Mattie Loyce, a student at Northeastern U.

The Occupiers: Mattie Loyce

From: Annie Shreffler
Series: The Occupy Movement: Protester Profiles
Length: 05:57

Mattie Loyce is a student at Northeastern University. She showed up at Dewey Square in Boston with marching protesters from her campus. They briefly occupied Atlantic Avenue. Read the full description.

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Playing: The Occupiers: Mattie Loyce
From: Annie Shreffler

Mattie_small Mattie Loyce is a student at Northeastern University. She showed up at Dewey Square in Boston with marching protesters from her campus. They briefly occupied Atlantic Avenue, bringing traffic to a halt. Police negotiated with the street occupiers and they dispersed after several minutes in order to welcome more protesters arriving from other marches.

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Mattie Loyce is a student at Northeastern University. She showed up at Dewey Square in Boston with marching protesters from her campus. They briefly occupied Atlantic Avenue, bringing traffic to a halt. Police negotiated with the street occupiers and they dispersed after several minutes in order to welcome more protesters arriving from other marches.

Transcript

Mic check…mic check…the officer wants to know…how long we plan to do this for…I personally….choose to stay…as long as necessary (hoots) SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE…fade

MATTIE LOYCE, IS A SOCIOLOGY MAJOR AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. DURING CLASS, HER PROFESSOR ASKED EVERYONE TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO JOIN OTHER N-U CLASSES IN A WALKOUT TO SUPPORT OCCUPY BOSTON. THE RESPONSE WAS UNANIMOUS. MATTIE AND HER CLASS GATHERED WITH OTHER STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL’S QUAD AND BEGAN A TWO MILE MARCH TO THE DEWEY SQUARE CAMP IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON.

WHEN THEY ARRIVED, INSTEAD OF ENTERING THE CAMP, THE MARCHERS SAT DOWN ACROSS ATLANTIC AVENUE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC.

We walked here from Northeastern campus, all the way to Dewey Square, and I love that we sat in the street; it was great. I think it was a perfect peaceful movement, and we walked in a line linked arms holding hands and screaming our cheers...
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Intro and Outro

INTRO:

College students have fueled the Occupy Wall Street movement since it began in September. Despite papers, midterms and exams they find ways to stay involved, be it in working groups or weekend protests.

Northeastern University student Mattie Loyce [[LOICE]] arrived at the Occupy Boston camp on Dewey Square with a wave of protesters after a two-mile march from Northeastern University.

OUTRO:

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