“What is a city but the people?” William Shakespeare
Ground Zero for Occupy Syracuse
For nearly a week 50-100 people occupy and some spend the night at Perseverance Park on South Salina Street to protest corporate greed and income inequality.
The Syracuse movement began Saturday as a show of solidarity to the Occupy Wall Street Movement in NYC, which began last month.
Matt Figueroa, who first visited Occupy Syracuse on Tuesday, works on a sign at the site
Shara Jean, a student at OCC who has visited the site since Monday, said, “I am passionate about change. I have children and I want them to have a future.”
Shara Jean, student
Similar protests are also happening in Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Albany.