Superstorm Sandy devastated the Tri-State Area, taking 44 lives in NYC alone, but it also forced some people to come together and help others. One of the groups formed from the disaster is now known as Occupy Sandy. OvermyerTV reports.
devastated the Tri-State Area, taking 44 lives in New York City alone and causing $19 billion in damage, but it also forced some people to come together and help others.
"Occupy Sandy was born out of Occupy Wall Street," said Goldie Guerrra."We had our little text loops from Occupy Wall Street. We just sort of re-jiggered them for hurricane relief and they were called Occupy Sandy." Smith says they received $750,000 worth of donations, in addition to a quarter of a million dollars in cash. Fifty-thousand volunteers mobilized."My whole office was brought down to the bones. We filled it up with supplies. We had diapers, toiletries, food. We were feeding 1,000 people a day. There was no military, no police force, nobody, it was all done grassroots," Lopizzo said.
"One thing that's interesting about Occupy Sandy that really sort of like hit home at scale was when the Department of Homeland Security did a study on Occupy Sandy. And that really hit home. The scale and the efficacy of our effort that has largely gone unrecognized in the sort of broader conversations," Premo said.
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