Occupy’s Next Stop: Foreclosed Homes.

I haven’t heard of Occupy Wall Street until it was mentioned in class on Thursday, so I looked deeper into the subject. One article caught my eye and it was about this family in Brooklyn, New York who were living a homeless shelter because their house had been foreclosed on. This article caught my attention because they were run out of their house when other houses were vacant. They decided to move into a house that had been vacant for three years. Members of Occupy Wall Street agreed with their decision also. I would support them because they have two young children and they shouldn’t have to suffer for the decisions that the big banks choose to make. The article also said that the people of  Occupy Wall Street would “plan to guard the house” so that the family would not be evicted. But after all of this dies down whats to stop the banks from coming to foreclose this house? Also what if the police get involved while the members are guarding the house, what will happen to the family? In the video that was with the article they talked about how they got support from other individuals, not only the people in the Occupy Wall Street movement. There was a lady in a similar situation that told the woman who moved into a house to help people whenever she can because everybody was struggling to make it and that it would come back to her. That piece of information can also be used as a life lesson because whenever you make it out of your current situation you can’t forget the people who helped you to get where you are. You also can’t forget that somebody helped you so it’s only right that you help someone else when you can. I love stories like this because they are so inspiring. If communities continue to stick together the world will be a better place because people will have love for their fellow-man.

I found this article at http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/occupys-next-stop-foreclosed-homes.