Midwest Occupy Organizers Say "Meet Me In St. Louis"
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 14, 2012 9:45PM
The Occupy movement is putting together a regional conference in St. Louis for Occupy organizers in the Midwest. The group is meeting under the Gateway Arch on March 15 at 7 p.m. Meet Me in St. Louis: Occupy the Midwest Regional Conference will continue elsewhere in St. Louis through March 18.
The Occupy movement sure is growing up. Occupy Chicago protesters now occupy an office space in Pilsen. This is the first regional conference we've heard of.
“We feel that connecting with each other is a vital step in elevating our movement to the next level,” the General Assembly of Occupy St. Louis said in a statement. “No single Occupying group can take on a task of this size alone. Our strength is in unity and in unity we will find our strength.”
Occupy St. Louis says the goal is to establish communication systems and share best practices for organizing events. They also want to create a Midwest General Assembly to aid any city in the region.
Participating groups include: Occupy Cedar Valley (IA), Occupy Chicago, Occupy Columbia (MO), Occupy Des Moines, Occupy Madison, Occupy Milwaukee, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Oklahoma, Occupy Riverwest (WI), Occupy St. Louis, Occupy South Bend (IN), Occupy Springfield (IL), and Occupy Springfield (MO).
Meet Me in St. Louis: Occupy the Midwest Regional Conference, Under the Gateway Arch, March 15, 7 p.m.