Leftists vs. foreclosures: A gathering
April 1, 2009 at 12:48 pm by Scott Henry in News
This Saturday, a meeting is scheduled with the intriguing title “Fighting Foreclosures: A Call to Action.” I’m not sure how you fight foreclosure other than keeping up your mortgage payments or reaching an agreement with your lender, but I guess that’s what the meeting’s about.
Anyway, the list of sponsors and participants in the event reads like a Who’s Who of left-leaning organizations: the ACLU, Georgia Coalition for a People’s Agenda, Open Door Community and many others. The media sponsor is WRFG; the host is the activist Pastor Tim McDonald; and welcoming remarks are by some guy representing the Metro Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America!
But, kidding aside, the event – which begins at 11 a.m. at the First Iconium Baptist Church in East Atlanta – isn’t a protest rally but a foreclosure seminar in which useful information should be disseminated. State Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, will discuss fair lending laws; William Brennan, director of Atlanta Legal Aid’s homeowner assistance program, will talk about predatory lending; and Emory political science professor Michael Rich will attempt to explain the foreclosure crisis for the layperson.
There will also be time for a Q&A and action proposals. The primary sponsor is the Georgia Rural Urban Summit, which can be contacted at 770-313-4628 for more information.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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