[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: Sunday, 4pm: protest David Ledesma's Father's eviction

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       Those of you who know David Ledesma will be saddened to hear that 
he lost an uncle Friday night, and his Father is very ill and is being 
evicted.  Ledesma is organizing a vigil for 4 PM Sunday afternoon, Dec. 
18 at King and Story;  see below.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer

>  -------- Original Message --------
>  Subject: 	[occupy-san-jose] You're Invited! - PACT Posada
>  Date: 	Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:34:55 -0800
>  From: 	david ledesma<svtriathlete at hotmail.com>
>  Reply-To: 	occupy-san-jose at googlegroups.com
>  To: 	<occupy-san-jose at googlegroups.com>
>
>
>
>  Greetings OSJers-
>  I have been invited to speak on my father's behalf at a PACT Posada
>  action tomorrow, Sunday, at 4pm, about my father's home foreclosure. My
>  father's home foreclosure is a long drawn out saga that I won't get into
>  in this email. PACT would very much like Occupy San José to join the
>  activities tomorrow. I know this is very short notice, but I just found
>  out about this yesterday, and finalized details with PACT tonight. I am
>  speaking on my father's behalf because my elderly father is very ill,
>  and his brother, my Tio Ray, passed away last night.
>
>  This is the 411:
>  - PACT is People Acting in Community Together. They are a faith based
>  organization, or coalition of 26 San Jose´churches, that recently
>  organized their member churches to close their accounts and move
>  millions of dollars out of Bank of America and Wells Fargo due to the
>  on-going home foreclosure fraud. Most Holy Trinity PACT is sponsoring
>  this event.
>
>  - POSADA: A Posada is a Mexican tradition of reenacting the journey of
>  Mary and Joseph asking for shelter. The reenactment typically travels
>  home-to-home. But THIS Posada will lift up the plight of families who
>  are struggling with banks to keep their homes. Instead of traveling
>  house-to-house, we will be walking bank-to-bank, asking for shelter and
>  a STOP to preventable foreclosures.
>
>  - START: 4:00pm
>
>  - ROUTE: We will visit bank branches on Story and King roads in east San
>  José. The two branches will be Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Since it
>  is Sunday the banks will be closed, which is symbolic of the 35,000
>  families who have been ignored by these big banks and had their homes
>  taken from them. Posada will end at a micro branch on Story Rd. which
>  will be open and offer shelter and refreshments.
>
>  - COURSE: Start at Bank of America (Southwest corner of Story&  King),
>  go to Wells Fargo (Southeast corner of Story&  King), walk east on Story
>  Rd. and cross over to end at micro branch (corner of Story&  Hopkins).
>
>  The event is somewhat low key, but the main organizer has invited OSJ to
>  participate and encourages everyone to bring signs. As far as chanting,
>  let's play it by ear, but appropriate chants like "Banks got bailed out,
>  We got sold out" are most likely appropriate. THIS IS WHAT WE DO!
>
>  I will make an announcement at GA tomorrow. Thanks, -D.