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On March 14 Fight Foreclosure Takes Flight!

March 8th, 2012 · Posted by
On March 14 Fight Foreclosure Takes Flight!

On March 14 Fight Foreclosure Takes Flight!

For Immediate Release

Contact: Nathan Pius, [email protected]

March to the Red Carpet

“Save Our Community: Fight Foreclosure!”
Movie Premiere at Carolina Theater

“Let’s Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale”
March, Film Stars, Robots, Crowds and a Red Carpet

A cross-town march is planned from the Interactive Resource Center (IRC) to the Carolina Theater. Marchers will assemble at IRC, 407 East Washington Street, at 6:15 P.M. following a free soup supper and proceed to the Carolina Theater, 310 South Greene Street. Local marching band Cakalak Thunder will provide a back-beat to the parade, as marchers move down Washington Street to Greene Street. The procession will reach the Carolina Theater just in time to welcome the “stars” of “Let’s Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale” at their Red Carpet arrival.

The list of participating organizations for this major event is growing with IRC, Guilford Home Ownership Center, Greensboro Housing Coalition, YWCA, American Friends Service Committee, North Carolina Justice Center, Unity in Greensboro Church and MoveOn.org turning out members to watch the movie and listen to Jeff Thigpen, Guilford County Register of Deeds, speak about fraudulent foreclosures.

Tables will be set up in the theater lobby for attendees to speak directly with experts on hand to advise them about fighting fraudulent foreclosure procedures and available resources to help them keep their homes.

In appreciation of his efforts on behalf of illegally foreclosed homeowners, Thigpen will receive autographs from the film’s robotic “Robo-Signers” who will make a special appearance at the premiere.

This is a major civic direct action event in Greensboro so plan your coverage now.

Updates posted to: http://occupyforeclosure.org

Marchers will assemble at 407 East Washington Street at 6:15 P.M. and proceed to the Carolina Theater, 310 South Greene St. Red Carpet arrival event is scheduled for 6:45 P.M.

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Jeff Thigpen to address crowd at “Save Our Community: Fight Foreclosure!”

March 5th, 2012 · Posted by
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PRESS ADVISORY
Contact: Nathan Pius, [email protected]; 732-570-8847

Free Event: Movie Premier at Carolina Theater

“Let’s Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale”

Film Stars, Robots, Crowds and a Red Carpet

Attendees at a free red carpet Premier for the locally-produced social and political action movie, “Let’s Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale” scheduled at the Carolina Theater on Wednesday, March 14, will hear remarks from Guilford County Register of Deeds Jeff Thigpen. The web site FireDogLake lauded Thigpen, who has gained national acclaim as an advocate against fraudulent foreclosures, stating: “Thigpen’s investigation was one of the first systematic assessments of mortgage document fraud in the entire country,” and “The man is dedicated to pursuing justice for those who have been wronged by the financial services industry.”

In appreciation of his efforts Thigpen will receive autographs from the film’s robotic “Robo-Signers.” who will make a special appearance at the premier.

“Let’s Lose Our House” is a smart and funny look at the often misunderstood roots of the housing crash. This short film follows the “all American family” from buying their first home to seeing it foreclosed on and shows how banks and the large financial industry destroyed people’s lives through fraudulent practices. Produced by the Foreclosure Working Group of Occupy Greensboro, the event will unite homeowners facing foreclosure with available resources to understand, recognize and dispute fraudulent practices.

This is shaping up to be a huge civic action event in Greensboro so mark your calendars now.

Updates posted to: https://occupyforeclosure.org

This event will be held Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:00P.M. at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro; 310 South Greene St.

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Free Event: “Save Our Community: Fight Foreclosure!” Movie Premier at Carolina Theater

March 2nd, 2012 · Posted by

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Contact: Nathan Pius, [email protected]

“Let’s Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale”

Film Stars, Robots, Crowds and a Red Carpet

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A free red carpet Premier for the locally-produced social and political action movie is scheduled at the Carolina Theater on Wednesday, March 14. Movie “stars” including the robotic “Robo Signers” will make their arrival via special transportation at 7:00pm. Local housing counselors will be on hand in the theater lobby before and after the screening to offer advice, direction and assistance to attendees fighting foreclosure. Experts on foreclosure procedures will address attendees and educate participants on their legal rights and remedies against fraudulent foreclosure practices.

“Let’s Lose Our House” is a smart and funny look at the often misunderstood roots of the housing crash. This short film follows the “all American family” from buying their first home to seeing it foreclosed on and shows how banks and the large financial industry destroyed people’s lives through fraudulent practices. This film was produced by the Foreclosure Working Group of Occupy Greensboro, North Carolina.

Further details will be released as they become available.

This is shaping up to be a huge civic action event in Greensboro so mark your calendars now.

This event will be held Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:00P.M. at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro; 310 South Greene St.

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WFDD: Occupy Greensboro Movie About Foreclosures Debuts at Carolina Theater

March 1st, 2012 · Posted by

By Kerri Brown, WFDD

Members of Occupy Greensboro are in the final editing stages for a movie about the foreclosure crisis in the United States.

The locally-produced social and political action movie, “Let’s Lose Our House: A Modern Foreclosure Tale” is scheduled to make its debut during a red carpet premier at the Carolina Theater on March 14.

Todd Warren, with the Occupy Greensboro Foreclosure Working Group said corporate greed and a lack of regulation is putting many people in the Triad out of their homes. He said the mini documentary a smart and funny look at the often misunderstood roots of the housing crash.

“Two folks from our Foreclosure Working Group produced a short movie, which is basically Foreclosure 101. It is a dramatization that follows a fictional family that goes and buys their first house and shows how a family can end up in foreclosure, and that it’s not just irresponsibility on their part but part of a much larger financial system,” said Warren.

Warren said local housing counselors will also be on hand in the theater lobby before and after the screening to offer advice and assistance to community members who are dealing with foreclosure issues.

“The Guilford County Home Ownership Center, Greensboro Housing Coalition, The Interactive Resource Center (IRC), which is a homeless day center in town and we are talking to other local churches and inviting them to come out. We also have been talking with individuals that are in foreclosure and we are recording their stories. We want them to know there is help out there and that it is also important to resist and challenge the foreclosures. Unfortunately only about 5 percent of the foreclosures are challenged,” said Warren.

The Save Our Community: Fight Foreclosure!” movie premier at the Carolina Theater begins at 7 p.m. on March 14. The event is free and open to the public.

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Matt Taibbi: Bank of America is a “raging hurricane of theft and fraud”

February 29th, 2012 · Posted by

Delivered by Matt Taibbi on February 29 @ Occupy Wall Street

Matt Taibbi speaking at an Occupy Wall Street day of action, February 29th, 2012.

Matt Taibbi speaking at an Occupy Wall Street day of action, February 29th, 2012.

There are two things every American needs to know about Bank of America.

The first is that it’s corrupt. This bank has systematically defrauded almost everyone with whom it has a significant business relationship, cheating investors, insurers, homeowners, shareholders, depositors, and the state. It is a giant, raging hurricane of theft and fraud, spinning its way through America and leaving a massive trail of wiped-out retirees and foreclosed-upon families in its wake.

The second is that all of us, as taxpayers, are keeping that hurricane raging. Bank of America is not just a private company that systematically steals from American citizens: it’s a de facto ward of the state that depends heavily upon public support to stay in business. In fact, without the continued generosity of us taxpayers, and the extraordinary indulgence of our regulators and elected officials, this company long ago would have been swallowed up by scandal, mismanagement, prosecution and litigation, and gone out of business. It would have been liquidated and its component parts sold off, perhaps into a series of smaller regional businesses that would have more respect for the law, and be more responsive to their customers.

But Bank of America hasn’t gone out of business, for the simple reason that our government has decided to make it the poster child for the “Too Big To Fail” concept. Because it is considered a “systemically important institution” whose collapse would have a major, Lehman-Brothers-style impact on the economy, two consecutive presidential administrations have taken extraordinary measures to keep Bank of America in business, despite a staggering recent legacy of corruption schemes, many of which were simply overlooked by regulators.

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