Press Release: OccupyDallas to host Thanksgiving lunch

OccupyDallas to host Thanksgiving lunch

Dallas, TX, November 21, 2011 — One week after the police raid on their camp, members of OccupyDallas will be hosting a Thanksgiving Day lunch at Pioneer Plaza. The meal is being coordinated with supporters and will be served at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Since city manager Mary Suhm rescinded her agreement with protesters and ordered the police raid which saw 18 arrested for a ‘missing curfew’
charge last Thursday, the OccupyDallas movement has continued moving forward. The group has continued to hold their General Assembly meetings in downtown parks and marched Saturday to support other movements who were also raided by police last week. During Monday’s assembly the protesters reached consensus on a proposal to begin occupying at a new location downtown. They have not announced the location or when they will begin this new occupation.
Thanksgiving Day will mark the beginning of the eighth week since protests began and will involve a community meal at 11:30 a.m. followed by a group discussion on the future of the movement.
For more information, contact Michael Prestonise at 214-293-0548 or news@occupydallas.org. More information, including additional multimedia content, can also be found at www.occupydallas.org.

The OccupyDallas movement began Thursday, Oct 6 with a march from Pike Park to the Federal Reserve building. Over 1,000 people gathered to protest corporate greed and money influencing the government. The movement included more than 100 members occupying City Hall Park in downtown, with hundreds more joining in for marches to various corporations and banks throughout the city. On Thursday, Nov 17, Dallas police raided the camp and arrested protesters. The group has since gone mobile and continues to protest downtown. OccupyDallas stands in solidarity with similar Occupy movements happening across the nation and the world, including the original Occupy Wall Street protest that featured tens of thousands of marchers and continues to grow.