Occupy Wall Street: A Success?!

I am so impressed with the energy and persistence I have witnessed in New York City recently. This is what I am talking about! This is the America I romanticize about in my head. A place where people are empowered to speak their minds.

While there have been a ton of videos showing police brutally beating protestors and spraying pepper spray on large and small groups, I have also witnessed a sense of community and growth. The fact that this protest began without clear goals is amazing. Major media outlets did their best to ignore the protest with many national television programs not mentioning it until day 17 of the protest. Today the White House was asked about the President’s awareness of Occupy Wall St. and if he was concerned for the protesters or the protest! But what has me really impressed is the first official statement from Occupy Wall Street. Not so much because it encompasses everything I believe in, rather because it was created during a protest, discussed and and voted on by participating demonstrators. The synergy that is enveloping this process of dissent is amazing wonderful and I feel privileged to be a witness.