Fighting Foreclosures: A Call to Action
TELL THE BANKS: NO MORE FORECLOSURES!
Join the Atlanta Fighting Foreclosures Coalition
WHERE: Wachovia Bank – 999 Peachtree Street NE (corner of 10th)
WHEN: 10 AM TUESDAY, APRIL 21
DEMAND that Wachovia and other banks modify predatory loans, so that our neighbors can stay in their homes. Hold the banks accountable!
JOIN THE PICKET LINE & BRING YOUR FRIENDS
For more information: 770.313.4628
Home Defense
Atlanta Legal Aid Society helps protect low income workers from "salary-buyers" who charged usurious interest rates. In the current economic climate Atlanta Legal Aid Society continues to protect the poor and elderly from predatory mortgage lending and home equity scams through the Home Defense Program. You can reach the main office at 404.524.5811
For intake, call the office for your county of residence. Locations at atlantalegalaid.org.
Invest in America’s Future: The Next New Deal
The Next New Deal focuses on the changes American families and businesses need:
- Stabilizing and democratizing our financial institutions,
- Guaranteeing quality, affordable health care for everyone,
- Granting all children access to high quality education from early childhood through college,
- Developing a clean energy economy and independence from oil,
- Strengthening our nation's physical and digital infrastructure, and
- Advancing economic justice by strengthening employee rights and reducing poverty.
Invest in America's Future will shift the paradigm of our fiscal policy from one that is founded on unstable bubble markets to a strategy for building a durable and sound economy. Substantial investments are required to bring about the lasting economic benefits that the IAF plan guarantees. Instead of calling for additional government spending which could increase the $9.4 trillion national debt, the plan promotes fairness and reform that will help pay for initial spending, balance the budget in the short term, provide long-term economic security, and make our government and corporations more accountable.
To read the plan, go here: nextnewdeal.org.
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Georgia's Working Families Need Your Support!
Raise Georgia’s Minimum Wage
The promise of America is that if you work hard you should be able to support yourself and your family. An adequate minimum wage is a necessary step to ensure that promise.
However, thousands of hard working Georgians are not covered by the federal minimum wage.
As a member of the Georgia Minimum Wage Coalition, GRUS supports efforts to raise Georgia’s minimum wage from $5.15/hr to the federal rate of $7.25/hr by July 2009 and cover all workers in our state.
Visit georgialivingwage.org.
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Historic Speech on Hate Crimes Legislation
Rep. Dan Ponder's historic speech on the floor of the GA House of Representatives in favor of hate crimes legislation. Ponder, a South Georgia Republican and descendent of slave owners, delivered an impassioned attack on racism and bigotry. It is often referred to as one of the most influential speeches made before the Georgia House. Read his speech or listen to an audio clip.
HealthCare for America NOW
Which side are you on?
Are you with us for a guarantee of quality affordable health care for all?
We need coverage that meets our families’ health care needs and is affordable, based on a sliding scale. We need government to be an advocate for us and set and enforce the rules so insurance companies put our health care before their profits. We need to be able to keep the health care that we have and have the choice of a public plan so we’re not left at the mercy of the same private insurance companies that have gotten us into this mess. We need quality, affordable care we all can count on.
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Are you for leaving us on our own to buy private health insurance?
Leaving us to fend for ourselves in the complicated private insurance market? Do you want insurance companies to be able to sell bare-bones plans with high deductibles? Do you want to start paying income taxes when your employer pays for health coverage? You don’t want any regulations on private insurance so they can keep denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and raising rates on the sick. And you don’t want any limits on health insurance company premiums or profits or on how much drug companies can charge for prescriptions.
Tell us which side you’re on at HealthCareforAmericaNow.org.
See videos of GRUS actions against corrupt health insurance practices here: truemajority.org.
Million Doors for Peace
The innovative Million Doors for Peace campaign was 2008's largest anti-war mobilization. Instead of gathering in one place for a traditional protest, activists hit the streets of their own neighborhoods, talking to people where they live. Different from previous anti-war mobilizations, thousands of volunteers spoke to their neighbors about the war, collected petition signatures, and activated a once dormant anti-war constituency.
Go here for our blog about GRUS’s contribution to the day: http://georgiasummit.blogspot.com/
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