We Got This – Occupy’s Hurricane Sandy work
We Got This (Occupy Sandy) from Alex Mallis on Vimeo.
There’s been plenty of criticism about Occupy. I reported on it for almost a year and I totally get it. There were plenty of shortcomings. Occupy’s outreach for Hurricane Sandy victims, however, is not one of those shortcomings. As the video shows, they have set up a commander center to organize and get out goods. OccupySMS was created so those without power or internet but with a cell phone could reach out for help.
Occupy has two outposts good for new volunteers in Clinton Hill and Sunset Park.
[...] old sparring partner, the Mayor’s Office. And with good reason; they’re pretty much owning all other relief efforts city-wide, from the Rockaways to Staten [...]