Tyler Dunn, 26, is a former Lancaster County schoolteacher, a graduate of Kutztown University who gave up a job teaching seventh-grade English a couple of years ago. After traveling west, working occasionally in restaurants, he says he was "technically homeless," living with a former girlfriend and other friends, until he pitched a tent near the southwest corner of City Hall six weeks ago.
Dunn said he joined Occupy Philly to protest a variety of issues, including hunger, homelessness, racial discord, and excessive corporate profits, but he has come to believe that the demonstration has value in itself. We have to show solidarity and unity and turn that into kinetic energy. Hollister Knowlton, 62, a Quaker, organized an Interfaith Working Group, now offering five religious events each week.
Knowlton said her personal goals for the protest involved conservation of the world's resources and fighting poverty. Skip to content Share Icon. Facebook Logo. Link Icon. The Weekly Roundup The week's top stories from the DP and beyond, meticulously curated for parents and alumni, and delivered into your inbox every Sunday morning. The Weekly Roundup Subscribe to get the week's top stories from The DP and beyond, meticulously curated for parents and alumni, delivered directly to your inbox.
Sign Up » I've already signed up. The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit. They refused, and Philadelphia Police evicted them on November 30, Occupy members, archivists, and other interested groups have tried since to document the movement and collect historical evidence related to the many Occupy groups.
Because of its decentralized and non-authoritarian nature, this has proved enormously difficult. The digital nature of many Occupy materials have also caused difficulties in preserving and making available records of the movement. A New York Times article detailed efforts to collect records associated with the Occupy Wall Street, while Harvard collected and created a finding aid for records of the Occupy Harvard group.
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