Occupy Harvard: The First Morning

November 10, 2011

9:05 AM - There is an eerie silence around the colorful tents and fall leaves at the Occupy Harvard movement in Harvard Yard on Thursday morning. By Gina Kim

10:07 AM - Students on their way to class must walk around the Yard to find an open gate near the Science Center and then are show their ID's to HUPD officers to get into the yard By Gina Kim

10:08 AM - A student reads the cardboard protest sign proclaiming “HARVARD IS THE 99%” as she walks by. The Occupy Harvard movement is beginning to attract more bystander attention. By Gina Kim

10:13 AM - Hannah Hofheinz, a ThD candidate at the Harvard Divinity School, explains the movement to a curious woman as two members of the Occupy Harvard movement grab breakfast. By Gina Kim

10:21 AM - Members of the Occupy Harvard movement's facilitation working group convene in Harvard Yard with a request that journalists not distract or interrupt the group's meeting. By Gina Kim

10:24 AM - Amanda Haziz-Ginsberg, MTS ’12, is videotaped, photographed, and questioned as intrigued individuals gather around the Occupy Harvard movement. By Gina Kim

10:45 AM - Harvard employees come to Occupy Harvard to say a quick hello and thank you to the Occupy Harvard protesters. By Gina Kim

Contributing photographer Gina Kim investigates Occupy Harvard's campout in Harvard Yard Thursday morning. Occupy Harvard demonstrators established a tent city Wednesday night after protesting around Harvard's Cambridge campus.

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