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<b><big><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><small><font
color="#000000">in this email:<br>
<br>
1) 11/19 - Restore Our Heat & Lights Campaign Planning Meeting<br>
2) 11/19 - Community Housing Forum<br>
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<hr size="2" width="100%"><b><font face="Arial">1)</font></b><big><font
face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><b><big><big><br>
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<div align="center"><big><font face="Arial"><font color="#800000"><b><big><big>Restore
Our
Heat & Lights Campaign!</big></big></b></font></font></big><br>
<big><font face="Arial"><b><big><big>Planning Meeting</big></big></b></font></big><br>
<big><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#800000"><big><big>Wednesday,
November 19 - 4:30-5:45 pm</big></big></font></b></font></big><br>
<font face="Arial"><big><big><b>Global Ministries Christian Church - </b>670
Washington St., Dorchester, MA<br>
<small>(corner of Washington St. & Euclid St. near Codman Square)</small><br>
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<font face="Arial"><big><big><br>
<small><small>Join with Boston City Councilors Chuck Turner, Charles
Yancey, & Sam Yoon and community, labor & youth activists to
help
build the "Restore Our Heat & Lights Campaign!"<br>
This winter is expected to be severe and while there is a moratorium,</small></small></big></big></font><font
face="Arial"><big><big><small><small> from November to May,</small></small></big></big></font><font
face="Arial"><big><big><small><small> preventing heat and electricity
from being shutoff in peoples homes it does nothing for the thousands
whose utilities have been shutoff in the interim. Last May 100,000
shutoff notices went out to low-income families. According to the
Department of Public Utilities (DPU) 83,000 shutoffs took effect last
year. It is estimated that at least 10,000 are still without these
essential utilities as winter approaches. <br>
<br>
</small></small></big></big></font><font face="Arial">On Monday,
October 27, City Councilors Chuck Turner, Charles Yancey and
Sam Yoon were joined by community and labor activists at a press
conference at City Hall to tell National Grid and NStar: restore
heat and light immediately to the thousands of Massachusetts residents
who have been shut off! The councilors and speakers made clear that if
the utility companies won't do the right thing, then the Governor and
the Mayor
must declare an <b>Economic State of Emergency</b> and direct the
utilities to
restore
power so that no one is without heat and lights this winter.</font><br>
<font face="Arial"><big><big><small><small><br>
Come to the planning meeting on Wednesday, November 19 and get involved
with the campaign to make sure that NO ONE goes without heat or lights
this winter!<br>
<br>
</small></small></big></big></font><font face="Arial"><small><b>Endorsers
(partial List):</b> City Councilor Chuck Turner; </small></font><font
face="Arial"><small>City Councilor Charles
Yancey; </small></font><font face="Arial"><small>City Councilor Sam
Yoon; </small></font><font face="Arial"><small>Women's
Fightback Network; </small></font><font face="Arial"><small>USW Local
8751, Boston School
Bus Union;</small></font><font face="Arial"><small> </small></font><font
face="Arial"><small>Tony Hernandez, Organizer, District
Council 35, Painters and Allied Trades*</small></font><font face="Arial"><small>;
</small></font><font face="Arial"><small>Bishop Filipe Teixeira,
Diocese of St Francis of Assissi, CCA*; </small></font><font
face="Arial"><small>Black Educators' Alliance of Massachusetts (BEAM);
Jenny Cintron, ABCD*; Jean-Claude Sanon,
Candidate,
City Councilor at Large, Boston; New England Human
Rights; Fight Imperialism Stand Together
(FIST); Lenore Pereira, Survivors, Inc.*; Jason Leyden, Minister,
Community Church of
Boston*; International Action Center<br>
* id only<br>
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</small></font><font color="#800000"><b><big><big><font face="Arial"><small>Restore
Our Heat & Lights Campaign</small></font></big></big></b></font><br>
<font face="Arial"><b><br>
Chuck Turner:</b> 617-635-3510 <b>Charles Yancey:</b>
617-635-3131<br>
<b>USW L. 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers:</b> 617-524-3507<br>
<b>The Most Rev. Filipe Teixeira, OFSJC:</b> 617-816-7795<br>
<b>Women’s Fightback Network:</b> 617-522-6626</font><br>
<hr size="2" width="100%"><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>2)<br>
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<div align="center"><big><font face="Arial"><small><b><big><big><i>are
you FACED WITH FORECLOSURE OR </i></big></big></b></small></font></big><br>
<big><font face="Arial"><small><b><big><big><i>EVICTION DUE TO
FORECLOSURE?</i></big></big></b></small></font></big><br>
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<big><font face="Arial"><small> <br>
</small></font></big>
<div align="center"><big><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>The Greater
Four Corners Action Coalition, The CODMAN SQUARE NDC and co-sponsors </b></small></font></big><br>
<big><font face="Arial"><small><b>Councilor Charles Yancey and
Councilor Chuck Turner</b></small></font></big><br>
<big><font face="Arial"><small><b>present...</b></small></font></big></big><br>
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<big><font face="Arial"><small> <br>
</small></font></big>
<div align="center"><big><font face="Arial"><small><b><big><big><big>A
Community HOUSING FORUM </big></big></big></b></small></font></big><br>
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<big><font face="Arial"><small> <br>
<b><big><big>DATE: NOVEMBER 19,2008<br>
TIME: 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM<br>
LOCATION: THE GREAT HALL, 6 NORFOLK ST<br>
</big></big></b><big> (IN CODMAN
SQUARE OPPOSITE MCDONALDS)</big><b><big><big><br>
</big></big><br>
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<ul>
<li><big><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION</b></small></font></big></big></li>
<li><big><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>CREDIT COUNSELING</b></small></font></big></big></li>
<li><big><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>MORTGAGE COUNSELING</b></small></font></big></big></li>
<li><big><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>HOMEBUYING- HOW TO BUY A
HOME AND KEEP IT</b></small></font></big></big></li>
<li><big><big><font face="Arial"><small><b>TENANT RIGHTS- EVICTION
PREVENTION</b></small></font></big></big></li>
</ul>
<big><font face="Arial"><small><b><br>
A collaborative effort of:<br>
<br>
DotWell, Mt Washington Bank,<br>
CityLife/Vida Urbana,<br>
and the Boston Tenant Coalition<br>
<br>
GFCAC is a member of the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory
Lenders (MAAPL)<br>
<br>
For more info contact:<br>
Mayra Duran of the Greater Four Corners Action Coalition<br>
617-436-0289 at 367 Washington St., Dorchester<br>
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