<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; "><span> </span>MOVE YOUR MONEY CAMPAIGN</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; ">OCCUPY CU</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; "><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>For immediate release</p><p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Susan Parenti<span> </span>Cell: 217-344-1439</p><p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:sparenti@illinois.edu">sparenti@illinois.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">OCCUPY C-U LAUNCHES ITS “MOVE YOUR MONEY” CAMAPIGN ON DEC. 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><span> </span>Rally and March Planned</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Occupy C-U will be launching a “Move Your Money” Campaign starting Dec. 10<sup>th</sup>,<span> </span>2011 with a rally and march open to the general public.<span> </span>The rally starts at 11 a.m. at West Side Park in Champaign and features speakers, readings from endorsement letters, open-air song and related cultural performances and an audience speak-out. The formal program will include comments from representatives of the East Central Illinois Chapter of Jobs With Justice (JWJ) and of AWARE, two groups that signed as co-sponsors of the campaign. Efforts to obtain endorsements from a broad spectrum of other community organizations are also already underway. At approximately 12 noon, a march is scheduled to begin that will converge on the public space around the downtown Champaign branch of Chase Bank.<span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Susan Parenti, one of the organizers of this event, recently commented: “We are urging people who are fed up with the bad behavior of big Wall Street banks to join our campaign. Move your money out of the big banks and into local credit unions and community banks. Invest in your community; divest from ‘too big to fail’ institutions that have done so much harm to our economy.”<span> </span>Another event organizer, Pat Simpson, elaborated, “We know that some people do not have currently have accounts in the Wall Street banks.<span> </span>We also know that some people in our community are so economically hard pressed, they may not have the ‘luxury’ of a bank account.<span> </span>Still, there’s reason to support this effort as it can help to build a stronger local economy while sending a pointed message to the ‘big guys’ that they have lost the confidence and support of Americans. We are tired of their shenanigans.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The “Move Your Money” Campaign will continue throughout the upcoming year, 2012.<span> </span>Unions, religious groups, and other community organizations that would like to have someone from the campaign come to speak about this effort can call <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">(574) 3 URBANA</span></span><span> </span>or email <a href="mailto:moveyourmoneycu@gmail.com">moveyourmoneycu@gmail.com</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>