Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Occupy Asheville News



On September 14, 2013, seventeen members of Occupy Asheville met for two hours at Wall Street Coffee to discuss disbursing all funds from the treasury. This has been an ongoing discussion for approximately the last year, which culminated in the group effort today. This does not mean that Occupy is over, it simply means that we are honoring our commitment to put "people over profit". We are no longer requiring funds as a safeguard against arrest or to engage in actions, but we ARE still participating in actions, and our participation is from a wide variety of Asheville occupiers. WE ARE STILL HERE. We are a community and have bonded during the time we spent together. Our fight is not over, we are just passing our financial support on to those that need it.

Here is a list of disbursement; some funds have been disbursed already, while others will be made in the next few days as available:

$48.90 reimbursed to NonViolent Direct Action Training Working Gfroup
$50.00 to an ongoing documentary project by Victor
$116.61 to Asheville Homeless Network
$116.61 to the campaign to elect Martin Ramsey
$155.48 to Veterans for Peace, Chapter 099
$155.48 to Beloved House
$38.87 to National Lawyers Guild

These totals were the result of much input and a vote based on percentages of the input. We believe in full transparency, so here it is folks. Social justice work continues. Keep fighting the good fight, everyone!