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Follow on Google News | From the Office of Jacquie Taliaferro-"SF Affordable Housing Let's Bank On IT"San Francisco Filmmaker Jacquie Taliaferro shares virtually unseen footage of bank protests and community efforts to provide homes for people in San Francisco and questions the role of media.
Affordable Housing-Does it All Add Up? By Jacquie Taliaferro San Francisco Filmmaker and LaHitz Media CEO, Jacquie Taliaferro puts his lens on big banks, big financial institutions and community action." Having trouble viewing this? Click here: http://www.wrightnow.biz/ San Francisco-The next time you are watching TV or are on your computer and think, there are a lot of ads for banks and financial companies, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, CitiBank, Charles Schwab, E-Trade etc. Think about the fact that millions of dollars are being spent with corporate media. On the front lines of covering the attempted land grab by "predatory lenders" and now "predatory buyers" out for a quick buck while flipping homes, I see little action being taken to help the homeowners flipped out of their homes. The added insult to injury of this foreclosure crisis is that families put out of their homes have little choice in affordable housing, especially in San Francisco. Action is being taken to give some relief to those seeking some place safe to recreate "Home Sweet Home." Amid The America's Cup, Fleet Weekend, music festivals and more,alast weekend over 100 dedicated workers, volunteers and concerned citizens gathered at the Crocker Amazon Senior Apartments on "Affordable Housing Day" in San Francisco. Although media advisories went out to all corporate media, there were none present. More and more, little by little, "Freedom of the Press" seems to mean corporate media is free to have a blind eye turned to what is happening in local communities. The advocates for Prop C are not forestalled. Prop C reads: Shall the City amend its Charter to: create a Housing Trust Fund that supports affordable housing for low-income and moderate-income households; and change the affordable housing requirements imposed on some private residential developments? Here's a link to the League of Women's Voters that gives both sides of the coin on Prop C. (http://www.smartvoter.org/ Mayor Ed Lee and Supervisor John Avalos were on hand for the community action and news conference. Organizations represented at the event included: AACE,(Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment) Community Leaders Espanola Jackson, Chris Jackson, Ed Donaldson, Vivian Richardson, Buck Bagot were among those present and advocating for community issues. Ed Donaldson, although no longer with SFHDC ( San Francisco Housing and Development Corporation) As you look at the financial ads left and right, consider what would happen if financial institutions used their billions of dollars and their foundations to rework mortgages to give homeowners another chance at the American Dream. Getting back to "Freedom of the Press"-Here's a reminder of the fact that our corporate media are too often chained downed by financial institutions' financial ads. Not one corporate media outlet covered this action by the SEIU December 17, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/ Wonder if the Occupy Movement would have come along a lot sooner, if the public had been informed sooner. Did you see this in the news?-Church on the Steps of Bank. http://www.youtube.com/ What else are we missing? The old adages "consider the source" and "get your news from more than one source" come to mind. And just maybe it's time to re-read that sophomore high school classic "1984" by George Orwell. As a media sidebar, Media Alliance reports Tavis Smiley and Cornell West were pulled off the PBS Channel in Chicago. Here's a link to that story: http://www.wrightnow.biz/ by Jacquie Taliaferro contributions from Jackie Wright, Wright Enterprises www.wrightnow.biz. Related Story: "Reverend Jesse Jackson Makes Predatory Buyers Prey." http://www.wrightnow.biz/ -30- Other News About Social Justice Icons Jesse Jackson Birthday Celebration Hosted by U.S. Representative Barbara Lee and Carol H. Williams, Friday, October 19, 2012 http://www.wrightnow.biz/ Ambassador Andrew Young Speaks in Oakland, October 20, 2012 http://www.wrightnow.biz/ End
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