Occupy Charleston Steps off Saturday

The nationwide Occupy protests, which have drawn protesters in major cities across the country, will spread to the Lowcountry on Saturday with a noon march in downtown Charleston.

Protestors will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Mall Playground and assemble for a march past Marion Square, along King and Meeting streets and then assemble at Washington Square.

Protesters are asked to meet in the park to assemble, since city ordinance prevents the group from marching on sidewalks in groups larger than 49 people, according to the Occupy Charleston website. Organizers plan to send multiple protest groups, if the crowd grows that large.

The Saturday march concludes with a 10-minute show of solidarity in Washington Square, according to the Occupy Charleston website.

The Saturday march precedes a 99-hour demonstration in Brittlebank Park that begins on Wednesday and wraps at 8 p.m. on Oct. 23.

For almost a month, New York protesters in Manhattan's financial district have been protesting economic inequality, corporate greed and its influence on government.

Read the latest on the Occupy protests.

Those protests have spread across the country. Other Occupy events, largely organized through social networking on sites such as Twitter with the tag #Occupy, have drawn large crowds and media coverage.