From wmjwj at wmjwj.org Sun Aug 29 15:23:48 2010 From: wmjwj at wmjwj.org (WMass Jobs with Justice) Date: Sun Aug 29 15:24:24 2010 Subject: [Sage] March for Jobs, Springfield, 9/15 Message-ID: <00c601cb47af$b5a528e0$20ef7aa0$@org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 9-15-2010 march handbill.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 194445 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.gaiahost.coop/pipermail/sage/attachments/20100829/48ddca3e/9-15-2010marchhandbill-0001.pdf From bagin84735 at yahoo.com Sun Aug 29 15:33:43 2010 From: bagin84735 at yahoo.com (betty agin) Date: Tue Aug 31 20:22:44 2010 Subject: [Sage] Re: [WMJwJ] March for Jobs, Springfield, 9/15 In-Reply-To: <00c601cb47af$b5a528e0$20ef7aa0$@org> Message-ID: <390045.22931.qm@web84305.mail.re1.yahoo.com> I will be there and I need a sign. Universal Community Voices Eliminating Disparities/SHDP Betty Agin Executive Director 640 Page Blvd Springfield, Ma 01104 413-654-2888 --- On Sun, 8/29/10, WMass Jobs with Justice wrote: From: WMass Jobs with Justice Subject: [WMJwJ] March for Jobs, Springfield, 9/15 To: "WMJwJ Members List" , "Workers' Rights List" , "Street Heat List" , "WMass SLAP List" , "Health Care Action List" Cc: "Pride at Work List" , "Progressive Dems In Western Mass" , "PV Interfaith Coalition List" , "SAGE List" , "Arise Action List" Date: Sunday, August 29, 2010, 3:23 PM please announce, post, & forward ~ handbill attached ? Wednesday September 15 ? step off at 4pm sharp (please arrive by 3:45) at 1550 Main St.? RSVP! March for Good Jobs Now!? Downtown Springfield! Tell Congress: Declare a Jobs Emergency! Now! ? Part of a National Day of Action September 15 across the US to demand: Full and Fair Employment. Congress must recognize the jobs emergency. Pass legislation like the Local Jobs for America Act that will create jobs, protect public services, and help get our economy going again. Wall Street must pay their fair share for the crisis they created. A tax on financial speculation could raise $200-$500 billion every year. More info at www.jwj.org. ? Step off at 4pm sharp (please arrive by 3:45) at 1550 Main St. Click for March Route. >From Sen. Kerry?s office building (1550 Main St) to City Hall (36 Court St) to Rep. Neal?s office building (300 State St). ? Mini-rallies at each location. ? Bring your banners ? we?ll provide sandwich signs and street theater props. ? Total distance is less than a mile. Can?t walk it? We are looking into a van to take people along the line of march. ? Carpooling to Springfield: Do you need a ride or can you offer a ride from Greenfield, Northampton, or Amherst? Reply to wmjwj@wmjwj.org. ? Parking:? Please visit http://www.parkspa.com/facilities.shtml for downtown Springfield parking. The first two listed are on Columbus Avenue and nearest the start of the march. The end of the march is about a ten or fifteen minute walk downhill to those lots. ? Are you marching? RSVP! ? 9/15 On FaceBook: National:? http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147368468625871. Springfield: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143492839022888&index=1 Western Mass. Jobs with Justice is at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=309037950488. ? ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jon Weissman, Coordinator Western Mass Jobs with Justice 640 Page Blvd #101 Springfield MA 01104 (413) 827-0301 ? Founded in 1987, Jobs with Justice's mission is to improve working people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize. We believe workers' rights are human rights and to be successful, we have to be part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice. ? To that end, "J with J" has created a national coalition and a network of local coalitions that connect labor, community, student, and faith-based organizations and activists on workplace and community social justice campaigns.? Western Mass JwJ ? founded June 5, 1993 ? is now a coalition of almost 70 organizations. ? Let?s keep in touch ? please check out our mailing lists at http://wmjwj.org/our-lists. ? ? -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ You are subscribed to the WMJwJ mailing list. To manage your subscription settings or unsubscribe, please visit http://lists.wmjwj.org/mailman/listinfo/wmjwj. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gaiahost.coop/pipermail/sage/attachments/20100829/c3a7e80b/attachment-0001.html