One Nation Working Together - 10.2.10
Washington DC
This One is Going To Be Big!
The rise of the Tea Party movement and profound disappointment with the slow pace of real change has slapped many people in the face. They are waking up from a post election daze to the realization that it takes a movement to make change happen. In this context, a new initiative called One Nation Working Together has emerged.
The NAACP, 1199 SEIU, the National Council of La Raza, Green for All, Center for Community Change and the United States Student Association initiated this campaign, and more than 150 other national and local groups have already signed on. The growing list of participating organizations includes United for Peace and Justice, Veterans For Peace, Peace Action, US Labor Against the War, Code Pink, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Progressive Democrats of America, United National Antiwar Committee, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance and other peace groups. Labor participation includes the AFL-CIO, AFT, SEIU, CWA, Transport Workers Union, Unite/HERE, UFCW and others. Some of the other national organizations that are part of this effort are: USAction, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Campaign for America's Future, National Action Network, Center for American Progress, Jewish Funds for Justice.
The effort will kick off on October 2nd with a march in Washington, DC demanding that Congress and the Obama Administration adopt a peoples' agenda for jobs and economic renewal. The mobilization is intended to be the beginning of an ongoing progressive coalition. With the reach, size and political breadth of the organizing partners, the 10.2.10 mobilization has potential to be huge and the continuing efforts very powerful.
Locally there is a "Kick Off Rally" at
Victory Over Violence Park
2611 N. MLK Drive (next to CYD)
Saturday Sept. 4, 2010 11am - 2pm
Contact for more info: NAACP 414.562.1000
And busses will be going to the DC march:
Departs: Milwaukee, Bayshore Mall Parking Lot
Time: Oct. 1, 2010, loading 3:30 pm, depart 4pm
Arrive in Washington, DC: Oct. 2 at 7:00 am
Depart Washington, DC: Oct. 2 at 7:00 pm
Arrive back in Milwaukee: Oct. 3 at 7:00 am
Bus cost: $107, scholarships will be available.









