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* Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR TAMMY BICK, 49, HAMDEN, CONN. She was let go from a medical secretary position at an HIV clinic on Thanksgiving 2010. 1 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR WITH ONE

MIND Thousands of people march through the Lower Manhattan financial district in support of Occupy Wall Street, the economic justice movement. 2 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR ROBERT

BROADHURST, 54, BOSTON A union member and electrical worker, he was arrested on Oct. 1 on the Brooklyn Bridge. 3 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR THOMAS HAGAN, 60, NEW YORK The Vietnam

veteran currently works as a furniture salesman. 4 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR GRANDMOTHERS MARCH Members of the Granny Peace Brigade embrace the cause in Lower Manhattan. 5 of 9 *

Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR CAPTURING HISTORY A participant stops to take a picture at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration on Oct. 5. 6 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR DANNY MARKS, 52,

NATIVE NEW YORKER Homeless and illiterate, he camps out at Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street protests. 7 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR TONI LACER, 55, ST. JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS

Semi-retired, the real estate appraiser and broker picked up a sign and joined the movement. 8 of 9 * Photo by Nina Berman/NOOR JOHN ANDREW ZAMZAL, 61, NEW FAIRFIELD, CONN. Retired from

psychiatric nursing, he now works as a substitute teacher in the public school system. 9 of 9 RELATED * Older Americans join in Wall Street protests. READ * Retirement planning amid market

mayhem. READ * Company bankruptcy and your pension. READ