Press Conference of Philadelphia Delegation to the Biggest Climate March in History At noon on Tuesday (Sept 16) there will be a press conference at the north side of City Hall about the Philadelphia presence — probably 3,000 people -- at the Climate March in NYC next Sunday. Speakers will come from labor, the environmental movement, & Mayor Nutter’s office. And I’ve been invited to speak on behalf of the Philadelphia communities of faith & spirit -- Interfaith Power & Light of Philadelphia, as well as The Shalom Center. Mishkan Shalom’s Bus #2 still has some seats available. If you are interested, please click to brownpapertickets/event/868198. The following review of Philadelphia involvement is from Jonathan Lipman, coordinator for 350 Philly. Shalom, salaam, paz, peace Arthur FACTS / NUMBERS about the Climate March • The Philadelphia area alone has organized over 50 bus loads. That represents more than 2,500 people. With other buses coming online and plenty of people taking the train or public buses, we expect it will be more than 3,000 in total. ◦ Hundreds of thousands are expected in New York City. ◦ It’s a massive decentralized effort so exact numbers can’t be known. • More than 50 organizations in Philadelphia are participating. It includes: ◦ labor ◦ faith ◦ social justice ◦ environmental ◦ business ◦ student ◦ professional ◦ community ◦ Nationwide, over 1,000 organizations nationwide are participating. • The March steps off at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday the 21st, from Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan and passes by Times Square before ending on 34th Street. (Where the Miracles happen!) • The March is Sept. 21 because world leaders, including President Obama, are meeting at the UN later that week to discuss next steps on climate change. We are marching to tell them that we demand real action on climate and we demand it now. • The March will be led by some of the groups hardest hit by global warming: Native Americans and other indigenous peoples, people still suffering from Hurricane Sandy, farmworkers, and other communities in the path of the oncoming storm. ◦ After that, you’ll see dozens of different communities marching together - unions and families and green businesses and veterans and scientists and LGBT groups and communities of faith & spirit.. ◦ We will make sure Philadelphia’s voice is heard. Full TPs from the national cmte: https://docs.google/document/d/1GUu3bqh54Y5wqlDVQlMyWl3k7TC-Zf_LIC7eETRdXXw/edit One pager: rht7i1f3vjk8j0cx49s7yavh.wpengine.netdna-cdn/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/New-March-and-Summit-Guide.pdf Press Conference of Philadelphia Delegation to the Biggest Climate March in History Now more than 2,500 people from Philadelphia expected to attend the People’s Climate March! Members of Philadelphia labor, faith, social justice, environmental, and community groups will discuss why they are traveling to NYC Katherine Gajewski, Director of Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, will join Press Conference With numbers of likely attendees at the People’s Climate March surging, on Tuesday, Sept. 16th at noon, representatives of the more than 50 Philadelphia-area organizations that are participating in the march will hold a press conference at the North Plaza of City Hall in Center City Philadelphia. More than 2,500 people from across Philadelphia are expected to head to the march later this month, with organizations adding extra buses in the final days to meet demand. Hear from representatives of the labor, social justice, faith and environmental movements about why they are going to the march and why they are fighting for climate justice. Katherine Gajewski, Director of Mayor Nutter’s Office of Sustainability, will join the press conference to speak about why Mayor Nutter issued an an official endorsement of the march. Members will also engage in a brief public action at the plaza and in the surrounding streets to demonstrate the coalition’s solidarity. WHO: Representatives from over 50 Philadelphia area organizations who are participating in the People’s Climate March. Full list of participating organizations is below. The tentative line up of speakers, subject to change is: Jonathan Lipman / Aarati Kasturirangan, 350 Philly Jim Wylie, Sierra Club Member of Action United TBA Katherine Gajewski, Director of Mayor Nutter’s Office of Sustainability John Braxton, AFT 2026, AFL-CIO Brooks Mountcastle, Clean Water Action Joanne Graham, Eastwick Friends & Neighbors Coalition Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center & Interfaith Power & Light of Philadelphia WHAT: Press conference and public action to demonstrate support for the People’s Climate March WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 12 noon WHERE: North plaza, City Hall, Philadelphia The People’s Climate March will be the largest climate mobilization in history, bringing together hundreds of thousands of people on Sept. 21 in New York City. It will take place just before a landmark United Nations climate summit and will deliver an uncomplicated message: all of us demand responsible action from our leaders on climate change, because all of us are affected. Local groups from the Philadelphia area have been organizing for weeks and will send buses from nine different locations across the area to join marchers from throughout the United States. For more on the march go to peoplesclimate.org The participating organizations in the Philadelphia area include: 350 Philly Action United Brandywine Peace Community BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action Calvary United Methodist Church Caucus of Working Educators Central Baptist Church of Wayne Citizens Climate Lobby, Philadelphia chapter Clean Water Action Climate Reality Coalition of Labor Union Women, Philadelphia Chapter Congregation Beth Israel in Media Congregation Kol Ami (in Elkins Park) Council on American-Islamic Relations-Philadelphia Chapter Delaware Riverkeeper Drexel Sierra Student Coalition Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) Eastwick Friends & Neighbors Coalition Energy Co-Op Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia, AFT 2026 Food and Water Watch, Philadelphia Chapter Germantown Jewish Centre Green Party of Philadelphia Habonim Dror North America Hazon Philadelphia Kol Tzedek West Philadelphia Synagogue Mishkan Shalom Moms Clean Air Force Neighborhood Networks Northeast Philly for Peace and Justice PASNAP (Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals) Penn Environmental Group (UPenn) PennFuture Pennsylvania Federation, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees (Teamsters) Philadelphia Interfaith Power & Light Philadelphia Jobs with Justice Philadelphia MoveOn Council Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends Ecojustice Working Group Physicians for Social Responsibility, Philadelphia Chapter P’nai Or Jewish Renewal Congregation of Philadelphia Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Repair the World Philadelphia Shalom Center Sierra Club (South Jersey) Sierra Club (Southeastern Pennsylvania Group) Solar States Students for Environmental Action (Temple University) Sustainable Business Network Sustainable Cherry Hill Tabernacle United Church Transition Cheltenham Transition Town Media Tribe 12 Unitarian Universalist Pennsylvania Legislative Advocacy Network West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship For more information, please contact Jen Hombach with 350 Philly at 350philadelphia@gmail
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:46:47 +0000
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