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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Dozens of people from Colorado Springs joining the nationwide "Occupy Wall Street" movement.

Monday was the eleventh day of protesting for the group known as "Occupy Colorado Springs."

They have set up post downtown on Tejon Street, near Acacia Park, and don't have plans to leave anytime soon.

"We're protesting everything that you see wrong with our society basically," Jason Warf, a protester, said.

Warf said they represent 99 percent of the population, and it isn't a right-wing or a left-wing movement.

"We are every wing if you will. You know this is something that affects us all, all the way up our food chain in our country and in our world. Unfortunately we're in a downward spiral, and we're close to the bottom, and if we don't change things very quickly, it could get very ugly," Warf said.

The group is protesting everything from corporate greed to government corruption.

"I'm out here because I feel like our government currently is run by corporate lobbyists, and we need to take the power and give it back to the people. We need a government that is for the people and not for corporations," Raven Martinez, a protester, said.

"Corporations are not people," Martinez added.

Warf said that the movement has a lot of different goals, but the main one is to get the government's attention.

"Your goals are my goals. We all have things that we see wrong with society, and we're never gonna be able to sit down, you and I, and agree on how to fix them. So right now I think our main goal is to get the system, the politicians and government to realize they have to align with the people on this, that is why we're all standing up," Warf said.

Once they have the government's ear then they can move forward Warf said.

"We can set forth a list of goals to achieve at that point. So I think our first goal is to just stop the things that are putting us at where we are right now," he said.

Martinez agreed.

"I think the best change would probably be to eliminate lobbyists because corporate lobbyists are who are making the laws," Martinez said.

The protest has drawn support from people of all ages.

Zane Mclean, a high school student, said he's protesting because he's worried about his future.

"I'm just trying to win the right to my own future pretty much, I'd rather not end up having no future because of this," he said.

Mclean said it's his generation that will have to deal with today's problems.

The group said they have received a lot of positive feedback and are taking a peaceful approach to the whole situation.

"We wanna be able to keep communicating and be peaceful with the people. We don't want to get in their way, and we don't want to have any confrontation with the police officers either," Martinez said.

The Colorado Springs Police Department said as long as the protest remains peaceful, they can stay as long as they like.

"We're trying to work with this group. We want them to be able to express their First Amendment rights, and at the same time we don't want them to be breaking any of our city's rules," Sgt. Steve Noblitt, Public Information Officer with the CSPD, said.

Colorado Springs has a No Camping Ordinance, which does apply to protesters said Noblitt.

"If they're wanting to sleep then they're gonna need to go somewhere other than a public area to sleep, so back to a hotel or a home or something like that. If you set up bedding or sleeping in any public area then that's gonna be in violation of our camping ordinance," Noblitt said.

Noblitt said CSPD has plans to meet with the group to discuss the laws.

Warf said they also have plans to meet with a city attorney for the same reason.

"If they are gonna have a long time presence I'm sure there will be some obstacles, and we'll cross them when we get to them, but we're not anticipating any big problems," Noblitt said.

While the group may not have one clear, concise goal, they said they are not unorganized, they are just getting started.

"With any movement that is spur of the moment, it's labeled sometimes a flash mob protest, anything to that nature is going to go through the building stage, and I really feel that that's where we're at now," Warf said.

And since they plan to stay as long as it takes, they have plenty of time to figure it all out.

"We are permanent," Warf said.

Occupy Colorado Springs has a General Assembly daily at noon and 7 p.m. at Uncle Wilbur's Fountain in Acacia Park.