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Housing Advocates Call to Bail Out Main St. Not Wall St.! at Federal Reserve Protest

26 September 2008 - 4:52pm | jpramas
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Leather District - As an immediate response to the growing financial crisis and the sub-prime mortgage scandal which was its major trigger, 30 people from local housing advocacy organizations and unions gathered in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Tuesday to demand a federal bailout for working families instead of financial services companies. The event was organized by the Boston Chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending.

Breaking News: Activists Gather in Roxbury But Fail to Prevent Home Eviction

5 September 2008 - 12:57pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman / Boston Community Reporters Project (Staff)

BOSTON/Roxbury - About 50 people, activists from the Jamaica Plain based organization City Life/Vida Urbana, and their supporters, gathered in front of 76 Perrin Street in Roxbury today, to try and block police from evicting one of the building's residents, Paula Taylor, 43.

Six people chained themselves to the front and back entrances of the building.

Activists Gather in Roxbury to Block Eviction

16 July 2008 - 1:58pm | RadioView
by Dave Goodman / Boston Community Reporters Project (Staff)

BOSTON/Roxbury - A group of activists from the Jamaica Plain based advocacy organization City Life/Vida Urbana, and their supporters, showed up yesterday morning to protect a single woman facing eviction from her condominium in Roxbury.

Paula Taylor, of 76 Perrin Street, said the response to her situation was "awesome."

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