Occupy Allentown Setting Up Second Camp Site in West End

Allentown, Pennsylvania - November 22, 2011 - Occupy Allentown will start a second camp site at the intersection of Hamilton Blvd. and S. Ott St. in Allentown starting Saturday, November 26th.

Occupy Allentown, part of the larger "Occupy Movement", an international social movement which is primarily directed against corporate greed and political corruption has been occupying space at the corner of 7th and Hamilton streets since October 3rd, and has now elected to start a second occupation site on the west end of Allentown.

"The most prominent reason for starting a second location is outreach" said Adam Santo, one of the groups organizers. " We've garnered a lot of support at our current location, but it's a big city, and not everyone knows we're here, or more importantly, why we're here."

The group is also planning to occupy a third location near the Lehigh Valley Mall, but only for one day as they "Occupy Black Friday" on November 25th.  Members also plan to attend the cities upcoming open houses about the Allentown arena project.

When asked how long the group planned to protest, Craig Friebolin, another organizer who helps maintain the groups online presence at OccupyAllentownPA.org,  answered, "Longer than it takes to get a straight answer from most of our politicians", alluding to the groups online campaign to get public responses from local politicians about the Occupy Movement. "So it might be a while", he added. Of the eleven politicians contacted by Occupy Allentown, only two former city council members, who happened to not be seeking reelection had responded thus far. Both responded favorably.