Occupy Wichita planned a zombie crawl Monday night in honor of Halloween. The group says they are protesting against Wells Fargo Bank because of what it calls the “financing of predatory, ‘pay-day’ lenders, private prison industry expansion, and political lobbyists”. Continue reading
Zombies descend on
Wells Fargo Advisors
Meet: 5:00pm – Chester Lewis Park, 200 E. Douglas
End Point: Wells Fargo Advisors, 300 S. Main
Decades old group, Sunflower Community Action, and the recently formed #OccupyWichita movement converge on downtown investment office to demonstrate against corporate greed.
Wells Fargo is a major financier to Geo Group and Correction Corporation of America, two private prison corporations that own most of the private prison cells in the U.S.
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Press Release
Sunflower Community Action Joins Organizations and Occupy Movements Nationwide in
Calling for Divestment from Wells Fargo.
Wichita, KS, 10/26/2011: Sunflower Community Action (SCA) brings the national movement against Wells Fargo to Wichita this Saturday October, 29th. SCA will educate the public on the connections between the new wave of anti-immigrant laws, the private prisons that lobby for them, and the bank that provided the investments to make it all possible; Wells Fargo. SCA is calling on Wichita to join people across the country in divesting from, and refusing to do business with, Wells Fargo. There will also be a call to action to join SCA and Occupy Wichita in a zombie invasion of Wells Fargo Advisors on Halloween evening. Continue reading
