What the March of Dimes [Funded by Bank of America] Does to Animals Will Turn Your Stomach
Gourmet chefs, caterers, and local celebrity cooks are taking part in the March of Dimes’ Star Chefs or Chef’s Auction fundraisers, which are currently being held nationwide. But if the participants—and attendees—knew what the March of Dimes does to animals, they’d lose their appetites. Here’s what the March of Dimes does and what you can do to help stop the cruelty!
In one sickening experiment funded by the March of Dimes, kittens’ eyes were sewn shut and left that way for a year. Then, the kittens were killed. Because it is already well established that the optical development of humans is fundamentally different from that of nonhumans, the findings of this study were meaningless. March of Dimes-funded experimenters have also wasted millions of dollars administering cocaine, alcohol, and nicotine to pregnant rats and newborn opossums, even though we have known for years that these substances can harm developing babies. In addition, the March of Dimes has funded inhumane experiments in which monkeys were kept in restraints for days at a time and ferrets and other animals were given severe brain damage.
The March of Dimes has provided funds to an experimenter at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center who tethers pregnant monkeys to cage walls by wires that have been implanted in their backs.
http://marchofcrimes.com/starchefs.html
BEFORE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMPLAINT SEEKING ACTION AGAINST THE BANK OF AMERICA FOUNDATION FOR DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING REGARDING ITS FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE MARCH OF DIMES
Submitted to:
Federal Trade Commission
CRC-240
600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20580
Submitted by:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc.
Jeffrey S. Kerr, General Counsel
501 Front Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Tel: 757-622-7382
Fax: 757-622-0457
December 30, 2002
NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT
1. This complaint requests that the Federal Trade Commission (Commission) take action against the Bank of America Foundation’s (hereinafter "BOAF") ongoing deceptive advertising practice of falsely representing that it does not fund national health organizations in an apparent attempt to evade public criticism of its support for the March of Dimes, a national health organization engaged in animal experimentation. For more than two years, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. (hereinafter "PETA"), on behalf of its more than 750,000 members and supporters, together with several other charities and their supporters, has conducted a nationwide educational campaign to inform banking consumers that the BOAF provides millions of dollars annually to the March of Dimes for use in animal experimentation. The growing national opposition to animal experimentation makes the BOAF’s support of that practice a material factor in the decision of compassionate consumers to conduct their banking elsewhere. PETA recently learned that despite its ongoing, multi-million dollar support of the March of Dimes, the BOAF falsely advertises that "[n]ational health organizations (or their local affiliates) or research/disease advocacy groups" such as the March of Dimes are ineligible for BOAF support. Accordingly, the BOAF advertisements are unlawfully deceptive and an appropriate subject of Commission action.
PARTIES
2. PETA is a nonprofit charitable corporation organized under the laws of Virginia and is exempt from federal income tax pursuant to §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. PETA is headquartered at 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510. PETA and its members are committed to ameliorating the suffering of animals and ensuring their humane treatment. PETA has conducted investigations into and campaigned extensively against the use of animals in experiments and maintains several Internet Web sites that detail the horrific suffering and abuse inflicted on primates, mice, rabbits, and other animals by the animal experimentation industry. Since September, 2000, PETA has specifically directed its efforts toward protesting the March of Dimes for funding experiments on animals. PETA maintains a Web site dedicated to this educational campaign at MarchofCrimes.com. PETA files this complaint for itself and on behalf of its members.
3. Upon information and belief, the BOAF is a private foundation established by the Bank of America Corporation, a for-profit banking institution, for the purpose of managing all charitable operations of Bank of America offices and branches around the United States. The BOAF is located at 315 Montgomery St., 8th Fl., San Francisco, CA 94194-1866. According to its Web site (www.bankofamerica.com/foundation), the BOAF is an extremely sophisticated organization, boasting the largest philanthropic budget of any financial institution in the U.S. It donated a total of $87.4 million in 2000 and more than $85 million in 2001. Control over the BOAF’s funds is placed in the hands of local executives who determine where the funds go and in what amounts. The BOAF also advertises that proposals not aligned with its focus will not receive funding. For many years, the BOAF has been a large corporate sponsor of the March of Dimes, including its annual Walk America walk-a-thon fundraising events. Upon information and belief, local Bank of America offices across the country donate funds and send representative teams of walkers to many of the individual walk events each year. According to the March of Dimes, the BOAF generally contributes more than $1million each year to the March of Dimes.
http://www.marchofcrimes.com/ftc.html
Bank Of America Sued For Race Discrimination May 18, 2007
Posted by C.A.R.D in African Americans, African-American, Bank of America Racist, Bank of America discrimination, Bank of America racism, Black, Blacks, Card, Citizens Against Racism and Discrimination, Discriminate, Discrimination, North Carolina, Racism, Racist, anti-Black discrimination.
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Five black current and former employees of Bank of America Corp. have sued the second-largest U.S. bank, accusing it of racial discrimination by steering lucrative clients to their white counterparts.The 29-page complaint, filed Thursday with the U.S. District Court in Boston, contends that the bank discriminates against African-Americans in pay, promotions, training and support services.
It said the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank regularly teams African-American workers together and assigns them to largely minority neighborhoods and low net-worth clients.
When the workers complained, according to the lawsuit, the bank said it believed that clients are more “comfortable” dealing with bankers and brokers of their own race.
A spokeswoman for the bank was not immediately available for comment.
“There is a perception at the bank that predominantly white, wealthy customers in high net-worth neighborhoods are only going to be comfortable with Caucasian financial advisers and bankers,” said Darnley Stewart, a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP who represents the plaintiffs, in an interview. “It’s a complete stereotype.”
The complaint covers April 2003 to the present, and seeks class-action status. It seeks a halt to the alleged improper practices, back pay and compensatory and punitive damages.
According to the complaint, Bank of America’s investment services unit employs 4,400 “premier bankers” and 3,000 brokers in 30 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. It is unclear how many African-Americans might be covered by the lawsuit.
Other brokerages have also faced bias lawsuits accusing them, among other issues, of steering wealthy clients to particular groups of workers.
Merrill Lynch & Co. faces an 18-month-old lawsuit in Chicago by African-American brokers and trainees. Morgan Stanley, meanwhile, last month agreed to pay $46 million to settle bias accusations by six former female brokers.
The Bank of America plaintiffs work or have worked for the bank in the Atlanta, St. Louis and south Florida areas, according to the complaint.
Stewart said that while the alleged discrimination differs from accusations other brokerages have faced of creating hostile work environments, she said “it’s equally pernicious.”
“The tone from the top needs to be that the bank will treat professionals equally, and that is not happening,” she said. “Too many decisions are left to people at the local level.”
http://card.wordpress.com/2007/05/18/bank-of-america-sued-for-race-discrimination
THE BANK OF AMERICA IS SICK AND NEEDS TO BE ERADICATED!!!! Or perhaps strung up by wires in THEIR backs in cages...see how they would like that!
AMERICAN PEOPLE WAKE UP!!! GET THESE PEOPLE STOPPED. AS LONG AS WE MISTREAT ANIMALS ON THIS PLANET WE HAVE NO HOPE FOR OURSELVES.
Posted by: Jan | 13 July 2009 at 13:45