The food at the park on Saturday was a good spread, but this went beyond the food. Occupiers held conversations on matters that are important, and I sat down on the one dealing with Misogyny. It was a long conversation on the nature of it, where it comes from, and whether it has a lot or a little to do with the other "isms we see in our society.
Due to some of the issues over the last year that have led to what some observe as the splintering of the Occupy movement, one issue that came up was conflict resolution, and the idea of a hand signal for when Misogyny comes up. These internal battles were not dealt with right, according to many of the members of the group. We observers did see Occupy go into an internal war. Given the rifts that continue to open even at the one year aniversary, one has to wonder if Occupy will finally find a way to deal with internal division.
Sunday
I arrived at Civic Center (dubbed by Occupiers Freedom Plaza) at ten in the morning. Now, you know it is a bad sign when the Press and the Police are there, but there is no Occupier in site. I, and Captain Jones of SDPD joked about this thing called "Occupy time" while we cooled our heels and had a friendly conversation.
Thankfully a few minutes later the marchers started to trickle in. The Police approached a few of the leaders and asked what time they were set to march, which was to be at eleven thirty, which was convenient since the plaza needed to start setting for an event at that time.
Mitchel Sterling by Nadin Abbott
While we waited I talked with Mitchell Sterling, one of the core activist about the successes of OSD this year. He said that one of the most important accomplishments was "to spread the word of Occupy in San Diego."
This was an important step that later on led to "City Council adopting an ordinance ordering banks to maintain foreclosed property." This will help to reduce urban blight.
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