West Oakland Action to Reclaim Foreclosed Home July 31 5pm @ 1698 10th Street

From: William Chorneau

Sent: Jul 23, 2009 6:31 PM

To: undisclosed recipients@null, null@null

Subject: West Oakland action to reclaim foreclosed home, Friday, July 31 at 5p.m, 1698 10th Street.

Hello friends,

If you have been outraged by the foreclosure scandal and waiting for the right opportunity to support families who are fighting back, please join this upcoming action.  ACORN's Foreclosure Fighters decided last night to escalate their tactics in response to the eviction of Tasha Alberti's family from their home on Monday and they really need your support.

Approximately 15 Oakland Sheriff deputies surrounded Tasha's home in West Oakland at about 8 a.m. last Monday, while Tasha was at work. They broke the lock on the front door and entered her home in a manner that terrorized Tasha's children.  One of her daughters is still showing signs of trauma after a sheriff's deputy watched her get dressed.  The deputies threaten to take the children to jail if they didn't get out of the house.  Luckily, nearby relatives were available to take in the children.  The family is recuperating from this trauma and Tasha still wants to fight on. 

The progressive community must demonstrate that we will not sit by while financial pirates make loans that are designed to fail, then kick millions of families out into the street without regard to the human cost of their actions or the devastating impact on our communities.  Many people are outraged that the banks continue to devastate our communities and our elected representatives have taken no effective action to stop them. This will be our biggest and strongest Home Defense Action yet, and now is the time for us to put our outrage into action.

We will be gathering at Tasha's home at 1698 10th Street in West Oakland (corner of 10th Street and Willow) on Friday, 7/31 at 5:00 p.m. Some people will be taking action to reclaim and reoccupy the home. Please email me back if you are interested in participating in this part of the action.  Join us next Friday and reach out to your friends about this action.  A good turnout could raise the anti-foreclosure struggle in the Bay Area to a new level.  Join us in supporting the families that are fighting to save their homes.

Yours for peace with justice.

Bill Chorneau