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ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 05:28 PM Apr 2013

May Day activities in New York City

http://maydaynyc.org/

May Day NYC

See the full May Day NYC schedule, as well as specifics on the events below:

all day: The People’s Puppets
We begin the day early in 2 groups: Uptown (meeting in Bryant Park at 10am) and Downtown (meeting in Union Sq at 11am). After marching with different groups, we’ll meet back at Union Square for more performances, especially game time at 4pm!

11am- 230: Free University @ Cooper Union
The Free University of NYC invites neighborhood organizations, schools, unions, spiritual centers, and other community education-oriented groups to create your own Free Universities this May 1st. The impetus behind this May Day call to education is to encourage local communities to host your own gatherings of free education to ensure they’re directly relevant and empowering on a ground level.

noon: Immigrant Worker Justice Tour @ Bryant Park
Join immigrants and workers this May Day as we highlight the daily struggles facing immigrants and workers in New York City. We will visit several workplaces in midtown to demand an end to exploitation of immigrant workers, ending at Schumer's office for a speak-out on what real immigration reform looks like.

230: #99PKTS Solidarity Swarm @ Union Square
Join 99 Pickets, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, and allies as we march on employers around Union Square to demand fair pay and justice for all workers. We'll be visiting the offices of Frieze Art Fair to call for a fairer art world, Wendy's to support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Travel Channel to support members of the Writers Guild. Gather at 2:30pm in the NE corner of Union Square; we'll leave at 3pm. Look for Rude Mechanical Orchestra!

330: Everybody Now! Sing along @ Union Square
Everybody Now! is a choir that you join as soon as you start to sing (or whisper or hum). On May Day, we will be sharing this song, "We Stand For Justice", at the beginning of the rally at Union Square, and we would love to you to lift your voice and sing with us! Our goal is to make it as resonant and contagious as possible - ideally everyone at the rally will feel empowered and excited to sing along! Listen to a demo of the song and meet us at the SE corner of Union Square (14th St between Broadway and Lafayette, right across from the Duane Reade) AND THEN SING WITH US IN THE RALLY AT 4 PM!!

4pm: Unified Rally for Immigrant & Worker Rights @ Union Squre
Joint rally with the May 1st Coalition; the Alliance for Labor Rights, Immigrant Rights and Jobs for All; immigrant rights groups; and Occupy Wall Street. The rally will be a mix of speakers and entertainment drawing attention to the struggles and victories of labor unions, workers, immigrants and the 99%. Followed by a march down Broadway to City Hall.

7pm: May Day People’s Assembly @ Foley Square
This Assembly will be the first in a series of monthly People's Assemblies that will take place on the first Wednesday of each month. What do we have in common, how do our experiences vary, and what can we build together? As the march ends, gather in Foley Square starting at 7pm. We will split into multiple groups based on the struggles, campaigns and people present.

730: Occu-Evolve Kimani Grey Assembly @ Zucotti Park
Emphasis on current labor struggles, ending Police Murder and Brutality, stop & frisk, mass incarceration and the War on Black and Brown People, justice for victims of Hurricane Sandy and building Occupy Wall Street to truly reflect and fight for all of the people in New York City.

9pm: Dance Your Debt Away @ Washington Square Park
A party to end the day!

Learn more about the plethora of events and actions happening all day at http://maydaynyc.org/schedule/.
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May Day activities in New York City (Original Post) ellenrr Apr 2013 OP
sounds awesomely awesome. limpyhobbler May 2013 #1
^this^ Joe Shlabotnik May 2013 #2
we need more low-income people to be active ellenrr May 2013 #3

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
2. ^this^
Wed May 1, 2013, 02:58 AM
May 2013

Stuck here one step away from poverty. Where it not for some charity, I'd be ......
Wish I still had the resources to be relevant.

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
3. we need more low-income people to be active
Thu May 9, 2013, 05:44 AM
May 2013

i've always been poor, and active. Now I'm older and poorer. but still active. not putting any judgement on you, I don't know yr situation, just sayin...In my area anyway, all the activists are middle-class, I am the only not middle-class person involved.

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