Saybrook University issues statement in support of the Occupy Movement

On Friday, Oct. 28, Saybrook University issued the following statement:

Saybrook University's stated mission is to promote the creation of a more "humane, just and sustainable world." We call on local governments and the federal government to respect and support the Occupy movement protesters' rights of nonviolent speech and assembly.



Share your experience, opinion, and photos of the Occupy movement on the Saybrook Forum.

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[Benjamin Wachs]

Saybrook PhD student Sarah Kass visited Occupy Wall Street and says the way strangers relate to each other there is exisentailism in action.

http://www.newexistentialists.com/posts/10-31-11

[Dr. Paul Kimmel]

Part Time Faculty member, Paul Kimmel, visited both Occupy Washington, DC sites (McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza). The differences in the organization and activities of the two were dramatic. The former is on a dirt base and has suffered from outside invasions by authorities and vandals. The latter is on a marble slab and has more established procedures and activities that provide information and accountability to its members and the public.

A colleague is working one day a week with the McPherson Square group to help with community organization. They are facing eviction by the DC police who want to clean up the grounds. The Freedom Plaza group supported the Amnesty International protest of Guantanamo that Dr. Kimmel participated in yesterday.