[Occupymendocino] addendum to OM GA meeting 9/15/12

[Agnes Woolsey]

 Saturday. Sept. 15, 2012, Occupy Mendocino celebrated the persistence of our powerful movement : The one year Birthday Party was held at the Fort Bragg Senior Center.   Henrietta , age 84, and Howard, 95, among other young seniors, came to our General Assembly meeting and Birthday Party to celebrate our accomplishments. (A 20 min slide show documenting our efforts was shown too.)


 #1 accomplishment was getting two of our members onto the Sr. Ctr. Board of Directors through our numbers attending and observing board meetings and running for office.Taking power at the community level is no minor achievement.

 #2 accomplishment: We participated in the statewide direct  action "scene of the Crime" tapes at county Assessors' offices.  Laurie Y. made a 4min.video of  25 Occupy Mendocino and Occupy Ukiah members carrying signs (alleging  mortgage fraud) at the Board of Supervisors County Offices .The video included a homeowner, facing foreclosure, who with the help of the Assessor was able to look at his records. He could not find who owned his mortgage due the Wall Street securitizing loans having been  sold to investors abroad. Still the bank will foreclose on his home.  Result= Both OM and OU, were asked to be speakers on the next month's BOS agenda  regarding fraudulent  home foreclosures, which we did , thus revealing the broader picture and  facts from the S.F.County Assessor's  office .

Accomplishment #3
We organized faxes to be sent to our state legislators supporting the Home Owners Bill of Rights.  This butressed  the direct action of  two of us rallying in Sacramento and lobbying our two legislators.We  were  joined by three hundred other protestors at the State Capitol pushing for a  three year Moratorium on Home Foreclosures. Result: the following Monday the legislature passed  the  Homeowners Billof Rights. But because these protections (5 laws) will go into effect only in January 2013 we are calling for  Governor Brown to declare a state of economic emergency and a Moratorium on Foreclosures Now until Jan.2013. Please join us in sending this message at change.org.petition: Foreclosure Moratorium Petition to Governor Brown.

Number 4 accomplishment: The tech committee organized the May Fort Bragg Occupy Street Fair. You can go to occupymendo.net. for a film of the event drawing over 200 townspeople. Howard Ennis gave a rousing speech putting our movement in a historical perspective since he had worked in the last Roosevelt Administration.It can be seen on Youtube. Other platform speeches heard on issues of the Occupy Movement were not covered in the press.

Number 5. Our tech novice Sheila has put together two programs for MCTV about Occupy Mendocino- the Fourth of July Parade and the upcoming Labor Day Parade.

Number 6. Richard networked with the local SEIUnion, they marched and chanted slogans relevant to the 99% which resonated with the parade onlookers who enjoyed the life size puppets of Babe and Paul Bunyun- a lleged to be a Union Man. 

Number 7. We invited CJ Holmes to speak at the ML King program Foreclosures, and were instrumental in getting KZYX Money Talks Show to host CJ Holmes,and now she has a call in show on Pacificas KPFA on Thursdays.

Number 8. we have a list serve site and can be seen on Facebook.

Don't believe the propaganda that the Occupy Movement is dissipating. 
As a predominently senior movement we need to take time out, recharge and come back to speak truth to power.

Sincerely,
Agnes Woolsey
edited by Howard and Richard
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