Tomorrow: March for Jobs in Pittsburgh before the G20!
Join us Tomorrow for the National
MARCH FOR JOBS
September 20 Pittsburgh - Before the G20
MONEY FOR JOBS - NOT FOR
WAR!
SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE NOW!
HOUSING IS A RIGHT - STOP FORECLOSURES &
EVICTIONS!
As we write, caravans are already on the road to Pittsburgh, some
from as far away as California and Florida. Over the next few days, community
organizers, activists, students, veterans, unemployed people and trade
unionists will be arriving in Pittsburgh for the March for Jobs and Tent City.
As the G20 assembles to discuss the global financial crisis, this broad
coalition of people across the U.S. is building for this major protest to
ensure that the voiceless are heard. This will be a week-long effort, starting
on on Sunday, September 20 with a March for Jobs, and continuing with the Tent
City which will last through Friday.
The jobs marchers will be dedicating their efforts to Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr., who devoted the final days of his life to opening what he called a second
civil rights movement, a movement for the right of all to a job or an
income.
That movement is even more needed today than it was in Dr. King's time.
We need your help today to make this a success. We're
counting on you to do whatever you can to help make the March
for Jobs and Tent City a success. Join us in Pittsburgh for the March for Jobs
on Sunday, and the Tent City lasting until Friday; You can also click here to make a an urgently
needed donation to cover the many expenses of mobilizing
Now is the time to be in the streets! Millions
are out of work, foreclosures and evictions continue, and more than 47 million
people in the U.S. have no medical insurance. Meanwhile, Washington is spending
trillions of dollars for bailouts for corrupt bankers and for the ongoing wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan. The economy is in ruins and millions of working
people, especially from poor communities and communities of color, are
suffering as a direct result of the war spending and the draconian cuts in
essential social services.
Staying in the streets and building an independent people's movement is
more important than ever. In order to keep building this struggle, the Bail Out
the People Movement needs your help now.
If you are committed to fighting back against the corporate bailouts
and endless war, if you believe that everyone has a right to a job, health
care, and housing, join us at the March for Jobs and Tent City. Also,
please consider making a donation to help cover substantial costs related to
sound, tents, porta-johns, and many other expenses for the March for Jobs and
Tent City - as well as buses to Pittsburgh. Whether you can donate $5 or $50,
$1 or $1,000 we need your donations now! Every single dollar will help make the
March for Jobs and Tent City a success.
Click here to make a much
needed donation now!
Driving to Pittsburgh
Map
Highways to Pittsburgh
From the North and South, Pittsburgh is easily accessed via I-79. Coming
from the North you will exit I-79 onto I-279 at a point just south of Wexford,
PA. This road is officially named the Raymond P. Shafer highway, but you will
hear locals refer to it as the Parkway North. Coming from the south on
I-79, you will also exit onto I-279, aka US 22/30, Penn Lincoln Highway, and
the Parkway West (there is no Parkway South). From here you can also
connect with Route 60 to the airport.
The main access to Pittsburgh from the East/West is via the Pennsylvania
Turnpike, I-76. There are four Pittsburgh exits: Exit 28 in Cranberry (Route
19, Perry Highway), Exit 39 in Gibsonia (Route 8, Butler Valley), Exit 48 in
Harmarville (Allegheny Valley) and Exit 57 in Monroeville (best access to
Pittsburgh). Coming from the East you will exit the PA Turnpike in Monroeville
(Exit 57) to connect to the Parkway East (also known as I-376, US
22/30 and the Penn Lincoln Parkway). Coming from the Northwest (Cleveland) you
exit at Route 19 (Exit 28) and follow Route 19 (Perry Highway) to I-79S.
Interstates 70 and 68, which both connect to I-79 south of Pittsburgh, also
provide access from the East/West.
Bus Service to Pittsburgh
There is a Greyhound Bus Terminal located in downtown
Pittsburgh at the corner of Liberty Avenue and Grant Street., just a few blocks
from the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. A second bus terminal is located
in Monroeville at 220 Mall Circle Drive, near the Monroeville Mall. They also
provided limited service to/from a bus stop at the Pittsburgh Airport.
Train Service
Pittsburgh's Amtrak train station is located right across
from the Greyhound bus terminal, just east of Grant Street on Liberty Avenue,
in the basement of the Pennsylvanian. Two Amtrak passenger routes service
Pittsburgh daily: the Capitol Limited (Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Chicago)
and the Pennsylvanian (Pittsburgh to New York City). Pittsburgh has access to
the full Amtrak system, but some destinations may require a bus/train
combination.
Getting Around Pittsburgh
Public Transportation
The Port Authority of Allegheny County has more than 875 buses, 83 light rail
vehicles and the Monongahela and Duquesne Inclines to help you get around
Pittsburgh
Subway - The 'T' - Pittsburgh's small but clean
and safe 25.2-mile subway and light rail system, the 'T' serves
downtown Pittsburgh with a four-stop loop including stops at Steel Plaza at
Grant Street, Gateway Center Plaza (Liberty Avenue and Stanwix Street), Wood
Street, and the First Avenue Parking Garage. Underground, the music is
classical, the art whimsical and travel within downtown Pittsburgh is free. The
subway will also deliver you across the river to Station Square on the South
Side for a minimal fare. After traveling under the Monongahela River, the
'T' runs above ground along three different light rail lines into
Pittsburgh's south suburbs. List of stations here.
Public Bus - Multiple bus routes connect downtown Pittsburgh
to cultural and other attractions on the North Side and Oakland as well as to
the majority of the neighborhoods surrounding Pittsburgh. The Port Authority
also sponsors the ACCESS program, the nation's largest paratransit program
of its kind for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Sign up for updates on the Port Authority of Allegheny County & the G20
here:
http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/CustomerInfo/G20Summit2009/tabid/500/Default.aspx
Info on fares and passes here: http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/FaresPasses/Fares/tabid/122/Default.aspx
The Port Authority of Allegheny County operates its buses, light rail cars, and
inclines under a zone fare structure where the amount of fare is based on trip
length from Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle or Central Business District.
Higher fares are paid for trips crossing more than one zone. Fares are
collected as the rider boards on an inbound, or downtown-bound trip and as the
rider exits the outbound or suburban-bound trip, with some exceptions. Since
Port Authority operators neither carry change nor make change, riders must be
prepared to pay exact fare or pay an amount in excess of the prevailing fare.
Check out the Port Authority of
Allegheny County Web site for zone maps, an interactive bus schedule
locater, fare information, bus routes, disability access and to purchase bus
tickets and passes.
Schedule - BAIL OUT THE UNEMPLOYED - TENT CITY DEDICATED
TO THE UNEMPLOYED OF THE WORLD
September 20 25, Monumental Baptist Church, Soho & Wylie
Street, Pittsburgh
Daily Teach-ins discussion groups, programs, films, music
(All times and programs subject to last minute change. This work in
progress does not include music yet updated Sat. Sept. 19)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
10:00 am to 12:30pm - 2 Roundtable discussions
Organized especially for those who can only stay for the Sunday
March for Jobs. Discussions continuing through the week.
JOBS & WORKERS RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE:
Those available for discussion will include:
Stella D'Oro striking workers, Million Workers March organizers, Take Back
Our Union, May 1 Immigrant and Workers Rights Coalition, Long Island City Day
Laborers, Black Workers for Justice, labor activists from IBT, USW, UE, ILWU,
TWU, UFT, AFSCME
Suggested Focus of Discussion:
(1) What would be the features of a real jobs program
(2) What are the key demands that we must fight for nationally &
internationally
(3) How can we strengthen a labor movement in the US and internationally
(4) Campaigns or struggles or actions that we can decide to support and
how
HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT ROUNDTABLE:
Those available for discussion will include:
Picture the Homeless, Moratorium on Evictions & Foreclosures, NE Region
Survivors Assembly, US Human Rights Network, Peoples Organization for
Progress-Newark, Poor People Human Rights Campaign, Minnesota Peoples Bailout
Campaign.
Possible areas of discussion to be shaped and lead by those listed above.
(1) Housing a human right nationally and internationally & impact of
international economic crisis and unjust policies
(2) Experiences of resistance movements; rights of the displaced, indigenous,
people of color,
(3) National and international demands we can unite on
(4) what can we do together/support after G-20
We will have placards where you will be meeting for you to take with you on the
march, related to housing and labor .
Note: Both roundtables discussions will include the impact of the international
economic crisis and the specific impact on women, immigrant workers and
racial/nationally oppressed communities.
1:30pm OPENING RALLY OF MARCH FOR JOBS
2:30pm - MARCH FOR JOBS steps off
3:30 to 4:30pm - CLOSING RALLY
Sunday Eve Discussion and Orientation for the Tent City week
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
10am to Noon - GLOBAL SOLIDARITY: UNIONS, COMMUNITIES &
MOVEMENTS WORKING TOGETHER Organizing the global struggle for jobs &
workers rights
- Global Solidarity; what does it mean
- Immigrant workers rights & global solidarity
- Organizing in the face of the biggest global economic crisis since the
1930s
- Who are the G-20
- The roots of the global crisis
12 -2PM STUDENTS AND YOUTH MEETING
LUNCH
2:30pm to 5:00pm CONNECTING THE ISSUES: HOUSING IS A RIGHT -
- Healthcare, Education, War - A Moratorium on Foreclosure and Evictions
- The Squatters Movement -The fight back is growing
- We Remember Katrina
- Groups: Picture the Homeless, Moratorium Now, Poor Peoples Human Rights
Campaign, Peoples Organization for Progress, Katrina/Rita Support Network, US
Human Rights Network.
DINNER
7pm - FILM on MUMIA ABU-JAMAL & SOLIDARITY WITH LEONARD PELTIER - Organized
by Pittsburgh Mumia Coalition
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
10am to 12pm - FULFILLING KING'S DREAM OF A RIGHT TO A JOB FOR
ALL -
- The global joblessness crisis (how bad, how long)
- What will it take start a jobs movement?
- Needed: Jobs that pay a living wage
- Needed: Jobs that help reconstruct society
LUNCH
2pm to 4pm - BRING THE TROOPS HOME! ANTIWAR RALLY
- Money for jobs and education not war and occupation
- The war at home and abroad connecting the issues
- Discussion among anti-war and community activists
DINNER
7pm - STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS! Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the
death Penalty
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
10 AM - MORNING WITH REV. LUCIUS WALKER, PASTORS FOR PEACE -
LUNCH
3PM - 6PM - PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE G-20 SPONSORED BY PEOPLE'S VOICES
- Leo Gerard, Int. Pres. United Steel Workers
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate Economist
- Emira Wood, Institute for Policy Studies
- Berta Caceres, Coordinator, Consejo Civico de Organizaciones Populares e
Indigenas de Honduras
- Tammy Bang Liu, Labor/community strategy center & Grassroots Global
Justice Alliance
- Carl Redwood Jr. Hill District consencus group
- Rev. John Welsh, PIIN (UE and Grassroots Global Justice alliance)
DINNER
THUR. SEPT 24 - (1st Day of G-20 Summit)
12noon - 2pm - "FROM PITSBURGH TO JOBURG:"Local to Global
Activism" discussion organized by Global Call Against Poverty.
3pm - to Eve. - POOR Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign - Press Conference/
Program and Film Showing
DINNER
FRI.SEPT. 25
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. "G20- THE PEOPLE'S VERDICT AND THE
ROAD"
12: Noon - Peoples March on G-20 - tent city participants meeting other groups
at Freedom Corner to march together
Evening. Final tent city meetings and camp breakdown
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