Occupy and Faith Communities Come Together Demanding an Economic Agenda for the 99%
1,500 people turned out IIRON’s Occupy the Dream public meeting, celebrating the legacy the Martin Luther King, Jr. by holding elected officials at the state and national level accountable to move to a progressive agenda protecting the interest of the 99%. Leaders also announced an week of action targeting banks that accepted tax payer financed bail-out funds, yet refuse to provide relief to homeowners in foreclosure.
“Our Democracy is being high jacked by the wealthy elite, large banks, and corporations who now control elections,” said Reverend Dwight Gardner, a pastor from Dr. King’s own Progressive Baptist denomination and keynote speaker. “Inequality in this nation, the gap between the haves and the have not’s, continues to grow. And only a few, that 1% so aptly named by the Occupy Movement, are benefiting at the expanse of the rest of us. This is not acceptable.” Read more:
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