Stop Foreclosures & Evictions: Solidarity with Rosemary Williams

Tuesday, May 26 @ 8 am Rally & Speak Out @ 5th Street Plaza, Hennepin County Government Center, Downtown Minneapolis, 9 am Attend Trial, Judge & room number to be announced

Court case to stop foreclosure and eviction begins Tuesday, May 26. Rosemary Williams, a long-time resident of Minneapolis’ Central neighborhood, has won wide community support in her struggle to prevent her mortgage company from foreclosing on her home and evicting her. On Tuesday, May 26, Ms. Williams will go to court seeking an end to the foreclosure process. This is one of the first legal battles against a foreclosure in Minnesota.

Ms. Williams is contesting the foreclosure and eviction on several grounds. Hundreds of neighbors, friends and community members have signed legal requests to intervene in her case. Her supporters argue that her eviction, which will lead to another vacant home, would create a public nuisance for the entire neighborhood. Low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people of color have been the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis.

The public is encouraged to attend the trial and show solidarity with Ms. Williams and her fight against foreclosure and eviction. Send a message to the banks and mortgage companies as well as the politicians: Stop the foreclosures, working people and low-income people need a bailout, not the banks! 

Organized by the MN Coalition for a People’s Bailout 612-296-5649 and Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign 612-821-2364