[Street] updates on CLVU stuff this weekend
Anne Wolfe
atwolfe91 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 09:18:42 EST 2011
These events look great! Can we get them on the calendar? I just checked
and neither one is up on the site as of now.
Anne
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Katie Gradowski
<katie.gradowski at gmail.com>wrote:
> Hey everyone!
>
> This press release is going out shortly, but I wanted to give everyone an
> update on plans for CLVU events this weekend.
> At the moment, there are two events, Friday and Monday (weekend home
> occupations have been pushed back due to logistical issues). Details
> below -- both events are at noon. * If you can make it to either of these
> two events, please let me know!* We're hoping to get around 20
> occupiers for Friday, as many as we want on Monday.
>
> Nicole, any word back on the lightsaber meeting? We should discuss -- it
> just occurred to me that LED strands won't be as bright during the day, but
> we'll work it out.
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Katie
>
>
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>
> *Home for the Holidays: City Life Press Conference and Tenant Speak-out*
> *Friday, 12 p.m., 40 Fowler Street in Dorchester
>
> *On October 1, members of City Life / Vida Urbana occupied a vacant
> building and hung a giant banner on the front of the building with the word
> "Occupy." After taking over the space, they discovered that the Deutsche
> Bank foreclosure had been faulty. CL/ VU found the old owner, who has
> agreed to rent to a foreclosed property owner who earlier this year was
> evicted by Aurora Bank in Hyde Park.
>
> This Friday at noon, City Life / Vida Urbana and the Bank Tenants
> Association, with support from Occupy Boston, will be holding a press
> conference for families who have won their homes back through a combination
> of public pressure, legal defense, and alternative financing. The press
> conference will introduce the St. Simon family who will move into 40
> Fowler, as well as testimonials from members who have successfully gotten
> their homes back about foreclosure.
>
> As part of the event, City Life will be decorating their annual justice
> tree, and has invited members from Occupy Boston hang tiny tents and speak
> about next steps and plans for the future. * *Join us as we honor these
> families, celebrate the power of collective organizing, and outline next
> steps in our ongoing work with City Life*. *
>
>
> *Occupy our Homes: Rally and March against HUD eviction requirements*
> *Monday, 12 p.m., 10 Causeway St. *
>
> Occupy Boston will join City Life / Vida Urbana for a rally 10 Causeway
> St., to oppose HUD requirements that commercial banks evict foreclosure
> victims who have FHA-insured mortgagers before the property is transferred
> to HUD. Some context: When FHA has insured a bank loan, the lender will
> get fully reimbursed even if the loan is twice the real value of the home.
> In response, HUD assumes control of the property. However HUD has been
> demanding “vacant conveyance”. This policy forces the foreclosing lender to
> evict in order to get their insurance, even when they could otherwise
> afford to stay in the property.
>
> We're going to protest this policy with numbers and voices. Please help
> spread the word! City Life will bring a giant vampire puppet -- we'll
> bring an army of Jedi knights. Join us as we try to realign HUD to the
> right side of the Force.
> - Show quoted text -
>
>
>
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Anne Wolfe
Tufts University 2013
International Relations, Peace and Justice Studies
(617) 803 0961
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