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Occupy
Detroit
to hold
May Day
events
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Occupy
Detroit,
along
with
other
local
activist
groups,
will
hold May
Day (May
1.)
activities
beginning
with a 3
mile
march
organized
by a
coalition
of
organizations
(Occupy
Detroit,
One
Michigan,
Autoworker
Caravan,
Peace
Action
of
Michigan,
SE
Michigan
Jobs
with
Justice,
Detroit
Area
Peace
and
Justice
Network,
Moratorium
Now to
Stop
Foreclosures
and
Evictions,
and
Michigan
Emergency
Committee
against
War and
Injustice.)
Starting
time
will be
noon at
Clark
Park, in
Southwest
Detroit,
and
proceed
to
Maybury
School,
the
train
depot,
the
Federal
Building,
and Rosa
Parks
Transit
Center
to
gather
more
supporters.
The
march
will end
with a
rally at
Grand
Circus
Park
downtown,
where
the
group
will set
up camp
and
occupy
for the
night.
This
will be
the
first
time
Occupy
Detroit
has
occupied
a public
space
over
night
since
last
fall.
There
are also
big
events
planned
for the
next
day,
from
noon to
1pm.
Activist
Charity
Hicks
(of
Black
Food
Security
Network)
and Rev.
Edward
Pinkney
(of the
NAACP)
will
speak,
followed
by a
march to
the
Coleman
A. Young
Municipal
Center
to
oppose
the
“Consent
Agreement.”
The rest
of the
day will
include
a
variety
of
festivities,
including
music,
food,
art, and
trainings.
An OD
spokesman
states
they are
occupying
for many
reasons,
but two
messages
stand
out :
They
demand
economic
equality
and
demand
money
out of
politics! |
