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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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In about three hours, the latest in a series of candlelight vigils will be held for Death Row resident Troy Davis, this one in front of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals building in Downtown’s Fairlie-Poplar district. As usual, the gathering will be led by Rev. Tim McDonald, pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church, and other Atlanta  clergy folk.

Tomorrow, the Court will hear arguments to decide if Davis will be permitted to challenge his murder conviction in federal court. Davis has already avoided three scheduled execution dates due to last-minute court reprieves.

Tonight’s event begins at 6:30 p.m. at 56 Forsyth St.

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