corporations by Republican and Democratic politicians there is suddenly a news blackout ? It is so obvious that the Establishment's interests are directly in converse with the OWS. It took a month for the media to cover the OWS and in the meantime thousands have already been arrested for merely exercising their freedom of expression, freedom to peaceably assemble and freedom of speech.</p>
<p>Its a good thing we have the social networks, otherwise the OWS like the opposition to the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be silenced by the media. As one great reformer put it, "Civil disobedience is NOT the problem. Obedience is the problem." When people see injustice and are paralyzed by fear to do something about it, that, in a democracy is a problem.</p>
<p>OWS should stay unfettered by the influence of political parties and vested interests, it should always be on guard against parties/entities that wish to use the movement to advance their narrow agenda. More power to the occupiers all over the world !</p> I am excited to be part of a…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-10-26:6451976:Comment:30252011-10-26T17:23:37.125ZHayduke Canyonhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/HaydukeCanyon
<p>I am excited to be part of a group planning a local (Boise) occupation in support of the original OWS mission. I want to join the national conversation about how to increase our relevancy and affect changes in the way big business and Congress conduct their affairs. Ultimately, I would like to see FDR's Second Bill of Rights passed as a constitutional amendment.</p>
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<p>I am excited to be part of a group planning a local (Boise) occupation in support of the original OWS mission. I want to join the national conversation about how to increase our relevancy and affect changes in the way big business and Congress conduct their affairs. Ultimately, I would like to see FDR's Second Bill of Rights passed as a constitutional amendment.</p>
<p> </p> The movement is an awakening/…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-10-25:6451976:Comment:23682011-10-25T14:19:50.279ZDavid Eggletonhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/DavidEggleton
<p>The movement is an awakening/enlivening for which I wished and worked. It's a shift of attention from empty promises to human being that may responsibly and reliably deliver what fosters social and ecological well-being, and truly satisfies.</p>
<p>How could I not care about it?</p>
<p>The movement is an awakening/enlivening for which I wished and worked. It's a shift of attention from empty promises to human being that may responsibly and reliably deliver what fosters social and ecological well-being, and truly satisfies.</p>
<p>How could I not care about it?</p>