Protesting usury laws and concerned about rising foreclosures, agroup of religious leaders visited credit unions and banks indowntown Durham, N.C. as part of what was described as aninternational crusade, called "10% Is Enough."

The peaceful stopovers by ministers under the Metro IndustrialArea Foundation umbrella targeted all three of Durham's communitydevelopment CUs with "white papers" urging a 10% cap on rates andnew financial attention to prevent foreclosures.

"A few of the group members did come here and leave us one ofthe white papers," said Linwood Bowen, president/CEO of the $28million Generations Community CU. The 50-member group, which stageda rally at a Durham business plaza, had slated stops at the $347Self-Help CU, the $73 million Latino Community CU, SunTrust Bankand Mechanics and Farmers Bank.