Haywood: I hitched a ride from North Carolina to Zucotti Park. I had mainly been involved in electoral politics and campaigns. But when Occupy Wall Street came up I knew I had to come here. This is what I should have been doing the whole time.
Christine: Although Hayward and I had split up we were still friends. So he went up there and was calling me and talking about it being wonderful and beautiful. I hadn’t seen him so excited about anything political in years. I thought it was worth taking a look. I showed up and immediately I got sucked into it. I was working at the info table and then I was sleeping under the info table. Then I was getting arrested, and then I was living in New York.
Haywood: I remember watching her march up to Goldman Sachs arm-in-arm with 18 other people knowing that the cops were going to arrest them. It took coming up to Occupy and seeing each other passionate about something else to remember why we were so passionate about one another. But also, Jesus, she’s beautiful. She’s the most beautiful person I can think of.
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