Occupy Portland, Day 1. Photo by Eli Duke, CC-BY-SA 2.0.
The momentum of the Occupy Wall Street protests in the United States has migrated to Canada. Occupy Vancouver began in early October, and now the local Dharma community is getting involved.
Occupy the Present Moment, organized by Dharma practitioner and yoga instructor Kyira Korrigan, will be taking place this October 15 at the Vancouver Art Gallery’s West Georgia Street side, with a public sitting from 10 AM to 2 PM. Korrigan hopes to see Occupy the Present Moment take place in other cities also.
Speaking on what the protest means for her, Korrigan says, “I think that, for me, the goal with what we’re doing here with Occupy the Present Moment is to contextualize how Dharma practice can support the best kind of radical protest possible by promoting inner calm, supporting emotional equilibrium — so that reactivity is kept to a minimum — promoting self-reflection, so that there is accountability within the community of activists and towards those who are witnessing and responding. So my goal was to not just have sit-ins, so to speak, but to offer mini trainings to help people integrate their experience through quiet self-awareness.”
A substantial crowd is expected.
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