March 2nd: PA Poor Peoples Campaign Mass Mobilization in Harrisburg

WHEN: 11:30am Gather and eat lunch at Grace United Methodist Church in Harrisburg.

On Saturday March 2nd the Poor People’s Campaign will hold simultaneous mass poor people’s and low wage worker statehouse assemblies at State Capitals across the country in more than 30 states including here in Pennsylvania.

• 800 people are dying from poverty every day in the U.S. Poverty is the 4th leading cause of deathin the U.S.
• The 140 million people in this country who are poor and low income are a sleeping giant. Our job is to wake them up! We have to take action together in order to do this and this mobilization is part of that.
• This is part of an arc of activity between now and the election that leads up to it and contains the following parts:
  • Tuesday February 20th - press conferences to announce statehouse actions and our legislative demands, and meetings with state legislative leadership to make our demands clear.
  • Saturday March 2nd - mass assemblies.
  • Monday March 4th - demand delivery to elected officials in statehouse.

The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival challenges the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, the war economy and denial of healthcare, ecological devastation, poverty, and the distorted moral narrative of white supremacy.

SCHEDULE:

• 11:30am Gather and eat lunch at Grace United Methodist Church
• 12:30pm (Short) March to the State Capital
• 1pm Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Worker Statehouse Assemblies
• 3pm: Assembly Ends

****We will have ASL and Spanish interpretation. We will be providing assistance with food, transportation, housing, and childcare. Please let us know in your RSVP form what assistance you need.***

TRANSPORTATION:

***NOTE: BOTH BUSES ARE NOW FULL! Please still let us know if you need help organizing a carpool.

There will be TWO buses for March 2nd. Both busses will be leaving Saturday morning (3/2) and returning the same day. Read below to see the schedule for each bus. PLEASE indicate on the RSVP form if you intend to take the bus, and specify which bus you will be taking.