HOLLISTER, Calif.--
The "Occupy" movement is spreading across the country, and all over the Central Coast.
Protesters in Santa Cruz have been out since Thursday October 6, and on the 14, the movement spread to Hollister.
A week later, and occupy Santa Cruz is still going strong.
"We've made a lot of progress," said Noah Shepardson, Occupy Santa Cruz. "People are really coming together, it's been a lot of great conversations. We're really working on establishing ourselves and being here for the long run."
And this group expects to be here for a while. They're hoping the more people that come out and protest, the better chance people on wall street finally get their message.
"We're hurting down here," said Ella Seneres, Occupy Santa Cruz. "We're really hurting. People are living on the streets, people are losing their houses."
Protests like these are popping up in cities across the country. Occupy Santa Cruz had a sign that listed a number of cities including Greenfield, Salinas, Monterey and Gilroy.
"I think it's inevitable that small towns, everywhere, everybody in every town across America, across the world is feeling the need to stand up for what they think is right," said Sarah, Occupy Santa Cruz.
By adding Hollister's protest to the list, organizers are hoping change will be made.
"If enough people get together that the collective will gather in and realize it's in their interest for all of us to get together, and it certainly is a start," said Seneres.
Officials with Occupy Hollister said they're hoping to start the dialogue in their city, and figure out what they can do to change policy on Wall Street.
"We wanted to start a dialogue in Hollister about the income disparity that's happening in the United States," said Jennifer Bagley, Organizer for Occupy Hollister. "How banks seem to keep getting bailed out but mainstream Americans are doing as poorly as we are."
Nearly 50 people came out to Hollister's protest in front of the Bank of America at the corner on San Benito and Third Streets.
The group said they'll be meeting every Thursday at 4:30 at the bank to protest.
