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August
Monday, August 30th
· 8am-5pm RNC Tours of NYC - All tours will begin and conclude from NYC & Company Visitor Information Center located at 810 Seventh Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets. For details, click here for the official site.
· 8:30 am "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with Libby Pataki at Tiffany's Fifth Avenue and 57th Street. (212) 755-8000
· 10:30am I-Witness Mini Video Witness Training Video witnesses use a video camera to collect evidence of arrests and police abuse. Video images of police actions at protests can be crucial evidence at trials of people arrested and in civil lawsuits against police misconduct. Bring a camera if you have one, but come even if you don't, as each camera person will need a "buddy" who can watch their back and be a second pair of eyes. Location: Community Church, 28 E. 35th St. & Madison Ave. Contact: iwitnessvideo@hotmail.com for more info or to register;, RSVP is encouraged, but not required.
· 12pm Poor People's March & Rally sponsored by Still We Rise, Coalition which consists of New Yorkers who are organized through community based and nonprofit organizations who are united to raise awareness about welfare issues, housing, civil liberties, healthcare & HIV/AIDS, criminal justice & immigration issues--the issues directly affecting the lives of low-income New Yorkers, primarily in communities of color that our leaders have ignored. We will be convening at 12:00 at Union Square and 15th Street, stepping off at 1:00, and marching up 8th Avenue to Madison Square Garden for a rally at 2:00 on 8th Avenue between 30th and 31st Streets.
Still We Rise is a non-partisan coalition and the march and rally are permitted.
· 12pm Vigil For Corporate Welfare - Union Square - A vigil to bear happy witness to the no-bid contracts, tax-abatements, corporate subsidies, and public property give-aways that the Bush administration has bestowed upon them over the last four years. Billionaires will march between two vigil sites. Sponsored by Billionaires for Bush. Download their flyer of events here.
· 12pm-2pm Brunch with the National Republican Senatorial Committee to honor top donors to GOP Senatorial campaigns. With special guests Sen. Elizabeth Dole, Sen. George Allen, Sen. Lindsey Graham. At Tavern on the Green, Central Park at West 67th Street. (212) 873-3200; fax (212) 580-4265. See here or here for details.
· 4pm Poor Peoples's Campaign's March For Our Lives, United Nations, 45th & 1st Ave. Sponsored by Kensington Welfare Rights Union.
· 4pm Vigil For Corporate Welfare - United Nations - A vigil to bear happy witness to the no-bid contracts, tax-abatements, corporate subsidies, and public property give-aways that the Bush administration has bestowed upon them over the last four years. Billionaires will march between two vigil sites. Sponsored by Billionaires for Bush. Download their flyer of events here.
· 5:30pm Reception to honor Rep. Michael G. Oxley of Ohio, chair of the House Committee on Finance Services and other members of the committee. Penthouse 15 at The Loft, 336 West 37th Street, 15th Floor. Sponsored by Securities Industries Association and the Bond Market Association.
· 5:30pm-7:30pm Dinner with the National Republican Senatorial Committee's Senatorial Trust to honor top donors to GOP Senatorial campaigns. With special guests Sens. George Allen, Jim Inhofe, Norm Coleman, Mike Crapo, Orrin Hatch, Arlen Specter, and Jim Talent. At Morton's Steakhouse, 551 Fifth Avenue (enter on 45th Street). See here for details.
· 6-8pm Direct Action Training - Join the NoRNC Training Group on the eve of the A31 day of action for discussion of dirct action planning, street safety, de-escalation techniques & more. Location: 94 9th St. (btwn. Smith St. & 2nd Ave.) in Brooklyn. Take the F or G train to Smith & 9th St. or the M or R to 4th Ave. Contact: trainings-nornc@riseup.net or (206) 333-6448.
· 7:30pm Spokescouncil for August 31st Actions - Called by A31 Action Coalition at 94 9th Street (b/w Smith Street and 2nd Ave.) Red Hook, Brooklyn. No media/audio/video allowed. Come with your affinity group or organization. Read the A31 call here. "What is a Spokescouncil?"?
· 10pm - 1am Post-Convention Party for NY and NJ Delegations At Cipriani's, 89 E 42nd St between Park Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue. (212) 973-0999
· 11pm-2am Reception with the Republican National Finance Committee to honor top donors to the Republican Party. At Tavern on the Green, Central Park at West 67th Street. (212) 873-3200; fax (212) 580-4265. See here for details.
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Posted by Hannah at August 30, 2004 08:39 AM