Occupy+Pittsburgh+seeks+permit+for+a+parade,+rally+Saturday

= = =By Taryn Luna= =//Published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette//= =//10/12/11//= = = = = = = =Protestors behind the Occupy Pittsburgh movement have filed for a permit from the city to march from the Freedom Corner to the business district Downtown and rally in Point State Park on Saturday.= =The group said it is confident it will obtain a permit by the time the event kicks off this weekend and they are prepared to pursue legal action if it is delayed or denied.= =Occupy Pittsburgh is an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, a demonstration of thousands of protestors in Zuccotti Park in New York City who say they are fed up with corporate greed.= =Nathaniel Glosser, a volunteer organizer of the event, said the protestors in Pittsburgh are "an amazing array of faces from every walk of life. They are young, they are old and they are in between. What they have all in common is the disgust with corporate greed, corruption and undue political influence."= =The demonstrations will begin at 11 a.m. with a rally at the Freedom Corner. The protestors plan to make stops and hold rallies at Bank of New York Mellon; Citizens Bank; the U.S. Steel Tower which houses corporate offices for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; the former Federal Reserve Building; Liberty Center; and One PNC Plaza. The rally in Point State Park is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.= =The group says about 400 protestors came out for their general assembly meeting on Oct. 5 and they expect more than 1,000 people to march on Saturday.= =Read more: [|http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11285/1181550-100.stm#ixzz1abpKsDR3] = = = = = =News= =home=