Friday, activists were still gathered at City Hall for day two of the Occupy Austin movement. It was a much smaller crowd compared to the estimated 1,500 who showed up the day before.

The message of Occupy Austin is to change the status quo, to change what people all over the country call the "financial corruption" of our society.

Andy McClung represents one demographic among several in Occupy Austin--young, older, employed, unemployed or entrepreneurs.

“I just took some time off. You know I have a job. My wife has a job. We own a home,” he said.

On day two of the event, participants worked to narrow their focus and compile a list of grievances and ideas.

“I don’t know. It’s just a way of being heard without writing a check. You know 150 million of us don’t have the money to write the checks to get our voices heard," protestor Colby Wendeborn said. "So you got to come together and raise a little hell I guess. And as you can see, this isn’t much hell. It’s just a way to vent.”

Roy Casagranda is a government professor at Austin Community College. This past January, he watched in Egypt as protesters in Cairo overthrew Hosni Mubarak.

“This is a very tame event in comparison, you know we're cooperating with police, we’re staying within the confines of the sidewalk," he said. “Because it’s the year of revolutions, I think it’s entirely possible that we will see something come out of this. If nothing else, organization for a future event.”

Most of the occupy movements across the country have been peaceful. In fact, APD has less of a presence at city hall then day two.

“One of the strengths of this Occupy Austin event and Occupy in general in the United States is that because it doesn’t have a central leader, it’ll be hard to get people to just back off,” Casagranda said.

Occupy Austin has organized itself in some aspects – there is child care for protestors and designated groups to provide food and water for the crowds.

YNN Online Producer Paul Foster checked out the sights of day two. Check them out in the gallery below.