Who is Occupy Maine?
Occupy Maine is a diverse community of people working together to transform society. We are students, parents and elders, professionals and working-class, homeless people and veterans. We come from all over. We each bring different gifts, and we each have things that we struggle with. But we all fundamentally want the same thing - to build a world where everyone is treated kindly and our planet is able to heal.
This is a series of interviews by Doug Bowen of Occupy Maine, Portland with people who are active with Occupy. Feel free to contact Doug at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any feedback or if you would like to be interviewed.
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Jun 12
Brian has been involved with Occupy Maine since last fall and initiated Occupy Maine TV. He is a college student concentrating in Behavioral Health, but also takes courses in communications and the media. He has a past career as a chef. This interview is part of a series by Doug Bowen of Occupy Maine, Portland with people who are active with Occupy.
What draws you to the Occupy Movement, Brian?
Well, the Occupy Movement for me has been a long time coming. Probably once I got out of high school, my brain had developed enough to see the terrible injustice that was going on, and that was 25 years ago. It was just before then, I think that the Exxon Valdiz disaster happened and the American people essentially paid for it, through increased gas prices and the people who volunteered to clean it up. I remember that was my first taste that something was wrong. Then I had friends from Seeds for Peace, also people I met from the Soviet Union, marched with them here, went out and got drunk with them, that was long ago.
