The NEIU Independent

NEIU Students and Faculty Occupy Chicago

For the past five weeks, Chicagoans have taken to the streets to be a part of the “Occupy” movement. Participants come from a wide range of backgrounds; from housewives to small business owners. As with many branches of the “Occupy” movement across the country, this group also contains a large number of college students. Finding NEIU students and faculty among those counted as “Occupiers” is no exception. On the temperate fall evening of Saturday, Oct. 29, Angel Velez, Educational Leadership graduate student and Abhijit Banerjee, Environmental Studies professor were found among the throng of protestors chanting, “We are the 99 percent!” Full story

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Daniel Olavarria, President of the Alliance for Student Social Workers and McNair Scholar explains who they are, and why they've teamed up with "Sit, Stay, Read" this semester. He also tells viewers when and where meetings will be held this semester. More information on the organization can be found at: http://www.neiu.edu/~swork/swork/NEIU_Website/ASSW.html Video interview conducted and recorded by Janean L. Watkins, Editor in Chief of NEIU Independent newspaper. September 10, 2011 at Northeastern, Illinois University - Chicago.

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