OCCUPY MAY DAY - MAY DAY RALLY FOR THE 99%

OCCUPY BALTIMORE, Young Trade Unionists, UNITE HERE Local 7, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 181, Laborers’ International Union of North (LiUNA!) Mid-Atlantic Region, United Workers, Occupy Our Homes, Good Jobs Better Baltimore,CASA de Maryland, Another BDC Is Possible, Baltimore Higher Education Alliance for Real Democracy (B-HEARD), UMBC Solidarity Coalition, Charm City Labor Chorus, Pledge of Resistance, ANSWER, All Peoples Congress, International Socialist Organization, Communist Party of Maryland, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Progressive Labor Party, Workers World Party and more are coming together for a

May Day Rally for the 99% at McKeldin on May Day!

We are uniting for better development, good jobs and immigration reform in Baltimore against privatization, austerity, homelessness and institutional racism.

Over 10% of Baltimore city residents are unemployed.
Rally for Jobs!

1 in 11 Maryland children directly affected by foreclosure
Rally to End the Evictions!

Over 40,000 Vacant Properties in Baltimore City.
Rally to Rebuild Our City!

Over 4,000 Homeless, 40,000 Vacant Properties.
Rally for Housing!

1 in 4 Baltimore Residents in Poverty.
Rally to End Poverty!

Marches

A map of the marches: http://g.co/maps/amz4f

From West Side: 4 PM Read's Drug Store, N. Howard Street and W. Lexington Street to McKeldin. "Fight racism - Justice for workers, immigrants and youth!" Full rights for all immigrants, End police brutality and mass incarceration, Education, not criminalization.
Speakers: C.D. Witherspoon, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jermaine Jones, Laborers’ International Union of North (LiUNA!) Mid-Atlantic Region
Sharon Black, All People's Congress, Justice for Trayvon Martin Local Organizing Committee
Richie Armstrong, Community Churches United for Baltimore Jobs

May Day West Side Flyer (PDF, half sheet PDF, GIF)

From East Side: Casa de Maryland, 2224 E. Fayette Street to McKeldin.

From North Side: May Day Bike Ride meeting at 4:15 PM at the monument and riding down to McKeldin at 4:30PM.
http://www.facebook.com/events/223561244416761/

Speakers for the Rally starting at 5:30 PM at McKeldin include:

Adam Schneider, advocate for the homeless

Ron Williams, spoken word artist

Fred D. Mason, Jr., President, MD/DC AFL-CIO

Tom Dodge, American Postal Workers Union Local 181

C.D. Witherspoon, President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Novella Gardener, UNITE HERE Local 7

Susan Sgroi, Baltimore Higher Education Alliance for Real Democracy (B-HEARD)

Richie Armstrong, Community Churches United for Baltimore Jobs

Constance Williams, IBEW Local 24, Young Trade Unionists

Milton Ramirez and Jesus Perez, Casa de Maryland

Donna Cartwright, Co-President, Pride At Work

Bill Barry, Director of Labor Studies, CCBC

Leslie Salgado, Howard County Friends of Latin America

as well as a speaker from

United Workers

The Charm City Labor Chorus will lead us in song!

Facilitator of the rally will be

Kate Khatib, Occupy Baltimore and Another BDC is Possible

Immediately following the rally we will march to the War Memorial and join the meeting organized by the City Planning and Housing Associations in regards to the city\'s Recreation Centers.
http://www.cphabaltimore.org/2012/04/what-is-the-future-of-your-recreati...

Come down for May Day! Get involved! Spread the word! Help with the planning! We are meeting every week until May Day at the UNITE HERE Local 7 hall (1800 N. Charles Street). Check the http://occupybmore.org/ calendar for times.

We have an email list: https://groups.google.com/group/occupy-baltimore-may-day

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyBaltimore
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Young-Trade-Unionists/366070755252
http://www.facebook.com/UniteHereLocal7
http://www.facebook.com/BetterBaltimore
http://www.facebook.com/LiUNAMidAtlantic
http://www.facebook.com/unitedworkers
http://www.anotherbdcispossible.org/
http://www.facebook.com/CASAdeMaryland
http://www.facebook.com/groups/bheard/
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyOurHomesBaltimore
Save Your Local Post Office:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/258378877546075/

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