4:43 PM, Mar. 21, 2012
In OWS, Seniors Are Accepted and Empowered
by Silvio Laccetti

“The times, they are a-changing.” In the last great outpouring of civic protest during the ‘60s and early ‘70s, participants consisted almost entirely of young people. The rebel mantra was “Don’t trust anyone over 30!”

Not so today with Occupy Wall Street. This I can affirm from letters from my correspondents and by my attendance at the very recent OWS-Jersey City teach-in at St. Peter’s College.

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Consider some examples of senior involvement:

• The “Wild Old Women”, in sympathy with OWS aims, closed down a Bank of America branch in the San Francisco area. Wild women with walkers and wheelchairs were protesting against the bank’s eviction and foreclosure policies.

• A writer from Providence, R.I. tells me of a parade stopping each time one 80-plus-year-old participant needed a break.

• In New Jersey, there has been a silent flowering of senior creativity and and participation in OWS events which should produce a full bloom of proactivity this springtime.

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