We Are Occupying Our Homes OccupyOurHomes on December 07, 2011 http://occupyourhomes.org/
A housing system that only serves Wall Street banks and the 1% hasn’t worked. Yesterday the 99% stepped up and said, “We are reclaiming our homes.” The banks have heard this message loud and clear.
From Southgate, Michigan toSouth Gate, California, from East New York to the steps of theFulton County Courthouse in Georgia, members of the 99% took action to Occupy Homes.
The banks noticed – Bank of America warned their employeesnationwide about the 99% standing up for their homes. Banks came to the negotiating table with home occupiers in West Oakland, Seattle, and San Jose. Foreclosure auctions were blocked in Georgia and California, stopping the sale of dozens of homes.
The media noticed – major programs like Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz, and Keith Olbermannhighlighted stories from Occupy Our Homes, along with hundreds of other outlets.
And perhaps most importantly of all, homeowners and people fighting for housing around the country noticed. Local communities and 99% movement participants have committed to escalating this movement to Occupy Homes because everyone deserves a home — and to stop the bailed-out and fraudulent big banks that are stealing our homes.
The movement to Occupy Our Homes got this kind of attention by taking action for forty homes and 5,000 activists. Imagine how the country will respond if we occupy 1,000 homes and 200,000 people taking action.
Please keep taking action, keep occupying and bringing the fight for our homes and our neighborhoods to the banks.
PS – Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @OccupyOurHomes
Occupy Wall Street Goes Home
Posted 3 days ago on Dec. 1, 2011, 3:04 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
On December 6th Occupy Wall Street will join in solidarity with a Brooklyn community to re-occupy a foreclosed home. The day of action marks a national kick-off for a new frontier for the occupy movement: the liberation of vacant bank-owned homes for those in need. The banks got bailed out, but our families are getting kicked out. The fight to reclaim democracy from the banks is growing from Wall Street to Main Street.
The NYC foreclosure tour and home re-occupation is part of a big national day of action on Dec. 6 that will focus on the foreclosure crisis and protest fraudulent lending practices, corrupt securitization, and illegal evictions by banks. The Occupy movement actions, including eviction defense at foreclosed properties, takeovers of vacant properties by homeless families, and foreclosure action disruptions, will take place in more than 25 cities across the country.
Facebook Event Page
http://occupyourhomes.org
NYC Event Details
Meet @ 1pm for Foreclosure Tour. March starts at Pennsylvania and Livonia. Ends at undisclosed location of home re-occupation. Block party and house warming to follow. Bring gifts and food!
(3 train to Pennsylvania Ave or L train to Livonia Ave.)
At 1pm, we are gathering at Pennsylvania and Livonia in East New York, Brooklyn (3 train to Pennsylvania or L train to Livonia) to march through a neighborhood on the front lines of the economic crisis. Along the way, we will take stock of foreclosed properties for the growing Occupy REAL Estate Listing Service, so families can reclaim stolen homes in their neighborhood — and connect with allies in their communities to defend the human right to a home.
The march will end at a house warming and block party for the family and their neighbors. Bring housewarming gifts and food to share!
Millions of Americans have lost their homes in the Wall Street recession and one in four homeowners are currently underwater on their mortgages. The 99% is bearing the brunt of a crisis caused by Wall Street and big banks.
That’s why, all across the country, Americans have begun standing up to the banks that are trying to evict them. It’s already happened in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and cities and towns across the country. Now, it’s happening in Brooklyn.
Soon, it will be happening everywhere.
Wall Street and the big banks are making record profits while most Americans are struggling to stay in their homes. They break the law with impunity, but millions of us get served with eviction. They make trillions and get bailouts, while we face record unemployment and record debt.
No more! Our system has been serving Wall Street, big banks, and the one percent.
We are the 99%. We are reclaiming our democracy.
And we are reclaiming our homes.
