As protestors settle in for the long-haul down at Wall Street, more protests are currently being planned across the country in response to continued foreclosures (or in Bank of America's case, upping the foreclosures). The protests are being organized by the New Bottom Line, a coalition of human rights and faith-based groups across the country including Alliance for a Just Society, Federation of Congregations United to Serve, and Main Street Alliance among others. From September 20 thru November 7, there will be protests in Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Minneapolis, Denver, and Honolulu. Their message covers Wall Street greed and financial reform, and many of the people participating are personally affected by the surge of foreclosures.
Dixie Mitchell will be participating in the protests in Seattle. She is a truly incredible woman. Not only did she raise eight biological and fifty foster children but she also survived cancer and now is caring for her husband who is paralyzed from a stroke in 2008. In recent years, the expenses and loss of her husband's income became too much, and now their home will be auctioned off on October 28. You can watch an interview with Dixie Mitchell below, uploaded by 1WorkingWA.
Dixie Mitchell said she will be participating in the Seattle protests because she wants the bank to look her “in the eye.” “They haven't done their share to help,” she insists. “They don't even give you a chance...all they do is lose your paperwork and make you send it over and over again.”
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