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Thursday, 12 May 2011 09:13 |
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After weeks of planning and days of smaller, preliminary activity, the human services community will join with a broad coalition of community, labor and progressive groups in a “March to Wall Street” today at 4:00 p.m. Organizers are expecting that over 10,000 individuals will gather at eight different assembly points representing their particular area of concern. From there, they will march to Wall Street for a “Teach In” and Rally. The overriding message of the event is “Make the Big Banks and Millionaires Pay Their Fair Share”. The rally comes in response to budget policies at the City, State and Federal level 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 Human Services Council of New York, one of the participating groups for today’s rally, is urging providers, advocates and anyone else who supports the continued provision of essential human services 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.
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