I have been a part of Occupy Pittsburgh since two weeks before the first march. My mother worked hard her whole life and bought her own house. She was $2K from paying it off when it was repossessed. She lives with me now. I'm having trouble keeping my head above water financially. Most of us are going through something similar. Occupy where ever you are it is the only to let these banks, corporations and globalist "elites" know, that we know the truth!

I'm 51 years old and have had a great run. I fear for our kids, grandchildren and country. Over the last 4 decades Americans have grown fat and lazy. The majority of Americans don't vote. We have allowed corruption to strangle our values and way of life. The 2 party system has failed us. We have no credible leadership in our government. They will do and say anything to be elected so they can use and abuse this wealthy country.

I started working for Eckerd Health Services in RIDC Park, PA. in the fall of 2003 as a customer service representative.

I am 42 years old, with a college degree and have worked steadily in a solid career for about 20 years - until 2008 when I was laid off. Unable to find employment at a pay rate above half of what I used to make, I eventually started my own business with what was left of my 401K. I am getting by, but no health insurance. My support of the Occupy movement isn't about my misfortune. It is about injustice. For decades, large corporations have gotten a free ride and in for the most part controlled the decisions our elected officials have made.

I am 25 years old. I am a student at the University of Pittsburgh. I go to school full time as well as work full time managing a busy restaurant. I am married and rent an apartment in Pittsburgh. Many think that the supporters of this movement are lazy- I am not. Many think we are coddled- I have been supporting myself since I was 16. Many think we are dirty- I could not manage a restaurant with professionalism if that were true. Many think we are clueless - I am not. I want to see investigation and regulations of Wall Street. I want to see separation of corporate power and politics.

My name is Jane. I’m a 61 year old, single physical therapist.  I‘ve been very fortunate to remain employed since the financial meltdown in 2008.  I lost a large part of my retirement savings then, when it was raided along with those of millions of hard working Americans in order to bail out the bankers and Wall Street schemers. The same ones who put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and caused hundreds of thousands to lose their homes, their retirement savings, their plans to educate their children, and their hopes for a dignified old age.

I am a 21 year old college student studying fiction writing. I am lucky enough that my parents are paying for my education, although I have also taken out loans in my name that I will probably have to pay off. The only thing I could ever imagine doing is writing novels (and of course working to change the world, for a revolution, for a world where people are equal and diversity is smiled on and things are run by cooperation and love instead of capitalism and government, instead of greed and wealth and corporations). I'll probably end up teaching or something.