[Occupymendocino] a few accomplishments of OM

[Agnes Woolsey]

Hello Quakers,John etal;
         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. That was two weeks after the Labor Day Paul Bunyan Parade.We were a 25 strong, visible contingent joined by members of Union SEIU ; the group chanting :  
" no more cuts" when a speaker on a bull horn  shouted: libraries:   schools:  wages:  police: teachers: firemen etc.   Pat Karch had made 2 enchanting,life sized puppets with a sign that said: (-Paul and Babe : lost their home due to foreclosure and moved to the Beach.) photos forthcoming.

       Henrietta , age 84, and Howard, 95, among other young seniors, came to our General Assembly meeting and Birthday Party at the Senior Center celebrating our accomplishments. One of our accomplishments was getting three 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.

 Many other accoplishments, such as the direct action and video made of  25 Occupy Mendocino and Occupy Ukiah members carrying signs (alleging  mortgage fraud) at the Board of Supervisors County Offices with "crime scene tapes" in front of the Assessor's Office.-
A video was made by Laurie York from OM of a homeowner, facing foreclosure, who was able to look at his records at the Assessor/Recorder's office to find who owned his mortgage. None could be found due to loans having been securitized and sold to investors abroad. Still the bank will foreclose on his home.  Result= We were asked to be speak on the next month's agenda to the Supervisors regarding fraudulent  home foreclosures, which we did.

Accomplishment #2 was that two of us joined three hundred other protestors at the State Capitol Rally to press for a three year Moratorium on Home Foreclosures. Result: the following Monday the legislature passed  the  Homeowners Billof Rights. 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 foreclosure Now until Jan.2013. Please join us in sending this message at change.org.petition: Foreclosure Moratorium Petition.to Governor Brown.

More accomplishments later.
Love,
Agnes
p.s.
Ananda ,please add to our secretaries notes any of this.
Richard, Linda,Jessie, add any more accomplishments ,please.
Agnes
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