Logistical Info for Sunday's UFPJ Demo in NYC

IMPORTANT LOGISTICAL INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 29

*** BE SURE TO BRING A RADIO: Tune to WBAI 99.5FM, which will be broadcasting live
from the protest all day, for important updates and information. This will be the
single best way to stay informed about developments throughout the day. ***

Information Included in this Message:
1. Location, Route, and Schedule
2. What to Bring
3. Transportation & parking
4. What about Central Park?
5. Other RNC Protest Events

We are expecting a massive turnout for our "World Says No to the Bush Agenda" march
this Sunday, August 29. A poll released yesterday suggests that as many as 1 in 10
registered voters in New York may be joining us in the streets ... not to mention
the huge numbers of people coming from throughout the region and across the country.

To help the day go smoothly, please read through all of the logistical information
below. Forward this email to any and all appropriate email lists, and to anyone you
know who might be attending our protest.

Together, we will upstage the Republican Convention with a powerful message of peace
and justice, saying NO in one voice to the war, greed, hate, and lies at the core of
the Bush Administration's policies.


1. LOCATION, ROUTE, AND SCHEDULE

ASSEMBLE beginning at 10:00AM between 15th and 22nd Streets, stretching
from 5th to 9th Avenues (view map:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2503) It will be easiest to enter the
area from either 5th Avenue or 9th Avenue.

Please note: You will NOT be able to enter the assembly area from the north. If you
are coming from Penn Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, or any other place north
of 14th Street, take any subway line to 14th Street and join the assembly area from
there.

The MARCH will proceed up Seventh Avenue past Madison Square Garden. We will turn
right on 34th Street, follow it east to Fifth Avenue, march down Fifth Avenue to
23rd Street, then take Broadway down to Union Square, where the march will end.
THERE WILL BE NO RALLY.

We will have MOMENT OF SILENCE at 1:00PM in honor of all who have died
as a result of the Bush Administration's policies. Wherever you are, whatever you
are doing, we ask you to participate in this moment of silence.

Your cooperation in dispersing the march once we reach Union Square is critically
important. The area is far too small to accommodate even a fraction of the crowd we
expect, and we need your help in moving people out of the area quickly, so that the
march will not become stalled. We want to make sure everyone is able to march past
Madison Square Garden and people quickly leaving once we arrive at Union Square will
help make that possible.


2. WHAT TO BRING

***A RADIO: Tune to WBAI 99.5FM, which will be broadcasting live from the protest
all day, for important updates and information. This will be the single best way to
stay informed about developments throughout the day. ***

WATER AND SUN PROTECTION: Carry a bottle of water with you, and protect yourself
from the sun with sunscreen and a wide-brimmed hat.

SNACKS: Although there are shops near the assembly area and along the march route,
it can sometimes be difficult to find them and move in and out of the stream of
people.

BANNERS AND SIGNS: We will have thousands of posters available in the assembly area
to promote the key messages of the march, but we strongly encourage you to bring
your own signs and banners, identifying the community or constituency you represent
and/or expressing your reasons for opposing the Bush Agenda. After the march, we
encourage you to hang a sign in your window, especially if you live in New York
City, and keep it up for the duration of the Republican Convention. Note: NYPD
regulations prohibit the use of wooden or metal sticks to hold up signs; use
cardboard tubes instead.

DRUMS AND OTHER NOISEMAKERS: To help make this march a spirited, energizing, and
powerful event, bring drums, tambourines, and other noisemakers. Improvise - pots,
pans, and plastic tubs all make great percussion instruments.

LEGAL INFORMATION: Our August 29 protest is a peaceful, legal, permitted
march and we do not expect any problems, but in the interest of preparedness,
observers from the National Lawyers Guild NYC Chapter will be on hand. If you have
concerns or see an arrest, look for their volunteers in bright green hats, or call
their hotline at 212-679-6018. Visit our website at
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2544
for more detailed legal information, and to download a "Know Your Rights" brochure.

A CELL PHONE, if you have one, or QUARTERS FOR PAY PHONE CALLS. There
will be a huge crowd, and the logistics will be complex. Don't get lost from the
friends, family or group you want to protest with. Be sure that you have cell phone
numbers for others in your group so that you can reestablish communication if you
are separated. Program the National Lawyers Guild legal contact number into your
phone -- 212-679-6018 -- and call it if you see any arrests happen.

A BACKPACK OR TOTE BAG to carry everything in during the protest. Blanket searches
of bags at demonstrations are generally impermissible. However, during the
Convention the police may seek to do blanket searches in response to an actual or
alleged threat to public safety. You may want to keep this possibility in mind as
you pack.


3. TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING

If you are DRIVING to the protest, we strongly advise you to park at a transfer
point and use public mass transit to reach the assembly area; parking and traffic in
Manhattan will be challenging at best. Visit
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2540 for a list of parking locations,
and directions from them to the protest.

If you are taking AMTRAK to New York City, please be advised of a new policy in
place from August 28 to September 2, because of the Republican Convention: You MUST
reserve your ticket in advance. Visit http://www.amtrak.com for details.

Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org/buses for a list of BUSES you can take to the
protest, and for the link to the mobilization ride board, where you can find a ride
in a private vehicle.

Once you are in New York City, the best way to reach our assembly area, and to
disperse afterwards, is the NYC SUBWAY. For detailed subway directions to the
protest, visit
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2529

For additional transportation information, visit our website at
http://www.unitedforpeace.org


4. WHAT ABOUT CENTRAL PARK?

We all know that large numbers of people are planning to go to Central Park's Great
Lawn on Sunday, despite - or because of - the court's ruling that we may not hold a
rally there.

United for Peace and Justice emphatically supports the right of people to peacefully
assemble in Central Park.

We are committed to having a safe, legal protest march, that anyone and everyone can
attend - kids, seniors, immigrants, people with disabilities. We therefore are NOT
leading our march to Central Park, and we ask everyone who plans to participate in
our march to respect our desire for a safe and legal event, and not to organize
breakaway marches from it to the Park.

To those who wish both to march with us and to assert their right to assemble in
Central Park on Sunday, we ask that you follow our march to the end, disperse
peacefully at Union Square, and then make your own way to the Great Lawn.

(To reach the Great Lawn from Union Square, walk west along 14th Street. Catch the B
or D train at Sixth Avenue to 81st or 86th Street, and then walk east into the park.
Or, take the 4/5/6 from Union Square to 86th Street and walk west to, and then
into, the park.)


5. OTHER RNC PROTEST EVENTS

The array of events that have been planned to "welcome" the Republicans to New York
City is truly amazing. From the Imagine Festival of arts and culture to a day of
nonviolent direct action; from a peace march from Long Island to NYC to a Women
Against War concert at the Riverside Church; from the Still We Rise march and rally
to a Books Not Bombs youth convergence to a symbolic unemployment line -- there are
hundreds of events planned before, during and after the Republican National
Convention. They need your participation. For details, see
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2504. Other great websites
are http://www.counterconvention.org and http://www.rncnotwelcome.org

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AUGUST 29, THE WORLD SAYS NO TO THE BUSH AGENDA!
Massive Protest at the Republican National Convention, New York City
* Assemble at 10:00AM, Seventh Avenue @ 14th Street
* March steps off at noon
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August 29 demonstration:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/rnc
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