Occupy Vancouver USA (OVW) is a peaceful, non-violent, people-powered movement working to bring economic power and stability back to the 99%. We are Occupying in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street (OWS), which started on Sept. 17, 2011, in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, has spread to over 100 cities in the U.S. and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. Like our fellow Occupy movements around the globe, OVW is standing up to the oppressive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process and the role of Wall Street and central banks in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations, as well as the corruption of both public and corporate officials. We are taking power back from the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future.