Join the Fight Against Foreclosures!

There are two upcoming foreclosure actions that need our support!

Anti-foreclosure canvassing in Everett

Saturday, 10-2 p.m. at Dunkin Donuts, 524 Broadway

This Saturday members from Occupy Boston will join City Life / Vida Urbana (CLVU) to canvass in Everett, going door-to-door of houses up for auction to offer tenants support defending their homes. Canvassing is a crucial step in home defense. The goal is to speak to residents BEFORE the bank attempts to take control of the building – before they can be intimidated and pressured into leaving – to let them know their rights and options, and offer support of they want it. It’s a chance to work directly with tenants and offer support to people who have been targeted by improper banking practices.

We’ll be meeting at the Dunkin Donuts, 524 Broadway in Everett, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you need a ride or if you can provide one or need more information about canvassing, please contact katie@occupyboston.org or call 410-967-5207.

Occupy our Homes: Auction Protest this Tuesday!

1:30pm at 11 Russell Pl, Everett

On Tuesday, OB will join CLVU and the North Side Tenants Association to protest a home auction in Everett. Bring your signs and come prepared to make some noise! Banks hate bad publicity. So when banks show up at a property where owners have brought along a crowd, it’s frequently possible to stop or postpone the sale. Home auction actions are loud, but disciplined – the point is to be visible, to support the homeowners, and to let investors know that they (and we) are not going anywhere!

Last year there were 230 foreclosures in the City of Boston – many of which could have been prevented if banks had been persuaded to negotiate with tenants or sold at real value to a local lender. Let’s go and show our support in numbers!    PLEASE NOTE: Auction protests are a little fluid and details may change at the last minute. Please email Katie Gradowski (katie@occupyboston.org) to be kept up to date on final details.

City Life/Vida Urbana is a 38-year-old bilingual, community organization whose mission is to fight for racial, social and economic justice and gender equality by building working class power through direct action, coalition building, education and advocacy.   Since 2008, they have led a Post-Foreclosure Eviction Defense campaign, which has been successful at keeping hundreds of Boston residents in their homes since the beginning of the foreclosure crisis.  Occupy Boston has supported, and will continue to support City Life’s direct action efforts to help keep Boston residents in their homes For more details about City Life’s amazing work, visit www.clvu.org.