On Sunday, April 15, between 75-100 people came together to receive training in non-violent direct action at the Rosendale Community Center. It was one of several trainings in our area. Nationwide, over 100,000 people were trained for the 99% Spring this past week!
People are collectively saying, "Enough is enough!". We are tired of a system that is rigged to benefit the 1% at the expense of hard working American families. We are tired of Wall Street criminals who destroyed our economy, got billions in taxpayer dollars, gave themselves the biggest bonuses in history and who have escaped any accountability. We are tired of $10 trillion of lost home wealth, 10 million losing their homes to foreclosure, 11 million still underwater, 10 million losing their jobs and almost 50 million Americans living in poverty.
So we came together in houses, community centers, churches, campuses and public places to say that together- we are fighting back- nonviolently, powerfully and sustainably.
Thank you to all the dedicated activists, some seasoned, some new, who gave three hours on a glorious day to prepare for action for the historic 99% Spring! Thank you to Betty Olson, our great trainer, Madeline Labriola, our scribe, all who helped, brought food to share, and a big thank you to my co-host Linda Abbott- Ulster County MoveOn Council Core Coordinator, who indefatigably takes on each new action suggested and rallies the troops to make it successful!
Please join us tomorrow, for the first event of the 99% Spring- Tax the 1%. In front of the Kingston Post Office, 90 Cornell St in Kingston, NY from 12-1PM. We will (literally) be blowing the whistle on a system that is rigged to benefit the 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
RISE UP! Sign up here- http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=129414&id=
If you think these ideas are not too much to ask for - please join us- write to me at clearstreammedia@gmail.com.
"We are unstoppable- a different world is possible!"
Great pics Barbara, we didn't do pictures at our training, which was much the same as this, due to privacy issues, and that myself and our other two 'hosts' were busy enough doing the training. It was worth it and very constructive.
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