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December 19, 2011
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Occupy Atlanta “Occupy Our Homes” Turning Point
RIVERDALE – State Senator Vincent Fort, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and Dean of the civil rights movement Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader Joe Beasley, and other members of the Occupy Atlanta family will be present at Brigitte Walker’s house at 11am to announce a major development not only for the local Atlanta Occupations, but for the “Occupy Our Homes” movement across the country.
Brigitte Walker is a former Army Staff Sergeant and decorated Iraq War veteran. When she was medically discharged in 2007, her income was cut in half. Since then she has struggled not only with her wounds received in service to her country, but also with paying her mortgage. Occupy Atlanta found this situation outrageous and was compelled to intervene. We hope her story, which has a happy ending, will bring light to the many other similar stories unfolding across America.
Banks have been found, over and over again, to be breaking laws while they take our homes. We’ve got a new kind of bank robber – banks robbing our homes. Americans across the country are standing up. We’re defending our homes. We’ve decided to stand up and fight for what’s ours.
