Updates on the "Occupy" Movement

Occupy Wall Street fervor growing in South Florida
Hundreds mobilize to motivate change

Several hundred people gathered to voice their opinions on government and corporate policies.


October 08, 2011|By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel

LAKE WORTH — Despite the stormy weather, hundreds of people showed up at Bryant Park in Lake Worth and Stranahan Park in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday to add their voices to the grass-roots chorus echoing from protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement in recent weeks.

Dispensing with the traditional organizational structure, this South Florida Occupy gathering had no leaders, no spokespeople, no organized agenda http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifand no relationship with any other established group such as the Tea Party.

Many participants said they simply came to share opinions, trade information and express outrage just like you might do on Facebook or Twitter only in a live, face-to-face social network, according to attendee Rachel Shidaker.

"We're trying to create a platform for people to voice their opinions and concerns about their government to create and implement goals to better their national and local governments," she said.

The crowd in Lake Worth grew to more than 200 from 19 at the first meeting a week earlier. About 150 people showed up in Fort Lauderdale.

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