Join a Protest March on Jan. 15, 2009: What are major banks doing with their bailout money?
January 15, 2009 is a very significant date for minority populations in the United States. It is the birthday of one of the most revered moral leaders in the United States, Martin Luther King (he was born on January 15, 1929). Listen to Martin Luther King’s compelling speech, “I Have A Dream.”
January 15, 2009 is also a significant date for many of us as we gather at the lobby of the Bank of America building at 11:30am, 555 California Street, San Francisco, CA. We consider this “meeting of common and shared advocacies” our way of honoring what Martin Luther King continues to stand for.
“BILLIONS FOR BANKS: WHAT’S IN IT FOR TAXPAYERS?”
January 15th at 11:30 am
555 California Street,
San Francisco
In the lobby of the Bank of America Building
The seven major banks we will be protesting have received bailouts in excess of $150 billion. But no one, including the government, knows what they are doing with the bailouts. Our protest will begin at 11:30am in the lobby of the Bank of America Building at 555 California Street. We are scheduling meetings with senior management from the B of A, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, US Bancorp, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. At approximately 1:00pm we will march from our last bank meeting to the San Francisco Federal Reserve for a meeting with the senior management at the Federal Reserve Bank.
Our message on Martin Luther King’s actual birth date is intended to be a message to the new Obama administration and congress as it begins drawing up new legislation. Our issues will include preventing foreclosures, major loan modifications, support for small businesses under the Obama economic stimulus plan, excessive executive compensation, full transparency, and philanthropy to the underserved.
With your help, this could be the most fascinating, and certainly most productive “walking tour” of San Francisco for the year 2009.
[“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ” - MLK ]
Please contact
Preeti Vissa
preetiv@greenlining.org
(510) 926-4022
or
Jose Pecho, NaFFAA, Region 8
jp8cho@aol.com
(415) 240-4906
UPDATE:
From Baylan Megino
Congratulations to NaFFAA on their participation in the Bailout protest which made the SF Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/16/BUSF15B9KR.DTL.
