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United States: Poor People's Day Caravan & Movement Assembly

Name of the organization:
Poor People's Day Caravan & Movement Assembly
Your favourite tongue:
English
Representative:
Poor People's Day Caravan & Movement Assembly
Your country of residence:
United States
Website address and website name:
http://www.myspace.com/peoplesmovementassembly
Briefly describe what kind of initiative you propose and its territorial dimension:
2008, Gennaio 26 - 11:00am

WHY A CARAVAN?
(1) It is new, exciting and creative and is sure to get people's attention.
(2) It enables us to extend our reach to both local and global struggles. (3) It is more inclusive, with young people, elders and folks of varying abilities able to participate fully.

HOW WILL IT WORK?
On January 26th, we will be in the streets, engaging in various actions and rallies downtown, making music, holding teach-ins, sharing stories and holding a People's Assembly where we can make our voices heard, develop points of unity, and collectively determine organizing strategies for the upcoming year.

10AM: Gather at IBEW building in downtown Atlanta

11AM: Caravan begins

1PM: Caravan ends at State Capitol for final action and rally

2PM: People's Movement Assembly begins at Hunger Coalition

5PM: People's Movement Assembly ends

WHAT IS THE ROUTE? The Caravan route will go through Downtown Atlanta and Intown neighborhoods. As of now, organizations will co-ordinate site specific actions related to the Healthcare Crisis, Homelessness and Affordable Housing and Reproductive Justice. The caravan will also pass by significant sites highlighting educational inequalities, lack of public transportation, Disability Rights struggles, immigration and the prison-industrial complex.

WHAT DO WE BRING?
Bring yourselves and your people!
Represent your Struggle and Yourselves!
Decorate your vehicles, bring signs and banners, etc.
Coordinate shirt colors etc. so your delegation stands out!
Your requests and proposals for the Global Day of Mobilisation in your territory/country:
The Poor People's Movement Assembly is an opportunity for folks from all struggles and backgrounds to come together, educate and share with one another, and then collectively determine the issues that most directly affect our communities. From that consensus, participants can plan actions for the upcoming year and work cohesively to address our concerns and needs.
Full direction where you organize the action (street, number, city, country) in order to insert it in the interactive map: