Join thousands of ordinary Americans October 25 through 27 as we protest the irresponsible behavior of America's big banks and demanding that they stop using our tax dollars to lobby against financial reform. 

Tuesday, October 27th

10:00 AM: Prayer Vigil
at Michigan Ave. and Wacker Dr.

10:30 AM: March to Bankers' Convention
Begins at Wacker and Stetson

11:00 AM: Rally
Sheraton, 301 E. North Water St.

 

Schedule of Actions Leading Up to March

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th
 

Museum of Science & Industry Action
10:30 @ 5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Join the Southside Solidarity Network and Graduate Students United (Universirty of Chicago) as they welcome the bankers to Hyde Park.  Contact jshm@uchicago.edu for more information.
 
Showdown in Chicago Welcome & Orientation
3:30pm @ Hyatt Regency, Gold Level
151 E. Wacker Drive
To register, go to: http://www.showdowninchicago.org/takeaction.html#attend

 
Put People First: Showdown in Chicago People's Commission
4:30pm @ Hyatt Regency, Gold Level
151 E. Wacker Drive
Hundreds of everyday Americans come together to launch the Showdown in Chicago. A peoples’ Commission will hear testimony and evidence from everyday Americans, well known public figures, and elected officials on how Wall Street banks created the foreclosure crisis and sent the economy into a tailspin. Commission findings will be shared with the Obama Administration, Members of Congress, and the Angelides Commission.
To register, go to: http://www.showdowninchicago.org/takeaction.html#attend
 
 
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
 

Frank Lloyd Wright Home Action
10:15am @ 951 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL
Join the "Americans for Banker Accountability" (ABA) as they welcome the American Bankers Association (the other ABA) to a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio

Goldman Sachs Action
10:30am @ Goldman Sachs Chicago Headquarters
71 S. Wacker Drive
The American People will ask Goldman Sachs to donate its entire projected $23 billion dollar bonus pool to prevent every foreclosure in America in 2010 AND lift one million families out of the poverty and joblessness that was caused by Goldman Sachs' gambling with our economy.
 
American Bankers Association Action
12:00pm @ Sheraton Hotel
301 E. North Water Street
Big banks are spending billions to prevent reforms that would protect taxpayers from their future abuses. Nearly a thousand Americans will take our message directly to the American Bankers Association at their annual convention.