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Schedule of Events

Note: all times are approximate and subject to change
If you wish to join us at the Showdown, please fill out a Showdown Inquiry Form

** SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009

3:30pm – Orientation

4:30pm - Welcoming & Kick Off "Put People First: Showdown in Chicago"
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.

7:30pm – Dinner
Break bread with community leaaders from all across the country.


** MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009

8:00am - What's Broken and How We Can Fix It
This training and education session will discuss the economic crisis and how the big banks’ greedy behavior led our economy straight into disaster ultimately causing millions of foreclosures, joblessness and decreased pensions. The session will also address common-sense solutions and what ordinary people can do to raise the stakes on financial reform back in their communities.

9:30am - Gathering of all attendees

9:45am - 1:00pm - DAY OF ACTION
We will take our message directly to one of the banks responsible for the economic collapse and continues to use its clout and money in Washington DC to stop needed financial reform.


** TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009

MARCH TO THE BANKER'S CONVENTION

10:00am - Prayer vigil on Wacker, east of Michigan Avenue
10:30am - March: starting at Stetson and Wacker
11:00am - Rally at the Sheraton Hotel (301 East North Water Street, Chicago)

For more information regarding Tuesday's march, visit www.stopbankgreed.org