http://www.occupythemidwest.org/

Milwaukee, Oct. 16 2011.

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http://www.hyatthurts.org/2012/02/faculty-students-from-150-universities-call-on-hyatt-to-rehire-housekeepers/

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http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9709

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Thursday, March 8, 4:00 p.m.
Press Conference at the home of Alma Counts

19145 Marlowe St., Detroit, north of 7 Mile, west of M-10. See map.

Alma is a paralyzed senior citizen on fixed income facing foreclosure by Chase. Even after the bank pedged to modify mortgages and stop foreclosure fraud, it nullified Counts’ previous modification and doubled her payments. Hear from UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada, community leaders, and counsel representing Counts and seven other families from Sterling Heights, Southfield, Northville, Detroit and Bloomfield who face foreclosure by Chase.

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Tuesday March 13, Noon

Rally at Chase Bank’s downtown Detroit office

As part of a national demonstration against Chase, we will gather at 11:45 a.m. at the Spirit of Detroit statue, Woodward at Jefferson, (see map) and march two blocks to the Chase Tower, 611 Woodward at Congress. A delegation will hold Chase accountable to the agreement that it signed with federal regulators promising “special forbearances and mortgage modifications” to keep people in their homes.

If you can’t make it to the actions, here is what you can do

Tell JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to stop foreclosures and agree to modifications that keep Alma Counts and thousands like her in their homes. Phone: 212-270-6000. Fax: 212-270-1648. Email: james.dimon@jpmorgan.com. Join our Thursday planning sessions, 6pm, 1515 Broadway, downtown Detroit near Grand Circus Park.

Endorsed by: Occupy Detroit, Moratorium Now!, UAW, People Before Banks, Metro AFL-CIO, Jobs With Justice. For more information call 313-429-5009 and ask for AJ Freer.

Help spread the word! Download flyer: in black and white or in color.

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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/229419.html

Pan African Newswire: http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/

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http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-tomkav/

The sacred Luiseno burial ground at Tomkav is being desecrated by the developers of Palomar College and Pardee Homes. I support the right of the Luiseno people to protect their sacred lands and the final resting places of their ancestors. Palomar College should stop construction until they have engaged in respectful and meaningful consultation with the Luiseno people that addresses how to move forward without further desecration of the ancestors. Working with the Luiseno people is not only required by law; it is required by basic standards of human decency and respect for tribal traditional culture.

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http://www.change.org/petitions/free-cece-we-re-looking-at-you-michael-freeman-drop-the-charges-against-cece-mcdonald

http://supportcece.wordpress.com/

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http://ciw-online.org/fast/details.html

“…when people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”

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http://occupyourhomes.org/blog/2012/feb/28/march-bank-actions/

In solidarity with families across the U.S. resisting foreclosures and evictions, the Occupy Our Homes movement is announcing that March 13-16 will be a National Week of Action to protest the criminal foreclosure practices of the nation’s largest banks.

The housing system built by Wall Street banks and for the 1% has utterly failed the 99%. The banks’ criminal foreclosure practices have cost millions of Americans their homes already. Millions more homeowners are at risk of foreclosure in the coming years. And while hundreds of thousands families face homelessness, bank-owned vacant homes fall into disrepair.

Everyone deserves a home and Occupy Our Homes will be standing with housing activists nationwide in their fight for dignity and a place to call home. It’s time to take action.

Along with Occupy groups and community organizations across the country, the Occupy Our Homes network will stage protests nationwide—including protests at various bank headquarters and branches across the country—in a coordinated effort to draw attention to the banks’ immoral behavior.

Each day of the week will feature a target bank, anchored by different Occupy groups and their allies.

• March 13: Chase— Occupy Atlanta & Occupy Detroit, along with the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions, and Utility Shutoffs
• March 14: US Bank— Occupy Minneapolis and Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC)
• March 15: Bank of America— Occupy Wall Street and New York Communities for Change (NYCC)
• March 16: Wells Fargo— Occupy groups across California, and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)

“These executives have been making life hell for the average American. Meanwhile they’re making record profits and have a comfy home to sleep in, said Marine veteran Bobby Hull, a Minneapolis home occupier. “It’s time to fight back, and make clear to the big banks that we’re not leaving.”

“The biggest banks have been destroying our communities with foreclosures. We say no more,” said Matt Browner Hamlin, an organizer with OccupyOurHomes.org. ” The Occupy Our Homes movement is everywhere – members of the 99% are standing up in solidarity with home occupiers to demand the banks stop stealing our homes.”

The original call that inspired this week of action came from Occupy Glen Iris and Occupy Atlanta to mark Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon’s  birthday with a protest of the bank’s criminal foreclosure practices. Occupy Atlanta has previously staged raucous protests at Chase bank branches and the group and its allies have helped stop a number of evictions and foreclosures, including that of an historic Atlanta church.

For more information, please visit OccupyOurHomes.org.

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