Occupy Our Homes, CA — "I'm not leaving"

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Run time: 04:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTcOo4nQQrY   Posted on YouTube: December 07, 2011 By YouTube Member: ShootFirstInc Views on YouTube: 760   Posted on DU: December 09, 2011 By DU Member: TOOLZ Views on DU: 1148

 
Call Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf at 415-396-7018 and ask that he cease the foreclosure process of disabled activist Ana Casas Wilson. December 6, 2011 was a national day of action by Occupy Our Homes to fight unfair foreclosures. Filmed & edited by John Wellington Ennis.

Article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-wellington-ennis/occupy-our-homes-im-not-l_b_1133191.html?ref=los-angeles


"December 6, 2011, was a national day of action targeting homes facing foreclosure, organized by a coalition of community groups behind the movement Occupy Our Homes. Protests were held across the country, in cities such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Portland, OR, and more.

Actions included "reclaiming" houses that banks are leaving vacant, and "home defense" to stop banks from foreclosing and accept payments from the homeowners, which banks like Chase and Wells Fargo are refusing to do in some cases.

Some of the groups involved in the community resistance effort include ACCE (Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment), The New Bottom Line, ReFund California, New York Communities for Change, Occupy Wall Street, Take Back the Land, SOUL (Chicago), SEIU, and The Coffee Party.

In South Gate, CA, twenty minutes south of Los Angeles, dozens of supporters rallied around the home of Ana Casas Wilson, with several pledging to camp out in her front yard while she defies eviction, and face arrest if necessary..."

Continued: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-wellington-ennis/occupy-our-homes-im-not-l_b_1133191.html?ref=los-angeles