Al Jazeera has been meeting families across the world as part of a series about how ordinary people have been affected by some of the biggest events of 2011.<br /><br />September marked the start of the grassroots Occupy Wall Street protests, which focused attention on the economic struggles facing most Americans. <br /><br />The movement is helping a family in Minnesota hold onto their home. <br /><br />Monique White fell behind on her mortgage payments and the bank foreclosed on her despite efforts to renegotiate the loan.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports on how activists are occupying her house, in a bid to prevent the foreclosure.
