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  • Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened?

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    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook

    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Immigration and your school: Tell your district how you feel

Posted on January 23, 2025 by kwilder

Sample letter to school districts to support immigrant students and to underscore that schools should be a sanctuary from ICE. Prepared by Kimberly Wilder, Riverhead, Long Island, NY

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What can you do to stop Matt Gaetz from becoming Attorney General?

Posted on November 17, 2024 by kwilder

Matt Gaetz should not be the next US Attorney General. How can women, women elected officials, women’s groups, and Human Rights group take action to protect themselves, protect other women, and struggle against this nomination.

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024 is election day! Where to vote…

Posted on November 4, 2024 by kwilder

How to guide to find your polling place for New Yorkers and for all Americans. Some suggestions for Suffolk County races. Suffolk County voters, please write in: Richard Schaffer, if you see a spot with no good candidates.

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Improving healthcare in New York: Petition on improving discharge practices

Posted on August 16, 2024 by kwilder

New York hospitals need more incentives to follow and support NY Patients’ rights. Discharge papers must be given to patients. Patient Advocacy is an important tool that hospitals and emergency rooms must respect. Please sign petition and lobby your NY leaders to better enforce discharge rules at New York hospitals.

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Reading of The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on October 31, 2016 by iwilder

Kimberly and Ian Wilder read the poem The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Voting for Hillary Clinton? Please read these thoughts from a Jill Stein supporter

Posted on August 16, 2016 by iwilder

Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, and The Green Party…how to make peace, or at least progressive harmony. Harmony: Message from a Jill Stein supporter to reluctant Hillary Clinton supporters Let’s succeed together in making this country a better place for humanity. Let’s work together, and separately, to send out the best possible progressive mandate for our […]

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LI Poets Kimberly and Ian Wilder read at Sachem Library 8/25/15

Posted on August 5, 2015 by iwilder

Long Island poets Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder will perform at Sachem Library in Holbrook, on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 7pm. The poetry reading is titled “Children & Grown-ups” featuring poems about childhood and admiration. Among the grown-ups mentioned will be parents, local poets, and other heroes. Monthly Series at Sachem Public Library Poetry: Verse […]

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Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook

Posted on October 27, 2013 by iwilder

In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, essays, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.

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Google Doodle: Maria Sibylla Merian’s iguana (and mine)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by kwilder

Maria Sibylla Merian’s 366th birthday is the subject of today’s Google Doodle. She was a German naturalist who illustrated insects in a scientific way. Though, what got me excited, was the iguana!

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The Wilders have moved (close by)

Posted on February 2, 2013 by kwilder

Ian and Kimberly Wilder have begun a new adventure. We have moved from our co-op apartment to a new home in Riverhead. If you have missed seeing us around town, that is why. It has taken a long while to find a good home for us, in a community we love. We look forward to […]

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Poem dedicated to policeman fired for using Ebonics…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by kwilder

From TribLive News…The headline: “Man claims State Police fired him because he used ‘Ebonics’ in his reports“. The quote: “[William C. Peake of Pennsylvania] claims in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the State Police fired him…because of his race and a false claim that he used “Ebonics” in his reports.” A poem, written by […]

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Exclusive 11/4/12 Debate Interviews with Nader & Presidential Candidates

Posted on November 5, 2012 by iwilder

Taped at the 11/4/12 third party debate moderated by Ralph Nader at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC,

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Columbus Day weekend adventure: Eastern Long Island

Posted on October 8, 2012 by kwilder

Columbus Day weekend adventure: Lawn signs, fun, and sunsets My husband Ian and I took a drive out east on the Saturday of Columbus Day weekend. We had the idea to capture signs of fall for the blog. Among our observations was a study on lawn signs and politics. The full set of photos is […]

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Occupy Long Island: updates and media coverage

Posted on May 2, 2012 by kwilder

Long Island May Day and/or Occupy participation which onthewilderside heard about: Mt. Sinai/Brookhaven – Occupy May Day Tearwater Tea (Ian and Kimberly attended this one) Went well. Stories read to children. Held banners on side of road. Literature table with issues like Move To Amend. Big banner read “Celebrate Peace And Justice” “99%”. There are […]

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