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ALERT: Fannie Mae Stop the Evictions of African-American Senior Betty Davis and Disabled Senior Veteran Alfred Richardson

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Fannie Mae is evicting African-American seniors like 70-year-old Betty Davis and 75-year-old disabled veteran Alfred Richardson.

Please take action to stop these immoral evictions–

Call and email Fannie Mae with the following message:

  • Timothy Mayopoulos, CEO, +1 202-752-7144
  • Kristy Williams Fercho, Senior VP Customer Management Western Region, +1 626-396-5100 (ask for Kristy’s voicemail)

Sample message:

To: timothy_mayopoulos@fanniemae.com, philip_laskawy@fanniemae.com, kristy_williams_fercho@fanniemae.com, katrina_jones@fanniemae.com, carlus_k_flowers@fanniemae.com, kelli_parsons@fanniemae.com
Cc: action@occupytheauctions.org
Subject: Stop Evicting African-American Seniors Betty Davis (loan #187240982) and Alfred Richardson (loan #19167165)

Please stop immediately the immoral evictions of African-American seniors Betty Davis (loan #187240982) and Alfred Richardson (loan #19167165) and rescind the foreclosure sales of their homes at 442 Harkness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94134, sold on December 20, 2011, and 139 Maddux Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94124, sold on September 11, 2012, respectively, so that Bank of America can offer them fair loan modifications.

Sincerely,

(your name)


Fannie Mae CEO Timothy Mayopoulos ready to evict African-American senior Korean War veteran Alfred Richardson.

Links: Occupy Fannie Mae Action    Occupy Senior and Veteran Evictions and Foreclosures (Occupy Anniversary)    Prior Occupy Fannie Mae Action    Betty Davis Profile    Alfred Richardson Profile

For updates on this alert: http://occupytheauctions.org/wordpress/?p=5487

This alert brought to you by the Stop the Auctions and Evictions Campaign
http://www.stopevictions.org and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) http://www.calorganize.org

Occupy Fanny Mae to Stop Evictions of Betty Davis and Alfred Richardson

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On November 2, 2012, Foreclosure and Eviction Fighters from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), Occupy Bernal, and the Occupy the Auctions and Evictions Campaign, visited the office of Fannie Mae in San Francisco to demand the halt of the evictions of African-American senior Betty Davis and African-American, senior, disabled veteran Alfred Richardson.

The protestors made it to the front door of the 30th floor office of Fannie Mae at 50 California Street in San Francisco, but unfortunately no one answered the door when they rang and knocked. So, Betty Davis slid her statement and demands under the door and the participants tacked posters to the walls surrounding the Fannie Mae and other 30th floor offices, as well as the bathroom and elevators.

Links: Action Alert       Occupy Senior and Veteran Evictions and Foreclosures (Occupy Anniversary)    Prior Occupy Fannie Mae Action    Betty Davis Profile    Alfred Richardson Profile

September 17 OccuAnniversary Events

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The Foreclosure and Eviction Fighters of Occupy Bernal, Occupy Noe, and ACCE-SF consensed on the following three OccuAnniversary events at the regular Saturday 10am meeting on September 1, 2012:

EVENT#1) Occupy Senior and Veterans Foreclosures and Evictions

What: Press Conference and Protest

Time/Date: 12:00pm (noon) – 1:00pm on Monday, September 17

Venue: San Francisco War Memorial Building

Address: 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102

Description: Please join the Foreclosure and Eviction Fighters and supporters of Occupy Bernal, Occupy Noe, and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) for a press conference on and protest of bank’s foreclosures and evictions of seniors, veterans, and disabled folks. The press conference and rally will take place at 12:00pm (noon) on Monday, September 17. This action is in cooperation with the OccuAnniversary events and the Occupy Action Council of San Francisco.

Contact: Occupy Bernal, info@occupybernal.org


EVENT#2) Occupy Fortress Investment Group

What: Protest

Time/Date: 3:00pm – 4:30pm on Monday, September 17

Venue: Fortress Investment Group Offices

Address: One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, San Francisco, CA 94105

Description: Fortress Investment Group (FIG) is a multi-billion-dollar corporation run by vulture capitalists like Peter Briger, FIG Board Co-Chair, who developed the corporation’s “Financial Services Garbage Collection” strategy. Who’s the garbage according to Briger? That’s homeowners in foreclosure, students who can’t pay their loans, etc. FIG owns 77 percent of Nationstar Mortgage, which has been purchasing distressed home mortgage debt and foreclosing on homeowners at an accelerating pace. Seven San Francisco homeowners, dubbed the “Nationstar 7” face evictions and foreclosures by Nationstar at the moment, and FIG has a long history of poor treatment of tenants and alleged violations of tenants rights laws at Park Merced and elsewhere. Please join us to protest the billionaire “garbage” collectors like Peter Briger who are throwing our neighbors out of their homes. Bring a large garbage bag if you can! Brought to you by the Foreclosure and Evictions Fighters of Occupy Bernal, Occupy Noe, and the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) San Francisco, in cooperation with the San Francisco Tenant’s Union, the Occupy SF Housing Coalition, and the Occupy Action Council of San Francisco.

EVENT#3) Occupy Anniversary Mass Convergence

What: Protest

Time/Date: 5:00pm – 7:00pm on Monday, September 17

Venue: Bank of America and Goldman Sachs Offices

Address: 555 California Street @ Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94104

Description: OCCUPY WALLS ST (WEST): 1 YEAR! MON SEPT 17, 5pm
Monday, September 17, 2012
555 California st @ Kearny st, San Francisco

Join us on Facebook!

Commit in the coming year to keep building a movement of the 99% to end the rule by the 1%

OCCUPY THE BANKS
All Day: Occupy, move your money, take creative nonviolent action to confront the banks’ theft and destruction of our communities, homes, environment, education, health care and democracy. Plan an action with your neighbors, group, friends, family, co-workers, congregation, or classmates. Let us
know when/where/what and we will include in our list of actions.

HELL NO, WE WON’T PAY! STRIKE DEBT

5PM MASS CONVERGENCE
Debt Burning (Bring Copies of Your Debt Papers to Burn Symbolically), March, Casserole (Bring Your Pots, Pans and Spoons in the tradition of Argentina, Iceland and Quebec rebellions against 1% austerity), Celebration, Music, Guerilla Movies…

“Debt affects us all. Student debt, mortgage debt, health care debt, credit-card debt, and more: debt is the tie that binds the 99%, and it is a primary engine of Wall Street profits. Are the promises we believed in order to take this debt — of prosperity, of stability, of enfranchisement — even worth the paper our statements are printed on? Debt is ruining the lives of individuals, families, and communities while banks get bailed out. We say enough! Join us as we begin to build a people’s movement to strike debt, break the chains of debt, and to create new bonds of solidarity.”
­from StrikeDebt.org in New York City

All occupy groups, allies and supporters are invited to join and mobilize.

Planning Meetings: The SF Occupy Action Council has agreed to be its organizing/planning hub. The SF Occupy Action Council meets every Sunday, 2-4pm at HERE/UNITE Local 2, 209 Golden Gate Avenue (between Leavenworth/Hyde).

Sponsored by (to date): Foreclosure Fighters of Occupy Bernal, ACCE and Occupy Noe, Occupy SF Direct Action Work Group, Occupy Education­ Northern California, Occupy Action Council SF, Occupride/Community Not Commodity, Occupy Monterey, Occupy Bay Area United, Occupy SF Environmental Justice Work Group

Occupy Anniversary: Mass Converge with Me 17 Sept 2012 #S17 from Peter Menchini on Vimeo.

Oakland and San Francisco Foreclosure and Eviction Fighters Stand Up to Slumlord Fannie Mae

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On Thursday, September 13, 2012, Foreclosure and Eviction Fighters — both tenants and homeowners — and supporters from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and Occupy Bernal stood up to Fannie Mae, their slumlord bank, by visiting Fannie Mae’s offices at 50 California Street in San Francisco, California.

Carlos Martinez and his neighbors are fighting to hold Fannie Mae, which owns their home, accountable for deplorable and inhumane conditions at one of their properties in East Oakland. The sinks in their homes flow into buckets that they have to empty themselves! Despite the despicable living conditions, the mortgage giant slumlord is unjustly demanding the tenants pay nearly double in rent.

Betty Davis and Alfred Richardson are homeowners demanding the right to a fair deal loan modification to remain in their San Francisco homes.

Fannie Mae must treat tenants, homeowners, and communities fairly and be held accountable for their actions! We left bottles of waste water from the building they own to show them what their tenants have have to deal with.

September 4 at the Auctions

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On September 4, 2012, auctions sold two family’s homes in San Francisco: at the 9:00am Auction.com auction, the auctioneer apparently sold 563 Head St. back to the bank, that is to Bank of America, and at the 2:00pm City Hall auction, some auctioneer apparently sold 1011 23rd St. #1 back to the bank, that is to Ing Bank, even though I was there and watching and didn’t see them do it. Investor Jeff Berger showed off his second Ducati motorcycle, an example of how he spends his ill-gotten gains from the foreclosure auctions.

Facing Foreclosure After 50

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The New York Times covered the plight of seniors who are facing foreclosures at record numbers as the banks evict them from their homes. The story quotes an AARP document which reports that 1.5 million folks over 50 lost their homes to foreclosure between 2007 and 2011. For those over 75, the foreclosure rate grew eightfold during that period.

The Times tells the story of ACCE’s own Foreclosure and Eviction Fighter Josephine Tolbert fight to save her home from Bank of America, including a sit-in with community supporters. “At my age, I don’t know what I would have done,” she said. “But let me tell you, it was a fight.”

Links: New York Times Article    Huffington Post Article    AARP Report

Foreclosure and Eviction Fighter Profile: Alfred Richardson

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Alfred Richardson is a 75-year-old disabled senior, Korean War veteran, and a resident of San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood.

His loan servicer Bank of America auctioned off his home on September 11, 2012. Fannie Mae, the loan owner, is threatening to evict him.

Foreclosure and Eviction Fighter Profile: Merrie Jo and Edzel Musni

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Merrie Jo and Edzel Musni and their family are residents of Glen Park. They have a loan with Bank of America.

Merrie Jo, a labor & delivery nurse who’s assisted in more than 5,000 deliveries, has had medical injuries and surgeries which have led to a decrease in income. The Musnis need a reasonable modification, and have complied with steps the bank has demanded, depleting their savings, all the while getting the run around from the bank for 4 years, each time talking with a different person and starting all over. Merrie Jo Musni says, “What we have paid in the trial period is impossible to continue and is basically a slower death.” Meanwhile, BofA CEO Moynihan made $10,000,000 in 2010 alone.

Bank of America plans to auction off their home on July 24, 2012.

Demands:

  1. Loan modification with principal reduction