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Human service providers and advocates are preparing to join with a broad coalition of community, labor and progressive groups in a “March to Wall Street” tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. Organizers of the “May 12th Coalition” are calling on New Yorkers from all walks of life to gather at one of eight different assembly points representing their particular area of concern. From there, they will march to Wall Street for a “Teach In” and Rally. They anticipate that over 10,000 individuals will gather to send a basic message to their elected officials: “Make the Big Banks and Millionaires Pay Their Fair Share”. The rally comes in response to budget policies which have rejected progressive tax increases on corporations and high-income households in favor of major cuts to services for low- and middle-income New Yorkers.
“The Mayor says he has no choice but to make over $400 million in cuts to critical human services funding to those in need in NYC,” said Michael Stoller, Executive Director of the Human Services Council of New York. “Well there is a choice to cutting the services that help people to work, care for their families, and become self-sufficient - the banking industry and wealthy can pay their fair share too. Nonprofits and the clients they serve have paid much more than their share for long enough. That’s why the human services sector will be there On May 12th.”
Supporters of human services are being asked to gather at 20 Fulton Street at South Street Seaport at 4:00. Other assembly points will focus on the following issues: Education, Students, Transportation/Energy, Immigration, Housing, Peace, Jobs, and Human Services/Safety Net. For a full list of assembly sites and their locations, as well as other information on tomorrow’s events, visit www.onmay12.org.
While many human services provider and advocacy organizations are participating through their membership in HSC, others have also separately signed on to the May12 Coalition. These include Bronx Defenders, Center for Children Initiatives, Children's Defense Fund - New York, Coalition for the Homeless, Community Voices Heard, Emergency Coalition to Save Child Care, Episcopal Social Services, Housing Works, Hunger Action Network of NYS, Judson Memorial Church, Make the Road NY, MinKwon Center, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP), Neighborhood Family Services Coalition, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Neighbors Together, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, New York Coalition for Adult Literacy, Queens Community House.
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