Approximately 200 protesters took to the streets on Thursday, October 13, 2011, as Eugene’s brand of the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered in front of Bank of America on E 11th Ave. The demonstrators held signs and chanted expressing their discontent with the current state of the country’s distribution of wealth and consolidation of power.
Rep. Phil Barnhart (D-Eugene) cheers along as a car honks its horn in support of the Occupy Eugene protest along E 11th ave on Thursday, October 13th, 2011. Barnhart, who has shared the concerns of many protestors, came out to hear the voices of those who were unhappy with the status quo. (Jeff Matarrese/Oregon Daily Emerald)
About 200 Occupy Eugene protesters line up outside of Bank of America on E 11th Ave on Thursday, October 13, 2011 to express their concerns about wealth distribution and political power in the United States. Chanting “we are the 99%”, many were there to stand up against what they see as an imbalance of power and spread their message. (Jeff Matarrese/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Thaston Riklon and Jasmine Olson chant, “we are the 99%” along with about 200 other protestors outside of Bank of America on E 11th Ave on Thursday, October 13, 2011. Their main concern was the dissolution of power from the country’s wealthiest and to return power to the mass majority. (Jeff Matarrese/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Social worker Betsy Coffia holds her sign which reads “Wall $t = Crime Scene” along E 11th Ave in front of Bank of America on Thursday, October 13, 2011. On the front lines of poverty every day, Coffia is frustrated by what she sees as the criminal gain and separation of wealth in the United States. (Jeff Matarrese/Oregon Daily Emerald)
