This is short and sweet, but I feel like I need to check in with a few people on DK.
I have been helping with Occupy Long Beach for a few weeks now, and it has gotten busy enough that I'm barely able to check in and rec a few diaries and then leave again. I'm glad you guys are on here writing and organizing and spreading the word, and I know that if we need you to you will let people know what is going on with Long Beach's Occupation.
We are occupying Lincoln Park in Long Beach, the oldest park in the city. It's right next to city hall. I've never been this involved in a movement before and I'm meeting incredible people and having fun. At the same time though, the city has posted signs in Lincoln Park this morning stating the ordinances against gathering after 10pm. We have a rally planned at 9:30 tonight and we are going to read the first amendment. We need all the people we can get down here, and we need people talking about us. The fastest place to get information on what is happening is our facebook page. We are on Twitter @OccupyLB
When I started reading DK I had no idea that I would someday feel empowered enough to stand with a bunch of people I didn't know that well in downtown Long Beach because something fucking has to change now. I was a mom with young kids and that took a lot of my time. I have used this site and all of you to learn to communicate more clearly, to learn about the issues. Everybody knows the internet has opened things up, but now is when we are going to see how much it has. I'm so proud of us all for getting behind Occupy and starting to exercise our rights. It's waking people up.