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(163,986 posts)Occupy Providence unique for day center victory
January 29, 2012|Erika Niedowski, Associated Press
As Occupy Providence pulls up its last tent stake after more than 100 days in a public park downtown, it does so with a distinction among Occupy Wall Street affiliates: It demanded its city government do more to help the needy, and won.
A day center to serve the citys homeless population during the winter opened Friday in south Providence. Protesters had made such a facility a condition of their departure from Burnside Park.
Many Occupy movements in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, Calif., and elsewhere were forced out of public spaces, often through mass arrests and the use of sometimes excessive force. But Occupy Providence and city officials have talked for months about how to avoid that fate and bring a peaceful end to the park encampment, even as the protest movement carries on.
http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-29/news/30676412_1_protesters-day-center-park-encampment
Lmao. Go, Occupy Providence!