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March 5, 2009
Foreclosure Crisis: Q&A with Acorn Home Defenders
Storefront for Art & Architecture
Thursday, March 5, 7pm
Foreclosure Crisis: Q&A with Acorn Home Defenders
Moderated by Jose EsparzaOn Thursday, Feb. 19, ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) members in eight cities kicked off their Home Staying campaign, a new tactic to fight the foreclosure crisis. Teams of ACORN Home Defenders - volunteers from local communities - will employ civil disobedience as needed to help people who have faced foreclosure to stay in their homes until a comprehensive federal solution has been put in place.
A screening of footage from the first Home Defenders actions in NY State and a survey of the current nationwide housing crisis will be followed by an open discussion between ACORN and Home Defenders representatives and the audience on the legitimacy and effectiveness of civil disobedience strategies in this context.
The Storefront for Art & Architecture is located at 97 Kenmare Street in Manhattan.
NoLandGrab: Someone might want to ask ACORN why, when the bank seizes your home in a foreclosure, it's bad, but when the state seizes your home so Bruce Ratner can build a basketball arena, it's good.
Posted by eric at March 5, 2009 3:05 PM