Occupy LA's Objectives and Demands organizer, Chris Durian is presenting an inspirational speech in organizing and unifying principles for Occupy SLO.  Everyone is encouraged to participate during his presence to help us strengthen the 99% of San Luis Obispo and be in solidarity with the Occupy Movement. Chris's session is scheduled on Wednesday the 23rd at 12 noon at the SLO County Courthouse.

As of 10:34pm today, SLOPD pulled up right across the encampment at the Courthouse.  A friendly engagement was cited about a few minutes ago where the cops started handing off the same notices the distributed this morning 

"President Obama held a Luau for leaders of Pacific Rim nations at a summit in Honolulu last night. As part of the entertainment, popular Hawaiian singer Makana was invited to serenade them.

But Makana had just released his new homage to the Occupy Movement, We Are The Many. How could he resist the opportunity? In the midst of the dinner he pulled open his jacket revealing a t-shirt emblazoned Occupy With Aloha. And he sang his song to President Obama and the assembled world leaders, including Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev."

We’ll occupy the streets, we’ll occupy the courts, we’ll occupy the offices of you/
till you do the bidding of the many, not the few…

Source: Red Green & Blue (Read the full story) or watch the video below:

We Are The Many!

Yesterdy's General Assembly ratified a solidarity statement emphasizing our message that we are the 99% and we are all in this together. 

OCCUPY SAN LUIS OBISPO is an unincorporated association aligned with the unincorporated association “Occupy Wall Street” and other occupy movements which have sprung up in cities and towns across the United State and around the world. It is a peaceful assembly and forum for the expression of free speech on a variety of economic and social justice issues which is venued at the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse grounds. 

We will be marching today at 5:30 and a silent march on Thursday at farmer's marke, meeting at the courthouse. Come join us!

Today there is a solidarity rally planned at Mitchell Park, and everyone is welcome to bring food, games, activities, music, etc so that we can have some fun together and just relax for a bit. The rally and fun begins at 12:00 PM and there is a General Assembly at 3:00 PM. The agenda is short for the GA since we are in the middle of restructuring our organization, but perhaps the only item should be open the dialogue to public comment for critique of movement thus far and hear suggestions for how to improve and go forward from here.

Today, Associate Real Property agent for the county Linda Van Fleet delivered a notice to the courthouse Occupation group. This notice requests the public to cease and desist from "camping" between the hours of 10pm and 7am, on the county property at the courthouse. Click here to read the notice.

Please show up today at the courthouse at 10pm (or earlier) on Monterey (across from the Fremont Theater) to show support for those exercising their first amendment rights!

In related news, Irvine City Council has unanimously approved a motion granting a license for their 24/7 occupation, recognizing it as an issue of freedom of speech.

Irvine City Council was not the first to endorse their local occupation — Los Angeles City Council also unanimously approved a resolution to support & work with OccupyLA.

This morning Occupy Oakland and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) put out a call for occupations across America and around the world to hold solidarity vigils for Scott Olsen, a former Marine and two time Iraq War veteran. Olsen sustained a skull fracture after being shot in the head on October 25 with a police projectile while peacefully participating in an Occupy Oakland march.

Occupy Oakland and IVAW — an organization that Scott Olsen is a member of — are organizing the Oakland vigil. It will be held today, Thursday, October 27, 7:00pm PST, during the General Assembly of Occupy Oakland at 14th St. and Broadway.

They are also calling on other occupations that are part of the 99% movement to take time to vigil for Scott this evening. Some occupations will take a few moments during their General Assembly to hold Scott in their thoughts, to honor his commitment to social justice, and to hope for his strong recovery.

Scott joined the Marines in 2006, served two tours in Iraq, and was discharged in 2010. Scott moved to California from Wisconsin and currently works as a systems network administrator in Daly City.

Scott is one of an increasing number of war veterans who are participating in America’s growing Occupy movement. Said Keith Shannon, who deployed with Scott to Iraq, “Scott was marching with the 99% because he felt corporations and banks had too much control over our government, and that they weren’t being held accountable for their role in the economic downturn, which caused so many people to lose their jobs and their homes.” People across the country reacted with outrage yesterday to the police brutality unleashed against peaceful people engaged in protest in Oakland — and particularly to the injury of Scott Olsen. Occupy Oakland has been a public forum, set up on public land, concerned with critical public issues about the nation’s financial crisis, consolidation of wealth and power, and the ability of citizens to meaningfully participate in the democratic process. The brutality they were met with sends a chilling message to those who want to serve their country by working for social change.

Scott is currently sedated and in critical condition at a local hospital.

Occupy Oakland contact:
Matt Howard, Iraq Veterans Against the War Bay Area
415 819-6430, matt.dubya.howard@gmail.com

National contact, to arrange interviews with veterans:
Joseph Carter, Iraq Veterans Against the War national office:
253-777-6117, josephcarter@ivaw.org

Direct Democracy in Action!

The purpose of the General Assembly is to gather as a community and participate in a just and fair group decision-making process. This process is called Direct Democracy and it empowers everybody equally. Let's strengthen our unity, solidify our message, increase local awareness and understanding of the cause, build relationships and community, and move forward in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement at large.

More details to follow... agenda should be up on the web site (under Meetings Archive) by noon and will be available at the assembly.

"There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt."   - John Adams

Where: San Luis Obispo Government Center (Across the street from the Fremont Theater).

When: Wednesday, October 26 at 5pm-7pm. We will be marching to Merrill Lynch at 1020 Marsh Street and protesting on the sidewalk in front of their building.

• Surprise! Banks really do control wealth, researchers find
• Merrill Lynch bailout: Bonuses for bungling
• Bank of America crooks positioning themselves for another bailout – Got a spare $75 trillion America?
• Sleight of hand: BofA moves dodgy Merrill derivatives to bank
• Merrill Lynch Fined $1 Million for Failing to Supervise Broker

A panel discussion regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement entitled, "Occupy What?: A Forum on the Occupy Wall Street Movement" was held earlier today on the Cal Poly Campus in affiliation with Occupy Cal Poly. Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the panel discussion gained a large amount of progressive momentum and was positively received on all fronts. Originally set for location in Phillips Hall, the discussion was moved to the Chumash Auditorium due to a need to accommodate the substantially larger turn-out than originally expected. The panel of esteemed professors seemed to be on board with the high level messages being conveyed. Professors of Communications Studies, Economics, Religious Studies, Political Science and Philosophy were present. The representatives of each discipline expressed perspectives about the Occupy movement seemingly influenced by their field of expertise. It became obvious that the Occupy effort holds great importance to students and professors. Tables, with the purpose of education and positive discourse, will be facilitated by Occupy Cal Poly and located on campus at Dexter lawn tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26th.

Visit http://www.facebook.com/occupycalpoly for more information on the upcoming events, meetings and discussions organized by the Occupy Cal Poly efforts.