Week Six and June 23rd Rally & March in DC
WILPF Branches and Members along the East Coast
Please join the WILPF contingent at the Saturday, June 23 Rally & March in D.C. down Independence Ave. to the Capitol
Let's pack the Mall & have a rousing march!
Join Week Six activities, June 17-22 on the Mall, details below.
Saturday, June 23rd, Washington, D.C.
Bring your branch PPC banner, or if you don't have one, your People & Planet Before Profit banner and signs. Wooden or cardboard poles (no metal) for banners, flags & signs must be ¾ inches diameter or less
WILPF Meet-up on Sat., June 23
WILPF members meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Tent where the Jewish Shabbat service will be held in the large tent at 9th St between Jefferson & Madison to walk together to the Rally at 7th St.
Mobile phone and email contacts:
Make your June 23 reservation now to go to D.C.
It's important the Poor People's Campaign know you will be at the Rally so enough facilities are available. As a partnership organization, we'd like to give the organizers an estimate of how many WILPFers will be there.
Email Mary Bricker-Jenkins
How to get from your state to Washington, D.C. on June 23
Ridesharing to Stand Against Poverty, Mass Rally & Moral Revival
Saturday, June 23
- 8:45 - 9:30 am Shabbat Service in Tent on the National Mall at 9th Street between Madison and Jefferson. People of all faiths welcome and there will be wonderful singing
- 10:00 .m - 1:00 pm Rally on the National Mall at 7th St. between Jefferson & Madison.
- 1:00 - 2:30 pm March to the Capitol. There will be no non-violent civil disobedience.
The Rally theme is a call to action to return to your state to work to organize the poor and voter registration. Opens with music from the Poor People's Campaign Choir with theomusicologists from around the states. The Choir will sing throughout the rally.
Speakers will be mostly by state delegates and impacted people who will speak on the themes of Systemic Racism, Poverty, Ecological Devastation, and the War Economy. Speakers will be joined on stage and /or introduced by organizational leaders.
Rev. Barber and Rev. Theoharris will close out the program.
There will be food vendors. Weather will be hot and humid; there will be water and cooling stations (air conditioned buses to sit in to cool down)
. Sufficient PortaPotties will be available.
Week of June 17 - 22 at the Mall in D.C.
Overview of Tent Activities for Final Week of Action
Tent location: National Mall, gravel walkway at 9th St. between Madison & Jefferson Drives NW
Sunday, June 17
6:00 - 7:30 pm Mass Meeting
Monday, June 18
10:00 .m - noon Nonviolent Direct Action Training
2:00 - 3:00 pm Rally in the tent
3:00 - 4:00 pm Nonviolent Direct Action at 5 different & important sites
Tuesday, June 19
9:00 am - 7:00 pm Art Build for Thursday NVDA & Saturday Rally & March
7:30 - 9:00 pm Truthful Tuesday Teach-In
Wednesday, June 20
9:00 am - 1:00 pm Workshops (TBD)
1:00 - 3:00 pm Canvassing Training
3:00 - 6:30 pm Community Canvassing
Thursday, June 21
9:00 - 11:00 am Nonviolent Direct Action Training
12:00 - 1:00 pm Rally in the Tent
1:00 - 2:00 pm Nonviolent Direct Action
7:30 - 9:00 pm Theomusicology and Cultural Movement Arts
Friday, June 22
9:00 am - 9:00 pm Workshops & Cultural Arts (TBD)
Thanks for all you have done during these 40 Days and Weeks of Action.
So we can send out a last report, please send your account of activities and actions to Mary Bricker-Jenkins,
[email protected]
Nancy Price
