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NewEngland4Obama

(414 posts) Tue Jan 31, 2012, 07:57 PM Jan 2012

Occupy Providence unique for day center victory

http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-29/news/30676412_1_protesters-day-center-park-encampment

As Occupy Providence pulls up its last tent stake after more than 100 days in a public park downtown, it does so with a distinction among Occupy Wall Street affiliates: It demanded its city government do more to help the needy, and won.

A day center to serve the city’s homeless population during the winter opened Friday in south Providence. Protesters had made such a facility a condition of their departure from Burnside Park.