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Poor People's Campaign
Week Four
Onward together...building momentum to
June 23rd
Plan Now for Saturday, June 23 Rally on the National Mall in D.C.
Location: National Mall by Jefferson Drive SW and 7th St. SW, Washington, D.C.
Please print out and post at your food coop, church, and other prominent gathering places.
Here's a letter of invitation for June 23rd, also with historical background of the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, from the Poor People's Campaign Organizers.
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We need your help moving this country forward by seizing the nation's attention this June. People are ridesharing, buying train tickets, and getting on free buses organized by activist groups across the country
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-anything to pack the National Mall on June 23 and demonstrate unprecedented grassroots strength."
RSVP for the Rally on Facebook
to let the Poor People's Campaign know you are coming to the Rally. Updates will be posted about how to get to the rally including info on rideshares and free buses in your area. On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 people gathered for the March on Washington. They arrived by planes, trains, buses, and cars from all across the country. Let's exceed that number!
Bus Registration Form.
Please fill out this registration from, then email Mary Bricker-Jenkins
[email protected]
to let her know you will be coming to DC. As a partnership organization, we'd like to give the PPC organizers an estimate of how many WILPFers will be participating on June 23rd. holding high our Branch PPC banners. Start working with your state and local groups to organize buses, find accommodations, and volunteer.
Week Four: June 3 - 9
The Right to Health and a Healthy Planet: Ecological Devastation and Health Care
to expose the disastrous impact of militarism, wars & conflict, corporate pollution and failed regulation on people & the planet-this is what Earth Democracy works on.
Here are materials for Week Four
In Washington, DC
Sunday, June 3
The Sunday Mass Meeting will be live-streamed from 6:00-7:30 pm EST.
Tune into this event via the live stream on our Facebook page.
Monday, June 4
- 10:00 am: St. Marks Episcopal Church for Nonviolent Moral Fusion Direct Action and Marshals and Jail Support Training (doors open at 9:30 am)
- 1:30 pm: Lunch & Walk to Rally
- 2:00-2:45 pm: Walk to Capitol and Rally at Capitol Lawn. Meet at corner of Constitution Ave. and 1st St. with testimony by those impacted. After the Rally, those gathered will proceed to an arrestable action to be discussed at the St. Marks Church training.
Wednesday, June 6
Join the WILPF Twitter Storm, 7 - 9 pm ET / 4 - 6 pm PT
Let's have a big impact for Earth Democracy and the Poor People's Campaign.
View report by Judy Adams of Palo Alto Actions and Photos
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