On Thursday May 12, 2011, Picture the Homeless joined 20,000 of our closest friends to converge in a unique and inspiring action in the heart of the financial world – Wall Street. 

The Big Banks crashed our economy. They destroyed jobs, foreclosed on millions of homes, and wrecked city and state budgets across the country. Yet they get trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts, while Wall Street makes billions in profits and giving away record bonuses to CEOs.

And our communities are still hurting. Here in New York City, tens of thousands have lost their homes and their jobs. Billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg is proposing devastating budget cuts as the only solution to the economic crisis that Wall Street caused. That's why we marched. 

Click here to see all the pictures that we took, down at the demonstration. 

For the FULL ROUND-UP OF NEWS COVERAGE AND OTHER PRESS LINKS, CLICK HERE. (Thanks to Dan Levitan for compiling) 

 

For more information on why Picture the Homeless participated in this, check out these testimonial videos from our members:

• Jean Rice on May 12 
• Kendall Jackman on May 12
• Marcus Moore on May 12 
• Arvernetta Henry on May 12