On Saturday I joined the March Across the Bridge, or perhaps a better term is Occupy the Bridge. When Lyle and I first joined the group at Jantzen Beach, there were only a couple of hundred people there. By the time we started marching across the bridge, I guesstimate there were 400-500 marchers. There were a number of union members, and young people and families, but what struck me the most were the number of seniors who attended--those of us 55+. They weren't just marching either: Many were involved in organizing movements regarding jobs, mortgages and banking. The marches in Portland and Vancouver have been peaceful, unlike those in some other cities that the networks choose to turn into news. I wonder if the number of seniors marching have anything to do with that. I noticed on Saturday that the older marchers were focused and grounded, and were exuding a positive, upbeat energy.
Notice how I keep saying "they?" As though I'm not one of the seniors? I guess some of that is because I haven't commited myself to a planning group. And the rest of it is because some days I forget I'm a senior.
On October 31, 2011 the world population reaches 7 billion people.That means 6.93 billion of us are the 99%.That should be a scary story to the 70 million that are the 1%.
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