OK, let’s just say what everyone already knows: the Wall Street reform bill in Congress right now does NOT go far enough.

It’s a step in the right direction, but it doesn’t address the biggest threat to our economy and the cause of the financial meltdown — banks that are “too big to fail.”

Here’s the thing: we’re not waiting for Congress to break up the “too big to fail” banks. We’re already taking action to break up the big banks and we’ll support candidates that follow our lead. To succeed, we need to make our joint campaign with the Huffington Post keep growing. So, this 4th of July weekend, DFA members nationwide will host rallies “Declaring Our Independence from the Big Banks.”

Can we count on you to help organize a rally in YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

Organize an Independence Day Rally near you

In just two weeks, 7,503 DFA members across the country have pledged to move $464,063,714 from big banks into community banks and credit unions this year. And progressive leaders are talking about our campaign:

“I am very excited to see DFA add their grassroots organizing power to ‘Move Your Money.’ DFA members aren’t waiting for Congress. They have the power to break up the big banks starting now.”
– Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post

“Move Your Money before some ‘too big to fail’ bank moves it for you — into their pockets. If our elected officials won’t punish the banks that took our money, here’s a way to do it yourself. Starve the big banks.”
– Michael Moore, activist filmmaker

It’s up to us to make sure this campaign is growing every single day. That means, we need to get out in our community, expose the too big to fail banks, and highlight the power of keeping your money in a local community bank or credit union. Congress doesn’t have the backbone to do it, so we’ll show them the way and support candidates who follow our lead.

Organize a rally in YOUR COMMUNITY to get the word out, because the power to break up the big banks is in our hands.

DemocracyForAmerica.com/IndependenceDay

I’ll be helping organize a rally here in Burlington, Vermont — where I live. Help grow this campaign and sign up today to organize a rally where you live.

Working together, we’re making an impact and there’s nothing Wall Street lobbyists can do to stop us.

Thank you for everything you do.

-Nick

Nick Passanante, Deputy Field Director
Democracy for America