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JPMorgan Chase launched a new website associating the company with Martin Luther King. But it’s planning to foreclose on Helen Bailey, a civil rights hero, in just weeks. Tell Chase to stop the foreclosure immediately.

A new Chase website honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and declares: “the values he espoused are the values that JPMorgan Chase also tries to stand for around the world.”

But as the bank wraps itself in the King brand, Chase planned to kick Helen Bailey (a 78-year-old grandmother who marched for civil rights and spent her life working with disabled children) out of her house on February 15th — right in the middle of Black History Month.

Occupy Nashville is fighting back. And they know that enough publicity on Chase’s hypocrisy will embarrass the bank into letting Ms. Bailey keep her home. Nearly 50,000 Change.org members have already spoken out, and Chase moved back Ms. Bailey’s foreclosure back one month in response — more people can speak out now and stop it completely.

Click here to sign the petition demanding that Chase stop foreclosing on civil rights activist Helen Bailey.

Helen and her attorney have struggled to find any solution that would stop Chase’s drive to foreclose. When Helen asked to modify her high-interest loan, Chase refused. When Helen found another lender who’d buy the home for just $9,000 less than what Chase said the home was worth, letting her live there for free, Chase refused. When Helen found someone else who’d buy her home and let Helen rent it, Chase refused again.

This isn’t an isolated incident. A former Chase banker — James Theckston — told Nick Kristof of the New York Times that his bank repeatedly pushed dangerous subprime mortgage loans on minority borrowers, then tried to cover up the racial disparity. Now, 25% of all minority borrowers are in foreclosure or deeply behind on payments. It’s a crisis.

But it’s one of our best opportunities to fight back. You can help Occupy Nashville keep Ms. Bailey in her home, and highlight the growing movement of communities standing up to foreclosures.

Click here to sign the petition.

Thanks for being a change-maker,

Jess and the Change.org team

P.S. Ms. Bailey isn’t alone in fighting for justice in a tough economy. Can you sign these other urgent petitions from Change.org members?

Aaron Calafato and his wife say they’re paying about $1,200 per month in student loans, almost half of which goes to Key Bank. But they say they can’t get Key Bank to discuss lowering their monthly payments. Sign Aaron’s petition to Key Bank asking to renegotiate his student loans.
On February 24, Daniel Lopez is going to lose his job at a warehouse where he moves goods for Walmart day in and day out. The company is allegedly firing Daniel and other employees for filing a federal lawsuit for not paying minimum wage. Sign the petition to Walmart to stop its contractor’s retaliation against its employees.
Bobby Hull is a Vietnam-era veteran who’s fighting to save his home from foreclosure this month by US Bank. Nick Espinosa, a fellow Minneapolis resident, started a petition on Change.org to keep Bobby in his home.

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Vivian Richardson : Fought back – a repost-

03/18/2022 Nativegrl77

Vivian Richardson, committed foreclosure fighter, is taking the fight to DC.

I wanted to share this letter from Vivian Richardson with you. She is a foreclosure fighter and a member of the Home Defender’s league, the leaders of the upcoming Week of Action. She has a really powerful story and she’s coming to DC to fight to end Too Big to Jail.
-Brian K.

My name is Vivian Richardson. Aurora Bank stole my home, but I fought back with the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Home Defenders League and won it back.

My battle with my lender is familiar to millions of Americans – years of asking for a loan modification after dealing with layoffs and delayed paychecks on top of countless instances of lost paperwork and unresponsive customer service agents. And then a foreclosure notice after missing one payment by two days.

But fighting back with ACCE and HDL, I was able to reverse the foreclosure and win my home back. Millions of Americans are still fighting Wall Street criminals to stop them from stealing their homes or get them back. That’s why I’m joining hundreds of struggling homeowners and foreclosure fighters in the “Bringing Justice to Justice” week of action from May 18-23, to demand an end to “Too Big to Jail” and force the banks to start HELPING those in need instead of PROFITING from them.

To pull this off, we need your help. Can you chip in $25 or whatever you can afford to help us end “Too Big to Jail”?

Home Defenders and foreclosure fighters begin arriving in DC this Saturday and we need to hit our goal of $7500 by Friday May 17^th. We’ve been able to secure low-cost places to stay and lots of donations, but we still need to pay for some things like food, water and transportation.

We can’t have two systems of Justice in this country: one for the rich and powerful, where Wall Street criminals are actually rewarded for breaking the law with huge bonuses and luxurious salaries, and another for the rest of us.

We’ve almost met our fundraising goal. Can you help put us over the top? Chip in $25 or whatever you can today and help make the Week of Action a success!

Wall Street bankers have spent (and are still spending) millions convincing Washington that they are worth protecting. We’re going to counteract that with the power of hundreds of real people affected by the foreclosure crisis standing on the doorsteps of the Justice Department demanding accountability and an end to Too Big to Jail.

The fate of many of those joining me rests on convincing President Obama and his administration to end Too Big to Jail and offer more support to struggling homeowners. The stakes are even higher when you consider the millions of Americans facing foreclosure who can’t join us in Washington.

These Wall Street banksters stole many homes, and are still committing crimes. It is time for them to be held accountable.

Please contribute now!

In solidarity,

Vivian Richardson

ACCE and Home Defenders League member

http://www.campaignforfairsettlement.org/

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Kate Livingston via Change.org

10/08/2012 Nativegrl77

Wells Fargo: Stop the foreclosure on my friend Cindi — a stage 4 cancer victim’s — home.

Sign Kate’s Petition

Cindi Davis is a close friend of mine, and has been for five years. She is one of the most generous people I know, having taken in seven special needs pets over the years. Pretty amazing for someone who is also fighting late stage breast cancer.

My friend Cindi and her husband Kirk have struggled to cover the cost of her cancer treatment and keep up with their mortgage over the years. But when they could no longer make full mortgage payments, Wells Fargo moved foreclosed on their home instead of working with them to adjust their loan.

I’ve heard of other homeowners successfully saving their homes from foreclosure by starting Change.org petitions — and now I’ve started my own to help Cindi. Click here to sign my petition asking Wells Fargo to stop the foreclosure of Cindi and Kirk’s home.

Cindi and her husband work hard to pay for their mortgage and medical treatments. Together with Cindi and Kirk and many of our friends, we’ve all chipped in to help cover their bills, treatments, and medications. Cindi’s sold some of her quilting work, and friends and neighbors have chipped in by organizing yard sales, raffles, and even selling candy bars.

Cindi says she explained her situation to Wells Fargo, and a bank representative said they would consider a solution — but the next she heard from the bank was a foreclosure notice. Wells Fargo has even refused to accept partial payments, and they’ve added fees and more penalties. They don’t know how to keep up.

Click here to sign my petition asking Wells Fargo to work with Cindi and Kirk and modify their mortgage so they can stay in their home.

Thank you for your support,

Kate Livingston Chaparral, NM

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Victory! Re: One family vs. Wells Fargo

09/03/2012 Nativegrl77

One week ago, Wells Fargo was preparing to foreclose on Gail Leeks’s house unless they could speak to Gail’s mother — which was a serious problem, since Gail’s mother passed away months ago from cancer, leaving her home to Gail.

But then 150,000 people — including you — signed a petition Gail started on Change.org. Now Wells Fargo has agreed to work with Gail to negotiate fair monthly payments so Gail can keep her home. Gail is working with her local elected officials and community empowerment groups to make sure that Wells Fargo sticks to its word.

Gail is overjoyed that she gets to keep the home her family has owned for two generations. “I feel like my mother guided all of this from her place in heaven; she wanted me to be still in my life and to have a home for the rest of my life,” Gail says. “Thank you to each and every one of the 159,917 people who sent us their love, prayers, support and inspiration.”

Gail’s win is another foreclosure victory that proves that homeowners can use solidarity and public pressure to stand up to the banks. Every day, families start petitions on Change.org to fight for the things that matter most to them. Start a petition of your own — it takes about 3 minutes.

Thank you, from Gail’s family and ours,

– Tim and the Change.org team

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4 minutes late …Change.org

08/08/2012 Nativegrl77

My bank could evict me from my home because I called them 4 minutes late. Help me stop them.

Sign my Petition

After my bank made me wait 2 years to get my home back, they called off a deal with me to stay in my home because they said I called them 4 minutes late.

When I was threatened with eviction from my home of 17 years, I made an agreement with the Vice President of Woodlands National Bank. They said if I rented the house for two years, and brought money up-front, they would work with me to prepare a new mortgage.

I held up my end of the bargain — but now the bank is backing out, and I could be evicted from my home at any time. I’ve tried calling and visiting the bank’s Vice President Cindy Koonce in person, but she refuses to work with me.

I started a petition on Change.org calling on Woodlands National Bank to follow through on its promise to help me keep my home of 17 years.

Click here to sign my petition now.

I’ve lived in my home for 17 years now. As the years passed, I’ve watched the cedar that I planted grow from fitting in the palm of my hand to as tall as my house. I’ve stood by, smiling, as my great-nieces and nephews picked raspberries from the bushes in my yard. I’ve watched, as my house has grown from my place to a communal place, for my family, my friends, and my community.

The bank has already shown that it is sensitive to public opinion: the bank proposed the original deal because the community sent in petitions and made phone calls on my behalf.

I am confident that if enough people join this campaign, Woodlands bank will negotiate with me, and become part of the solution to the housing crisis we face.

Click here to sign my petition asking the Vice President of Woodlands National Bank to negotiate with me on my mortgage.

Thank you.

— Anita Reyes