From folks advocating reform on Wall Street in Manhattan, to those calling their neighbors in Ohio, to senators' offices getting calls from across the country, thousands of OFA supporters in every state spoke out with one voice to demand change.
In Greenville, South Carolina, the headline yesterday was about the 50 OFA supporters who attended a "rally to demand Wall Street reforms." And the Indiana News Center led with "Local Hoosiers 'Call' For Wall Street Reform."
Even better? The stories we got from participants.
Trisha, in Columbus, Wisconsin, called an elderly neighbor. As she tells it, "I asked him if he'd ever contacted a member of Congress. He said 'no' he hadn't. Then after a short pause he said, 'Well, just what was that number? I guess there's a first time for everything. I'll make that call!'"
After meeting in front of the library in Branigan, New Mexico, Evelyn -- an OFA Neighborhood Team Leader -- said that she and other volunteers "talked to people passing by about the importance of standing up to the power brokers and the lobbyists and the big banks. What I love the most is when you really get to have a conversation and inform someone about what's really going on -- they are so appreciative of getting straight-forward information."
And at an event on Wall Street itself, a volunteer named Erin said that "I am here today to stand up for the everyday people who work and raise families and don't want to have their lives disrupted as a result of Wall Street's reckless practices."
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