[OccupyCU] Host a rally to save Urbana homes

[Susan Parenti]

This is from MoveOn.org---perhaps the eviction group could coordinate  
with this?
susan

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> From: "Elena Perez, MoveOn.org Political Action" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org 
> >
> Date: March 4, 2012 10:10:12 AM CST (CA)
> To: Susan Parenti <sparenti at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Host a rally to save Urbana homes
>
>
> President Obama has the power to save the homes of millions of  
> Americans. Can you help deliver the "Save Our Homes" petitions in  
> Urbana on Thursday, March 15?
>
> Click here to host!
> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> President Obama could help twelve million homeowners struggling to  
> pay their mortgage.1
>
> But the president needs to hear directly from us.
>
> Here's the story: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac hold 60% of mortgages— 
> but the agency that oversees them is run by Bush appointee Ed  
> DeMarco who refuses to allow underwater homeowners to adjust their  
> mortgages to reflect the true value of their home.2
>
> Homeowners are struggling to make ends meet. And helping them not  
> only means saving their homes, it will also stabilize the market and  
> help get the economy back on track for everyone.
>
> President Obama has the power to replace DeMarco and make sure  
> Fannie and Freddie provide relief to the millions of Americans  
> struggling with mortgage debt.
>
> That's why on Thursday, March 15—the same day the Senate banking  
> committee meets in D.C. to discuss the fate of homeowners—we're  
> organizing big rallies at Obama for America campaign offices around  
> the country. We'll tell the president: We're sinking in underwater  
> mortgages—throw the 99% a lifeline to keep us in our homes. In  
> communities without OFA offices, we'll rally in front of Wall Street  
> bank branches and homes threatened by foreclosure to let the public  
> and the media know that the 99% is standing up to save our homes.
>
> Will you host a Save Our Homes rally on Thursday, March 15?
>
> Yes, I can organize an event!
>
> In late January, MoveOn members organized events at OFA offices  
> calling on President Obama to order a real investigation into Wall  
> Street banks. Just days later, the president did just that! We know  
> that when Obama voters and volunteers get together, the president  
> listens.3
>
> Now, we need him to step up to help struggling homeowners. We'll  
> support him in taking bold steps—from demanding that Fannie and  
> Freddie readjust mortgages, to replacing anyone who continues  
> holding back the housing recovery.
>
> Can you host a rally in Urbana to ask the president to save our homes?
>
> Click here to host!
>
> Hosting an event is powerful and easy. Once you sign up, you'll get  
> the petitions from MoveOn members and all the materials you'll need  
> for a successful event.
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> –Elena, Laura, Sarah, Amy, and the rest of the team
>
> Sources:
>
> 1. "Co-Chairs Grijalva, Ellison Call for Justice for Underwater  
> Mortgage Holders," Congressional Progressive Caucus, February 29,  
> 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=271863&id=36572-8028905-SL9_1Rx&t=4
>
> 2. "Edward DeMarco: The Ideologue Who's Holding Homeowners—and the  
> Economy—Hostage," The Huffington Post, February 14, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=271260&id=&t=4&id=36572-8028905-SL9_1Rx&t=5
>
> 3. "People Power vs Banker Power: Score One for the People," Nation  
> of Change, January 25, 2012 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=271862&id=36572-8028905-SL9_1Rx&t=6
>
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