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November 21, 2011

Civil Rights Movement Leaders Lend Support to Occupy Protesters 
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Prominent figures from the Civil Rights movement lent their support to
the Occupy movement over the weekend. The group of independent leaders
known as the Council of Elders visited occupations in California and New
York to discuss a number of issues including poverty, mass incarceration
and what they describe as a culture of war. United Farm Workers
co-founder Delores Huerta addressed occupiers in Los Angeles.

Delores Huerta, United Farm Workers co-founder: “Yes we have got to
occupy Wall Street. We’ve go to do that, but we’ve also got to
occupy the school board, right? And we’ve got to occupy the city
council, right? And we’ve got occupy the Congress, right? Because this
is where the decisions are made; where our money is going to go. Whether
it’s going to go to schools or it’s going to go to jails, right?
Whether it’s going to go for more tax loopholes for the corporate
world or we’re going to have more money for health services. So we
have a big job to do and it’s coming from the bottom. We know all the
changes that have been made like in the Civil Rights Movement, the
women's Movement, the peace movement the LGBT movement have come from
the bottom. So thank you very much. You’re leading the way. We are
very blessed to be here with you. Thank you very much. Sí se puede —
we can do it.”



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