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Updated 12/28/2011 09:13 PM

Occupy Wilmington moves from protesting to planning

By: Ashley White

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WILMINGTON — The days of occupying City Hall's front steps, stetting up camp in the 3rd Street Lawn and making a movement through Downtown Wilmington have come and gone.

However, members of Occupy Wilmington said they are still here, just gearing up for the New Year. Occupy Wilmington member Shelby Lentz journey with Occupy Wilmington started with the Oleander Drive protest. Now he continues to get more and more involved with the movement.

"For me this is a chance at a future. I mean we've been promised all this change in the future and we see no change what so ever," said Lentz.

 The Occupy members said moving into 2012 will be known as Phase Two and will be about education. Members said the movement will be all work and no play.

" What we are doing right now is working on something that's called the three big wins campaign. We are going to be working with other occupies in the state and other occupies across the country," said Occupy Wilmington member Roxanne Kirtright.

A part of their winter planning will be to continue to stand together as one.

"We've been called the leaderless movement, but I think Cornell West said it right when he said we are a leader full movement," said Kirtright.

Members say the time for hitting the pavement will come again. They already have plans to occupy a private lot for a day during the Martin Luther King Parade in January.

They plan to set up a camp in the Spring.