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The Global 99

Today marked another milestone for my participation in Occupy Chicago. I have become more involved than I ever thought since hearing about Occupy Wall Street’s pepper spray incident. My interested in this movement started off very casually. I wanted to see what was going to be the outcome of that N.Y. police officer. Each day, the news of Occupy Wall Street grew and I became more interested in following their progress.

My next stage of advancement came from having a conversation outside of school with another photographer about Occupy Chicago. I remember him saying, “This is history.” I agreed. And what a great moment if I could document Occupy Chicago from its infancy. ?The next day, I went out to Jackson and LaSalle to start taking pictures.

Then their was the October 15th, Global Day. That evening, I found myself marching in the streets chanting, “Who’s streets? Our streets!”

Today, ?I got up this morning and bought a poster, markers, Scotch tape, plastic, gloves and a wooden stick to make my very own protester board. ?At 5:00 p.m., I took my pictures and and holding up my sign.

Yes, I’m now fully involved and looking to do more.