Texas
Please Contact Bob Libal blibal@grassrootsleadership.org from Grassroots Leadership or Geof Valdes valdesgeoffrey@gmail.com from Texans United for Families for local actions.
For information about the national campaign contact Enlace at info@enlaceintl.org or 213-284-3802. Sign up and Join the national Divestment Campaign here.
Take a Leap Towards Justice, Wells Fargo: Stop Investing in Private Prisons and Immigrant Detention Centers
Austin: 3:30-4:30pm, Wells Fargo, Guadalupe & 24th
San Antonio: 3:00- 5:00pm 423 N New Braunfels Ave. 78202
Houston: 12:00- 1:00pm Wells Fargo, Louisiana & Lamar St
On this Leap Day, a coalition of immigrant rights, human rights, faith, and student organizations will hold a protest at Wells Fargo on 24th and Guadalupe in Austin in conjunction with a statewide day of action calling on Wells Fargo to divest its holdings in the for-profit private prison industry. The private prison industry profits greatly from the detention of immigrants. More than 33,000 immigrants are detained every day in the United States, destroying families and costing taxpayers more than $1.7 billion this year. Click here for the Facebook event
According to SEC filings, Wells Fargo currently holds over 4 million shares in GEO Group and 50,000 shares in Corrections Corporation of America, with a combined value of $120 million. GEO and CCA are the world’s two largest private prison corporations. Wells Fargo, a recipient of billions of bailout dollars, is a major contributor to politicians who have championed the increased incarceration of immigrants. The protest will call on Wells Fargo to invest in our communities and divest from the private prison industry.
Tell Wells Fargo: Stop investing in private prisons and immigrant
detention centers
Tuesday, January 24, 5-6 pm
Location: Wells Fargo, Guadalupe & 24th, Austin
A coalition of immigrant-rights groups will call on Wells Fargo to divest
of holdings in the for-profit private prison industry, which is involved in
the detention of immigrants that destroys families and cost taxpayers more
than $1.7 billion this year.
According to SEC filings, Wells Fargo currently holds over 4 million shares
in GEO Group and 50,000 shares in Corrections Corporation of America, with
a combined value of $120 million. Wells Fargo, a recipient of billions of
bailout dollars, is a major contributor to politicians who have championed
the increased incarceration of immigrants. The protest will call on Wells
Fargo to invest in our communities and divest from the private prison
industry.
The protest is endorsed by Grassroots Leadership and Texans United for
Families. For more information, contactblibal@grassrootsleadership.org. Click here for the facebook event
Vigil at the Jack Harwell Detention Center
On December 10th at 2 PM, Texans United For Families (TUFF) and Grassroots Leadership will be hosting a vigil at the Jack Harwell Detention Center.
The Jack Harwell facility had been sitting vacant outside of Waco until it was recently bought by a company who turned it into a detention center for women immigrants.
This vigil will serve to draw attention to the privatization of detention centers, that includes the Jack Harwell Detention Center and the horrendous treatment of the immigrant detainees inside the center.
Because there are no lawyers going in or out of the detention center, conditions can remain as they are and the detainees will remain in these inhume conditions.
Come join to demand humane treatment for the immigrant detainees living in Waco. Basic demands like access to good food, sanitary living conditions, medical attention, legal rights and fresh air. Click here for the Facebook event
UPDATE: Dec 6th we learned that ICE stopped detaining women at Jack Harwell over the weekend! We take this as a victory, but we will continue with our vigil in Waco on Saturday in solidarity with the more than 10,000 people in detention centers throughout Texas.
NO MORE PRISONS & DEPORTATIONS! Free All Immigrants in Detention! Legalization NOW!
Occupy the Banks!
Saturday, November 5 · 9:00am – 2:00pm
Bank of America 2501 S Congress Ave Austin TX &
Wells Fargo @ 501 S Congress Ave
Afterwards Celebration Party @ CITY HALL 1pm
Join us as we close our accounts at major banking institutions and move to non-profit credit unions!
9:00am-Rally@Bank of America in support of those closing their accounts
11:00am-Rally@Wells Fargo in support of those closing their accounts. Then march to City Hall!
1:00pm-Celebration@City Hall
Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will ALWAYS remember the 5th of November! If the 99% moves our funds from the major banking institutions to non-profit credit unions on this date, we will send a clear message to the 1% that conscious consumers won’t support companies with unethical business practices.
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HOW TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT:
• Research your local credit union options
• Open an account at a credit union that best suits your needs
• Cancel all automatic withdrawals & deposits
• Transfer your funds to the new account
• Follow your bank’s procedures to close your account on 11/05
For more detailed info on closing your account: http://fearlessrevolution.com/blog/a-field-guide-to-closing-your-bank-account.html
To find a credit union: http://www.findacreditunion.com/
Closing Your Account on or before 11/05?
E-mail occupythebanks@gmail.com
with your name, bank, and contact info. We want to keep tabs on those closing their accounts.
*An Event in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street*
Link to event flyer:
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B9-hwBfUHd8nODhkOGFjOTMtOGM0OS00MDI3LTg2ZWQtZTdkZWVkOTZiNDI3&hl=en_US
July 1st Action
12-1pm
Wells Fargo (111 Congress Ave, Austin)
