“I haven’t been a super duper activist for a while,” Katherine “Kat” Culberg said during a workday break. The school nurse and mother of two said she was energized by the Occupy movement, but found it tough to participate.

“It was basically in our backyard, but I still couldn’t get there,” she said. So Culberg, who likes Occupy’s broad tent and focus on social change, decided to bring it to Alameda. Read more >> about Local Occupy group seeks chances to make change