Todd Zimmer - who has written 5 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.
Todd Zimmer is a RAN organizer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is currently pushing Bank of America to abandon destructive coal financing in favor of clean energy projects. In the past, Todd has worked to grow the grassroots with Rising Tide North America, Green Corps, and the Sierra Club. He encourages readers to, in the words of Judy Bonds, "get out of your seats, and into the streets!"If there was ever a time for Bank of America to address the outcry over its ecological rampage, this was it. Environmental organizations in Charlotte, North Carolina received a surprising invitation: Bank of America was organizing an “Earth Day expo” to “promote environmentally friendly issues and causes.” Had Bank of America seen the light on [...]
Continue reading...By Todd Zimmer, April 18 2012
North Carolina activists put their training into practice today, filling Bank of America branches in five cities with the buzz of people power. The 99% of Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Asheville and Charlotte joined forces in a wave of coordinated actions organized by the North Carolina Coalition Against Corporate Power. There were several more marches [...]
Continue reading...By Todd Zimmer, March 27 2012
Heads up Bank of America and other corporate baddies: the North Carolina 99% Spring is upon you. What happens when over 100,000 committed activists unchain their imaginations and take action? The 1% is about to find out. Last weekend, March 24 and 25, over 60 North Carolinians gathered in Charlotte to prepare for a season [...]
Continue reading...By Todd Zimmer, January 24 2012
Pedestrians in uptown Charlotte were in for a surprise when they stopped to answer a routine question this Saturday: “Have you seen this person? He’s wanted for committing crimes in our community.” Hundreds of Charlotteans and local police found themselves swept up in a manhunt-style game of “Cowboys vs. Corporations,” organized by local RAN activists [...]
Continue reading...By Todd Zimmer, January 19 2012
Bank of America’s policies are killing our country. At every crime scene, we find the same corporate fingerprints. At the site of a foreclosure where a family has suddenly become homeless, we find Bank of America’s fingerprints. At the mountaintop removal mine site, where an Appalachian community has been permanently destroyed, we find Bank of [...]
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By Todd Zimmer, April 20 2012
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