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As of April 1: Updated Logistics for Bailout People FRIDAY, April 3 and SATURDAY, April 4

BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE now has VERY exciting Friday and Saturday plans.

We have just confirmed BOTH Friday and Saturday Rally Permits for Wall Street.

FRIDAY, April 3

Rally
Gather at 1:00 pm on Wall Street at Broadway (map)

Rally on Broadway from Wall Street south to Exchange and block further South on Broadway to the 'Bull'. There will be contingents of youth, women, worker and immigrant rights, and more.

MARCH on AIG

  • We will march through the narrow streets of the New York Financial District - Major financial institutions are all along Broadway and within one block of Rally - Chase, Fidelity, American Express, the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve, and more.
  • We will march east on Pine Street to the AIG Buildings at 70 Pine and 80 Pine and then to the AIG Building on Water St.
  • Then, we will march north on Water Street, which becomes Pearl Street, then becomes St James Place, turn west on Worth Street at Chatham Square in Chinatown to Centre Street, for an ending rally at 5:15 in Foley Square
  • March route is only 1.2 miles total through busy office and housing areas at rush hour.

Public Transportation to Wall Street: (map)

  • 2, 4, or 5 to Wall Street
  • R or W to Rector Street
  • J, M or Z to Broad Street
  • M1, M6 or M15 to Broadway-Nassau/Fulton Street
  • NJ PATH trains to World Trade Center and 5 minute walk.

Public Transportation from Foley Square after ending rally (map)

J,M, Z, 4, 5, 6, at Foley Square

2, 3, at Park Place and Broadway

A, C, at Chambers and Church St

1, 2, 3, at Chambers & West Broadway

NJ PATH trains to World Trade Center- a 7  minute walk


Bus Drop Off:
on Broadway at Wall Street on West side of street

Bus Parking and Pick Up:
On Church Street between Worth and Leonard.

From Foley Square go 2 blocks North on Worth Street to Church Street.



SATURDAY, April 4


RALLY

Gather with chanting, drumming and music: 12 Noon to 1:00pm on Nassau between Wall Street and Pine – over looking NY Stock Exchange and in front of the Federal Reserve and Chase Bank (Map)

Enter area at Pine and Broadway go East one SHORT block to Nassau

This is just a block from the Friday Rally site.

 

We will join United for Peace and Justice as they come by at Pine and Broadway, about 1:00pm.

One block further at Wall and Broadway the whole march will turn Left down Wall Street, turn Right at Broad Street and the NY Stock Exchange, then turn Right on Exchange and go back to Broadway.

From there the march will proceed South to Battery Park.

Bail Out People will have a table, displays and literature at Battery Park, along Eisenhower Way, going West toward Castle Clinton. Be sure to come by our table.

 

SATURDAY Bus Drop-off:

Broadway, between Wall and Pine on the West Side of street

 

SATURDAY Bus Parking and Pick-up

Water Street between Broad Street and Old Slip

This is about 3 blocks EAST of the ending site at Battery Park (Map)

 

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for FRIDAY and SATURDAY RALLIES

and for WORK SESSIONS on Wed and Thurs at 55 W. 17th St 2 to 9pm

On FRIDAY volunteers should be at Wall Street and Broadway by 11:30 to help set up sound, tables, banners etc.

At END Rally at Foley Square we need help in packing the truck for the next day’s March and Rally and picking up ALL trash, signs, papers in Foley Square.

We have to post and large clean-up bond and insurance with the NYC Parks Department. This bond is only returned if we leave the Foley Park area clean.

 

On SATURDAY volunteers should be at Pine and Broadway or a block down at Nassau between Pine and Wall Street by 11:00am.

Again we will need help on set-up and sound for the Rally

A few VOLUNTEERS will still be needed at Bail Out People site at Nassau between Pine and Wall to pack up materials and direct latecomers to the days events at Battery Park.

 

For more information

Bail Out the People Movement
Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St. #5C
New York, NY 10011
212.633.6646
www.BailOutPeople.org
Email: bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml

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UPDATED Apr 1, 2009 3:10 PM
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