Happy Belated One Month Birthday to Occupy Wall Street – My! Aren’t You Getting Big?

Rick Cohen

October 19, 2011

October 17, 2011; Source: Wall Street Journal (Associated Press)| October 16th was the one month birthday of Occupy Wall Street and we missed wishing it well. Please join us in sending your best wishes and the odd pizza or sleeping bag to the occupation nearest you. Better yet just take it over there!

And in another related celebration a couple in Cincinnati included the OWS folk who they firmly support in their wedding photos as they held a sign declaring LOVE CONQUERS ALL!—Ruth McCambridge

About the author

Rick Cohen

Rick joined NPQ in 2006, after almost eight years as the executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). Before that he played various roles as a community worker and advisor to others doing community work. He also worked in government. Cohen pursued investigative and analytical articles, advocated for increased philanthropic giving and access for disenfranchised constituencies, and promoted increased philanthropic and nonprofit accountability.

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