[Street] Urgent: Please respond: Where is the CityLife rally (changed time/location)?
Stephanie Skier
skier at post.harvard.edu
Tue Jan 17 10:11:25 EST 2012
Please respond. Has the location/time of the rally changed? Is it
canceled? Please let me know. Thank you.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Stephanie Skier <skier at post.harvard.edu>wrote:
> Where is everyone? I've been here wearing my wetsuit with the 99% button
> at BoA at 100 Federal Plaza and see no one. I don't have my phone for
> security reasons and am currently emailing you from a nearby location.
>
> Please respond with any information!
>
> Solidarity,
> Stephanie
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Katie Gradowski <katie at occupyboston.org>wrote:
>
>> Hey all!
>>
>>
>> This is short notice, but it looks like fun!
>>
>>
>> Tomorrow at 9:30, City Life will be holding a rally at BOA to protest
>> underwater mortgages. Details below, and here<http://www.facebook.com/events/280677958660232/>!
>> We've done a number of actions with CLVU recently, all a lot of fun, and
>> hugely successful. Also on Tuesday, a group of us will be going to Everett
>> at 1:30 (leaving around 12:30) to participate in an auction protest to
>> support a member whose home is up for sale. All are welcome - if you'd
>> like to join that action, email katie at occupyboston.org.
>>
>>
>> In the meantime, if you're in the downtown area, bring a sign, don a pair
>> of goggles, and join in the rally!
>>
>>
>> ********************************************
>>
>> "Workout Counselors can fix this corruption!
>>
>> Give them the tools for Principal Reduction!”
>>
>> Protest at Bank of America
>>
>> Tuesday, Jan. 17
>>
>> 100 Federal St. downtown
>>
>> Gather at 9:30 am at B of A
>>
>> Press conference 10-10:30 am
>>
>> (leave City Life offices at 8:45 am)
>>
>>
>>
>> *If you have a snorkel or flippers, bring them along! While you march,
>> you can carry a sign that says “Millions of underwater homeowners demand
>> principal reduction!”*
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> Bank of America is inviting workout counselors from the
>> region to a special training on how to do loan modification on Bank of
>> America loans. Many of these workout counselors are our friends and do
>> excellent work. But they don’t have the tools they need to fix the crisis.
>>
>> We know what tools they need and we’ve been demanding it for
>> 5 years:
>>
>> *PRINCIPAL REDUCTION*. Reduce the amount owed. Don’t put principal on
>> the end of the loan as a balloon payment. Don’t extend the term. Reduce
>> the amount OWED. The Banks deliberately ran up real estate values as part
>> of the housing bubble. The bubble burst as they knew it would. The Banks
>> should fix the crisis by reducing principal to real value.
>>
>> * *
>>
>> *We demand that Bank of America (and all Wall St. Banks)*
>>
>> 1. Reduce principal to real value as part of loan modification
>> 2. If “1” doesn’t happen, sell the property to occupants or a
>> non-profit at real value
>> 3. Stop all no-fault evictions. Accept the rent!
>>
>> *Attached is our question and answer sheet on “why principal reduction”*
>>
>> *City Life organizing staff will be in Monday afternoon on the holiday
>> for questions.*
>>
>> --
>> Due to the present financial situation, the light at the end of the
>> tunnel will be switched off to save on electrical costs until further
>> notice.
>>
>>
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