NYC Bus for TROOPS OUT NOW Volunteers attending the Oct. 15 Millions More March
The Troops Out Now Coalition is chartering a bus to take NYC volunteers to the Dec. 15 Millions More Movement event in Washington DC. Please consider attending this historic gathering and working with the coalition to build the Dec. 1 Rosa Parks Anniversary Nationwide Strike Against Racism, Poverty, and War. The Troops Out Now coalition plans to set up several December 1 information tables near the National Mall and DC Metro stations.
BUS INFORMATION:
The bus for TONC volunteers will leave from in front of the International Action Center (39 W. 14 St. bet 5th & 6th Aves., NYC) at 1 AM (yes that's right--1 o'clock in the morning) on Saturday, December 15, and will return the same day in the late evening. Bus tickets are $50 ($30 for fixed income) and must be purchased in advanced from the IAC. (Call 212-633-6646 for more information). A small number of subsidized tickets will be available, depending on donations.
DONATE http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml to help build a movement against racism, poverty, and war. If you cannot attend the Oct. 15 Millions More Movement event, you can support this effort with a much-needed donation to subsidize transportation for the volunteers. If you already have transportation to the Oct. 15 Millions More event and would like to help build the Dec. 1 National Strike while there, please call for information about where to find us in Washington.
The Troops Out Now Coalition will also be participating in a Million Worker March Strategy Meeting on Friday, Oct. 14, in DC where the building of a united movement will be taken up, including the mobilization for the Dec. 1 National Strike Against Racism, Poverty, and War.
October 5, 2005 Press Release from the Millions More Movement
Millions More Movement to Mobilize and Empower America's Poor and Disenfranchised at 10th Anniversary Gathering of the Million Man March October 14-16 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK, NY, - The nation's poor and disenfranchised will gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 15th to help launch a movement long overdue. The Millions More Movement will focus on mobilizing men, women and youth into an effective national movement with the goal of transforming American society and eliminating poverty and injustice. As was starkly evidenced in the revelations following Hurricane Katrina, our nation's poor are being grossly underserved. As we witnessed, New Orleans' 9th Ward was the invisible ward but a 9th Ward exists in every city in America. From South Central in Los Angeles to Houston's 2nd Ward to North Philadelphia to Southeast Washington D.C. to Miami's Overtown, all of them and more contain people who are drowning in poverty. The power and resources to alleviate the horror of this condition is among us. The Millions More Movement will focus on empowering poor people to help themselves, beginning with the knowledge that in numbers comes strength and a common purpose to effect change. It takes place on the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March, which peacefully mobilized two million Black men in order to help them be better fathers, husbands and sons. ... full text of release http://www.millionmanmarch.org/news/press_rel10-05-2005.htm .
See www.millionmanmarch.org to get updates on the Millions More Movement
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