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[Right to the City] <http://rttc-usa.tumblr.com/> Big banks are destroying our community. The banks took billions of our tax dollars, yet we're the ones being forced out of our homes. The banks' greed is costing our neighborhoods millions every year - cutting services and closing schools and community centers. And it's only getting worse. Big Businesses are killing our jobs and our environment. While the CEOs rake in millions in salary and bonuses, major corporations are laying off thousands of workers each month. And all the while, these companies raise our rates, pump toxic chemicals into our water and air, and endanger our families' lives. Enough is enough. It's time to take back our city! Together we can stop their greed. Let's fight for an economy that works for all of us. It's time to build cities that are democratic, just and sustainable. Take Back Boston March and Rally Friday, September 30 Boston Common Band Stand 2:00 PM - Music and Gathering 3:00 PM - March & Rally Take Back the Block Festival Saturday, October 1 On Fowler Street (Between Glenway Street and Greenwood Street), Dorchester 1:30 - 4:00 PM EVENTS Friday, September 30 Right to the City Model Share 26 West Street, Boston, MA 02111 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM REGISTER HERE: <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFZmTURaX\ 1lrQ3ZlU2s4Y3pxcU45ZVE6MA#gid=0> Opening --- 9:30 to 10:00 Workshop (Choose one of following 5 workshops) --- 10:00 to NOON Closing/Reportbacks -- NOON to 12:30 Workshop #1: NEW ECONOMYCreating Green Jobs in Communities of Color Presenters: Alternatives for Community Empowerment and Community-Labor Coalition Workshop #2: NEW ECONOMY--Creating 21st Century Jobs Presenters: Jobs with Justice Making Change at Walmart Campaign and National Domestic Workers Alliance/Jobs with Justice Caring Across Generations Campaign Workshop #3: DEMOCRACY--Building Political Power Presenters: Virginia New Majority/Chinese Progressive Association (Boston) Workshop #4: DEMOCRACYChallenging State Repression Presenters: Boston Workers Alliance Ban the Box Campaign and Prison Reform Campaign -- Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition represented by Yvette Tierry of Safe Streets/Strong Communities and Dana Kaplan of Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana Workshop #5: MUTUAL AIDSharing Our Labor. Take Back Boston March & Rally Boston Common Band Stand Meet at 2:00 PM Marchers will be meeting at the band stand in Boston Common starting at 2 PM. There will be music and speakers, and the march will take off at 3:30 PM, heading through Downtown Crossing and ending at 100 Federal Street, the headquarters of Bank of America. Register using the form to the right. Headed to the March? Want to follow along via text message? Text BOS to 64336. Saturday, October 1 Right to the City Model Share 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM REGISTER HERE: <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFZmTURaX\ 1lrQ3ZlU2s4Y3pxcU45ZVE6MA#gid=0> Opening --- 9:30 to 10:00 Workshop (Choose one of following 5 workshops) --- 10:00 to NOON Closing/Reportbacks -- NOON to 12:30 Workshop #1: NEW ECONOMY/MUTUAL AIDTaking Back Our City One Home at a Time. Presenters: City Life/Vida Urbana Sword and Shield Campaign and Causa Justa/Just Cause Workshop #2: NEW ECONOMY--Creating 21st Century Jobs Presenters: Chinese Progressive Association San Francisco's Campaign to End Wage Theft and POWER's Mandatory Local Hiring Campaign Workshop #3: NEW ECONOMYCreating Worker Cooperatives Presenter: Tenant Workers United Taxi Workers Cooperative Workshop #4: DEMOCRACYParticipatory Budgeting. Presenter: Community Voices Heard Workshop #5: DEMOCRACYChallenging Secure Communities Presenter: Olneyville Neighborhood Association Take Back the Block Festival On Fowler Street (Between Glenway Street and Greenwood Street), Dorchester 1:30 - 4:00 PM Join us for a fun and festive block party in Dorchester to support families moving back into their homes. There will be fun, games and food -- so don't miss out! LATEST ACTIONS Residents Take Foreclosure Fight to Bank Exec's Doorstep A group of 50 activists deposited the trash from a vacant Bank of America foreclosure on the doorstep of Bank of America Massachusetts President Robert Gallery at 95 Beacon St on 9/21. They also served Gallery and the Bank with a 9 day "notice to quit" warning them to stop their harmful practices, or there will be a much larger demonstration on 9/30. Local Residents Attempt to Return B of A Trash in Malden Local residents gathered in Malden on September 19 to clean up an abandoned Clinton Street property returning the collected yard waste and trash to its rightful owner, Bank of America. Neighbors launched the service project to rehab a local eyesore and raise awareness of the impact bank foreclosures have on area communities. A Breakfast Delivery for Bank of America Less than 24 hours after announcing a planned mass layoff of more than 30,000 employees, local residents dropped in on a posh company-sponsored breakfast at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The event, billed as a "government affairs forum," was chaired by Robert Gallery, President of Bank of America-Massachusetts. Protesters Descend on Boston Bank of America Branches
