Protesters were concerned about inequities in the distribution of wealth, banking regulation, housing issues and corporate greed.

[2] Occupy Eugene continued to hold regular protests and actions until it left the encampment in December 2011.

Occupy Eugene General Assemblies have met from as frequently as twice a day at times during active occupations, and as infrequently as weekly.

[4] Until August 2013, Occupy Eugene and various spin-off groups have continued to engage in organized meetings, events and actions.

At the Occupy camp, the fourth major one in Eugene since 2011, fifteen people live for free in tents on public display near downtown as of Nov. 1, 2014.

They encouraged others to join, and hope to grow their movement to turn urban open spaces into communes, with or without government permission, all around the world.

Rick Youngblood, a 51-year-old homeless man was found beaten to death and choked after having been involved in one of a number of physical altercations on December 23, 2011.