EGreen wrote: The local chapter hopes to increase awareness at the University and help move the global occupy movement forward. The local chapter is important for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the mainstream media tends to misrepresent the movement. A local chapter will ensure that the student body is kept well informed on important issues. Further, the global movement has been successful as a collective body of grassroots organizations with no rigid agenda, structure, or leadership. The heart of the local movement is not an occupation of McKeldin Mall. The members of this movement, those who come to the general assembly, those who demonstrate and spread awareness, we are the heart of this movement.



Does that answer your question?

Sort of, and I appreciate you taking my interest seriously. When I first heard of OccupyUMD, I was told that it was created for the purpose of informing of, supporting, and spreading awareness of the global movement- and that was cool!- and I acknowledge that the movement isn't about actually occupying UMD.I was primarily asking about that particular event, but I have a couple more questions about the group as well.So, the event itself. I'm just wondering what the purpose of holding this particular event was, particularly after an OccupyDC event had just ended (and not a day before, for example, so as to encourage people to go out to that, for example).What were you trying to inform people of, or organize for? And why the actual act of camping out on McKeldin? Why not hold talks somewhere in a suitable space, like Nyumburu Amphitheatre or Hornbake Plaza, and during a time when people can actually be informed of things, rather than on Friday night of Halloween weekend?About the group itself:I'd rather not make assumptions about the event or the chapter based on a Diamondback article , although I'm willing to bet a lot of people already have. So I have to ask, whythe event get postponed until a proper permit was obtained- is that the whole story? How do you actually expect to spread awareness of the movement, when a lot of the people you might be trying to get to HAVE read the story in the aforementioned paper?