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United We Stand: Occupy Protestors Stage Foreclosure Showdown
I could almost hear the sigh of relief and the quickening heartbeat of encouragement go up from across this country when I read this article. It seems we need to reteach ourselves how to stand up for justice and the Occupy movement is reminding us what that looks like.While it’s a shame things had to get so out of control, the Occupy movement is demonstrating what it looks like to stand beside our neighbors and take back our homes. Groups like this are springing up across the country, giving homeowners hope and moral support. But there’s much work to be done and many cities to be united. So let’s roll up our sleeves, join together, stand up for justice and demonstrate to our children and young people that we remember the difference between right and wrong.We are not helpless victims. We are not casual bystanders to the destruction the banks have wrought. We are not alone.We have each other.Thank you Occupy Movement.
Occupy Protesters Stage Foreclosure Showdown
The Occupy movement, which has sparked protests across the country over the past few months on a multitude of economic and social issues , is waging protests against foreclosures this week.
On Tuesday, hundreds of former home owners, along with supporting Occupy protesters, re-entered their homes that had been foreclosed upon by banks in a national day of action that the Occupy Movement called “Occupy Our Homes.” The protest over foreclosures occurred in about 25 cities across the country, including Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Denver, Atlanta, New York, and Miami, Inman News reports.
The protesters are blaming the banks for the foreclosure crisis and for not stepping in to do more loan workouts for home owners who lose their jobs or face medical hardships and can no longer afford their homes.
“Banks would rather let houses deteriorate than renegotiate loans with those who make them homes and build our communities,” a press release by the Occupy movement stated.
One Riverside, Calif., protester re-entered his June 2011 foreclosed home on Tuesday joined by other Occupy Los Angeles supporters: “The bank is either going to work with me on loan modification or it will have to get the police to throw me out,” the former home owner told Inman News.
Source: “Occupy Movement Focuses on Foreclosures,” Inman News (Dec. 7, 2011) and Occupy Together
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