PEORIA -- The Occupy Peoria rally and march begins at noon on Sat., Oct. 15 at Main and University, where the group will meet with the Peoria Peace Network demonstrators at their usual spot. They have been there at noon on Saturday for more than a decade, protesting senseless wars.
The Occupy Peoria group then will march down the Main Street hill, past the U.S. Courthouse, past City Hall, past the Peoria County Courthouse, and by 2 p.m. will be on the Peoria riverfront at Liberty Park Pavilion. People who do not march can meet them there.
The group will conduct a General Assembly, speak about their concerns using the "human microphone" method of repeating what the speaker says to amplify the sound, and hang out for the afternoon.
These are the plans discussed at an Oct. 13 planning meeting. People are urged to bring signs and video cameras to document the event.
This is a diverse coalition of liberals and progressives, Democrats, union members, with a contingent of Ron Paul supporters.
They don't agree on all issues, but seem to be united around economic justice issues and jobs."We're fed up and want to march," an organizer said.
There are several FaceBook pages about the event, which can be found by searching using the term 'Occupy Peoria."
Here's one.
Here's another.
Here's the Bradley U. group's page.
And the fourth.
And there are a few more.
It should make for an interesting event.
-- Elaine Hopkins
Update, 10/24/11: Here's the official site.
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