The Occupy Wall Street movement entered its fourth week and is now reaching the state.
Folks in Honolulu hit the streets and joined the national protest for the first time.
Some aloha state residents are showing no aloha for wall street.
“My names Renee, I'm here to represent people's needs not wall street greed.”
“I'm tired of living like a slave, I want to be free.”
About 75 people gathered in Honolulu's Saturday financial district to protest what they call corporate greed.
“I'm Grace, I'm a teacher and I'm here to make sure my students have a future.”
“The slogan of the movement is “We are the 99% meaning we are the 99 and the one percent is controlling it and that's politicians and wall street bankers,” said protestor Megan Brooker.
The Occupy Wall Street movement began four weeks ago in New York City. Since then it has spread across the nation, and now the Pacific Ocean, to Hawaii.
Protestors have been organizing on the internet.
“We're going to stand up against them, against the bankers who got bailed out and we're here just to fend for ourselves and that is the greatest thing we can do because every single person is affected by this. The only ones who aren't are the less than one percent whose getting those trillions of dollars from our tax dollars,” said organic farmer and protestor Jeremy Ornellas.
The movement hit Maui Friday.
In Wailuku, residents picked up signs and raised their voices against wall street.
“This one is more about the moral standing that we're standing up as one voice,” said author and protestor Raghu Giuffer.
“I just hope that one day everyone wakes up and realizes they are part of the 99 percent and join their brothers and sisters in this protest,” said Orneallas.
“How long do you guys plan on staying?”
“Until we win, until we win.”
Participants say the protest brings people together to share their grievances with the direction America is heading, as well as share ideas on how to make the country and the world better place.
The Occupy Wall Street movement hasn't only come to Oahu and Maui. Residents on the big island and Kauai are also planning their own protests.
There are several facebook pages organizing the protestors.
