ShiSho on Capstone Development's Mass Eviction of Senior Citizens.m4v

A 15-minute excerpt of WVPX TV's interview with ShiSho's Vivian and Midge Ramone sharing their thoughts on Birmingham Alabama's Capstone Development's mass eviction of 250 elderly residents from Silver Oaks retirement community in Kent, Ohio. Vivian and Midge Ramone led an effort to support the elderly residents of Silver Oaks retirement community with a Rally in their honor, called the RYE (Respect Your Elders) Rally. They peaceful rally consisted of a 21 line-up event with 50+ musicians, poets, artists and community leaders coming together to raise support and funds to support the seniors in a five hour event.The September 2 rally came together on the heels of the City of Kent Ohio's Law Director, James Silver threatening police intervention against the seniors if they did not disperse their own rally outside of Kent, Ohio's city council building on August 17, 2011.

Read Viv's Open Letter to Capstone: http://www.box.net/shared/olbs1tvegz0mnlzd7t26

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Silver Oaks
• Civil Rights
• Human Rights
• Capstone Companies
• Capstone Development
• Michael Mouron
• Alston C. Irwin
• Alston Irwin
• Bob Moore
• Rick Hansen
• William Davenport III
• Ben Walker
• John Vawter
• Joseph Harrison
• Robert Howland
• Jeff Jones
• Douglas Brown
• Bruce Mckee
• James Silver
• Jim Silver
• Respect Your Elders
• Birmingham
• Alabama
• Kent
• ShiSho
• Vivian Ramone
• Midge Ramone
• Arleene Habeeb
• RYE Rally
• Chris Yambar
• Avery Friedman

[bonnie9324]

very touching that the two youngsters who devoted their love to the elderly of 250 residents in Silver Oaks Place who are revicted by the big money real estate company,"Capstone Development".