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Tue, 2013-02-26 17:22 — mdmcdonald
The Occupy Sandy working group is focused on Occupy Sandy's relief and recovery activities in New York.

The mission of the Occupy Sandy working group is to discuss and engage Occupy Sandy's relief and recovery activities in New York.

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TIDES - Occupy Sandy: A New Model for Disaster Relief

Tue, 2014-07-15 00:22 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

TIDES (Transformative Innovation for Development & Emergency Support) - July 9, 2014

Over a year and a half ago, on Monday, October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall near New Jersey.  It was the second costliest storm in United States history,responsible for 65 billion dollars in damage and 159 deathsacross the U.S., causing severe damage to New York City and New Jersey.  The damage from this catastrophic storm is still visible today and some fear that this type of storm will become the norm.

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Communication
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Department of Homeland Security - The Resilient Social Network: @OccupySandy #SuperstormSandy

Tue, 2014-06-10 16:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Prepared by the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute (HSSAI) for the Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate, September 30, 2013
homelandsecurity.org

CLICK HERE - The Resilient Social Network: @OccupySandy #SuperstormSandy (103 page .PDF report)

Acknowledgements

The Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute (HSSAI) would like to acknowledge the numerous individuals from government, the private sector, the not-for-profit sector, and the Occupy Sandy volunteers who generously granted time for interviews.

Particularly, HSSAI would like to thank Dr. Michael McDonald, Megan Fliegelman, Meghan Dunn, and Jill Cornell for providing points of contact and documentation. They greatly assisted the task team in the development of its research and analysis.

HSSAI would further like to acknowledge COL Terry Ebbert, USMC (Ret.), the former director of homeland security for the City of New Orleans and currently a distinguished visiting fellow at HSSAI, for providing a critical review of this case study.

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May Day Protests: Occupy Sandy's Fight to Restore New York is Still Going Strong

Sun, 2013-05-12 18:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

May Day Protests: Occupy Sandys Fight to Restore New York is Still Going Strong

policymic.com - by Terri Bennett - Writer's Note: In true Occupy style, this piece was written collaboratively with Jenny Akchin, and co-edited by Brett Goldberg - April 28, 2013

May Day, or International Workers Day, finds itself at the cross-section of several movements. With roots in the labor movement, it has grown to include space for radical economic justice movements, the immigrant rights movement, the student movement, and, last year, Occupy Wall Street.

This year, Occupy Sandy activists are making sure another growing movement is at the table — the movement for a community-led rebuilding process after the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in the city of New York.

Superstorm Sandy affected nearly every person in New York, whether through gas shortages, subway closures, flooding, or loss of employment.

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Storm Effort Causes a Rift in a Shifting Occupy Movement

Thu, 2013-05-09 14:04 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Goldi Guerra, a member of Occupy Sandy, spoke during a storm-recovery meeting with community members in April at a church on Staten Island.  Yana Paskova for The New York Times

nytimes.com - by Sarah Maslin Nir - April 30, 2013

Not long ago, the Occupy Wall Street movement seemed poised to largely fade from the national conversation with few concrete accomplishments beyond introducing its hallmark phrase, “We are the 99 percent.”

Then Hurricane Sandy struck. In its aftermath, Occupy Wall Street protesters rushed to apply their rabble-rousing hustle to cleaning out houses, clearing debris and raising more than $1.5 million for relief efforts.

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