COLORADO RESIDENTS TO GOV. HICKENLOOPER AND MAYOR HANCOCK: RESPECT RIGHTS OF OCCUPY DENVER PARTICIPANTS

WASHINGTON, DC – Colorado residents are joining a 10,000-strong campaign on Change.org demanding that Colorado Governor Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Hancock respect the rights of Occupy Denver participants to gather at Civic Center Park.
Denver resident Sarah Fong launched the online petition campaign after watching police arrest Occupy Denver participants. A growing number of Colorado residents have joined the campaign on Change.org, the world’s fastest-growing platform for social change.

“I started to realize that the Occupy Together movement was a huge mass of people who decided to do something about the corporate power that has overtaken us,” Fong said. “Because of the size and scope of Occupy Together, and because of its emphasis on democracy, I started to take inventory of the things I could to contribute to the movement in some small way.”

Since the launch of the Occupy Denver campaign on Change.org less than two weeks ago, more than 10,000 people have added their signatures. Several other Occupy Together groups in cities across the U.S. have since created their own campaigns on Change.org to defend participants against attacks by local officials.

Live signature totals from Sarah Fong’s Occupy Denver campaign:
http://www.change.org/petitions/gov-of-colorado-and-mayor-of-denver-stop-the-occupy-denver-arrests

Live signature totals from a similar campaign by Occupy Colorado Springs:
http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor-bach-allow-occupy-colorado-springs-to-use-acacia-park

Journalists interested in contacting Governor Hickenlooper or Mayor Hancock’s public relations staff should try:

For Mayor Hancock:

Amber Miller

Phone: 720.865.9016

amber.miller@denvergov.org

For Governor Hickenlooper:

Eric Brown

Phone: 303.866.6324

eric.brown@state.co.us

Holly Shrewsbury

holly.shrewsbury@state.co.us

For more information on Change.org, please visit:
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