This weekend I spent my Saturday afternoon with 2 of my close friends at Victoria Square supporting Occupy Montreal. The anticipation on the drive down was an interesting feeling because I was very unsure of what was to come.
We arrived to 200 tents, people discussing future plans to expand and promote this movement. There were hardly any police present because it is truly a peaceful protest and that was nice to see.
It's funny, everybody I talk to (my parents included), immediately go to say that it is a hippie convention and yes, the majority of the people there were indeed hippies, but if you took the time to look around there were many average middle working class people like myself. I believe that Montreal's movement could be a little more organized, in the sense that I needed more information in English. I speak and understand French very well but when they are using big words and topics that I am not so familiar with, I found it slightly challenging to understand. I had to remind myself that I cannot let fear and a language barrier scare me off of why I was there in the first place. I want to stay true to what I feel passionate about and that is change.
I have to give everyone who was there yesterday credit, because this is just the beginning and the more people like myself who are willing to learn, support, and educate, the more people will come together.
Here are a few pictures from Occupy Montreal on October 22nd, 2011, I really encourage everybody who is interested to grab a couple of friends head down and just check it out.
My opinions can be very different than yours and this is why I choose not to open that can of worms on my blog, but I do wish that all of you check out this link! http://www.occupytogether.org/
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