I’m a little late getting these details out but here is the information I have on the We Are the People rally tomorrow, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the State Capitol Building.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE RALLY AT STATE CAPITOL
A broad coalition of students, seniors, workers to protest Gov. Snyder’s budget plan
WHAT: Rally to protest Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget plan
WHEN: Wednesday, April 13, 1-6pm
Speaking programs at 2pm and 5:30pm
WHERE: State Capitol, 100 Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI
WHY: After two weeks of paid vacation, Legislative committees will convene this week to begin voting on Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget plan. The proposal cuts almost $800 million from K-12 and higher education, eliminates the Earned Income Tax Credit for working families, and creates a new tax on seniors’ pensions to pay for a $1.8 billion tax break for corporations. Tomorrow, thousands of students, seniors and workers from across the state will gather at the State Capitol to send a message that we are the people of Michigan, and it’s time for the politicians to start standing up for the middle class.
TENTATIVE SPEAKERS AT 2PM PROGRAM:
- Herb Sanders (AFSCME)
- Anne Woiwode (Sierra Club)
- Donna Jackson (School Support Worker)
- Serge Farinas (UM Graduate Assistant)
- Virg Bernero (Lansing Mayor)
- Lonnie Stephenson (IBEW International VP)
- John Duffy (Utility Workers Union of America VP)
- Henry Gaffney (ATU Local 26)
- additional speakers to be announced.
TENTATIVE SPEAKERS AT 5:30PM PROGRAM:
- John Armelagos (UM Nurse)
- Marcie Hemgesberg (EITC recipient)
- Sarah Scranton (Planned Parenthood)
- Tom Tylutki (Michigan Corrections Organization)
- Kyle Holmes (Detroit Small Business Owner)
- Jim Eikern (CMU professor)
- additional speakers to be announced.
I’m just sayin’…
