"If you really want to understand the Occupy movement, you should sit in on the subcommittee meeting of the General Assembly." The 20-ish college kid smiled as he said this. I felt a motherly urge to protect him. What was he doing in Justin Herman Plaza, soliciting passersby to sign a petition? Didn't he have books to read, term papers to write? Didn't he need to go to the library, hang out at a coffee shop, cook barely edible food in some low-wattage microwave oven? Didn't he need to be a college student, not a college student-activist?
Twenty Minutes at an Occupy SF General Assembly
Twenty Minutes at an Occupy SF General…
Twenty Minutes at an Occupy SF General Assembly
"If you really want to understand the Occupy movement, you should sit in on the subcommittee meeting of the General Assembly." The 20-ish college kid smiled as he said this. I felt a motherly urge to protect him. What was he doing in Justin Herman Plaza, soliciting passersby to sign a petition? Didn't he have books to read, term papers to write? Didn't he need to go to the library, hang out at a coffee shop, cook barely edible food in some low-wattage microwave oven? Didn't he need to be a college student, not a college student-activist?