S 26 International Day of Action!

Grid of Local Actions:


 
State
City
Contact
Organization
Phone
Email
Events
AZ
Tucson
Paula Arnquist
SAAEJ
520-623-9141
afcaz@azstarnet.com
Details not available
CA
San Francisco
Martha Hannan
IDEX
415-824-8384
martha@idex.org
Rally then march, while handbilling and serving eviction notices for violations of human rights and crimes against ecology
CA
Los Angeles
Michele Weber
WfP: Southwest
714-990-6603
wfpla@igc.org
Rally at Pershing Square and march to local Citibank offices to protest their support of World Bank Bonds
CA
Los Angeles
Leonne Henkey
Southern California Fair Trade Network
323-931-3669
CA
Sacramento
Arline and James Prigoff
Alliance for Democracy, Sacramento
916-925-8950
prigoffa@saclink.csus.edu
Details not available
CA
Bakersfield
Brian Mullan
661-863-3222
bpmullan@hotmail.com
Details not available
CO
Denver
Felicia Hilton
Colorado JwJ
303-806-0818
Details not available
CT
Hartford
Justin Molito
Connecticut Global Action Network
nitsu1999@aol.com
9/25: All-Day Teach-In on Workers’ and Human Rights in the Global Economy

9/26: 2pm Rally and March to United Technologies Corporation, to join SEIU rally and civil disobedience supporting UTC’s janitors’ right to organize

DC
Washington
Lewis Malizia
Teamsters
202-624-8700
lmalizia@teamster.org
9/25: Demonstration at DC School Board to highlight abuses of privatization of education in the District and to support IBT local in its fight for a fair contract
DC
Washington
Tracy Lingo
HERE Local 27
202-393-7939
9/26: Demonstration with HERE Local 27 to support right of Parking Lot Attendants to a fair contract and a living wage
DE
Wilmington
Sally Milbury-Steen
Witness for Peace
302-656-2721
Vigil and leafletting on s26 at Market Street Mall.
FL

FL

Miami

West Palm Beach

Monica Russo

David Nichols

South Florida JwJ

Global Justice Group of South Florida

305-623-3000

954-698-9176

Details not available

Details not available

GA
Atlanta
Charlie Flemming
Atlanta JwJ
404-525-3559
atllabor@bellsouth.net
Action with Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) Against Kroger, demanding that they honor the boycott against Mt. Olive Pickle Co.
IL
Chicago
Sarita Gupta
Chicago JwJ
312-787-5868, ext. 137
chicagojwj@hotmail.com
Action in financial district
IL
Hammond
Bessie Dent
Calumet Project/JwJ
219-845-5008
bdent@surfnetinc.com
Release report; go to Chicago action
IL
Urbana
Meadow Jones
217-384-7657
brun@prairienet.org
Details not available
IN
Bloomington
Josh Cazares
Bloomington JwJ
812-333-3433
josh@unitedway.monroe.in.us
Details not available
IN
Indianapolis
Ed Ramthun
Indianapolis JwJ
317-917-0723
eramthun@centralregion.afscme.org
Details not available
IN
Indianapolis
Stefanie Miller
Indiana Alliance for Democracy
317-872-3516
jackandstef@earthlink.net
Details not available
KY
Louisville
Dawn Jenkins
Lousville JwJ
502-582-3508, ext 124
dawnjenkins@aol.com
Action with USWA around a plant-closing in Providence, KY and the impact of globalization on KY
MA
Boston
Cassie Watters
Boston JwJ/Boston Global Action Network
617-524-8778
cassiefw@hotmail.com
Action against Pfizer, global biotechnology firm based in Cambridge that has exploited the devastating effect of AIDS in Africa to reap profit.
MA
Springfield
Jon Weissman
Western MA JwJ
413-737-0640
wmassjwjw@juno.com
Targeting Wal-Mart to highlight abuses of globalization.
MD
Baltimore
Chuck D'Adamo
Coalition Against Global Exploitation
410-243-2471
cdadamo@charm.net
9/21 Teach-In on Globalization

9/25 Action around Local Worker Struggle

MI
Ann Arbor
Gus Teschke
gust@umich.edu
MI
Detroit
Barbara Ingalls
Detroit JwJ
248-547-7729
bigrafx@home.com
Details not available
MO
St. Louis
Kevin Pranis
Prison Moratorium Project
646-486-6715
Action against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting from prison labor.
Montreal
Concordia
Kevin Pranis
Prison Moratorium Project
646-486-6715
Action against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting from prison labor.
NC
Raleigh
Gail Phares
WfP: Southeast
919-856-9468
Rally at Fayetteville Mall
NC
Asheville
Andy Summers
WfP, Warren Wilson College
828-298-3325, 828-298-5320
Details not available
NC
Durham
Theresa El-Amin
Durham JwJ
919-403-8229
otsnorth@aol.com
Student Nurses United..Action on Union Busting
NC
Chapel Hill
Dennis Markatos
SURGE, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment
919-914-0134
dmarkato@email.unc.edu
Details not available
NJ
Trenton
Jimmy Tarlau
Trenton JwJ
609-989-8100
tarlauj@aol.com
Teach-In on globalization and unemployment in Trenton.Rev. James Orange will be speaking.
NY
New York
Carol Pittman
New York JwJ
212-631-0886
newyorkjwj@mindspring.com
Action with HERE Local 100 at the Metropolitan Opera, highlighting barriers to health care access by Met’s employees, and connecting the issue of health care access to that of the poor in developing countries.
NY
Buffalo
Mary Ellen Heimburger
Buffalo JwJ/CEJ
716-894-2013
methcwa@prodigy.net
Carnival of Resistance, including street theater, music, tabling: culmination of two weeks of teach-ins at local colleges and high schools
NY
Albany
John Funiciello
Solidarity Comm. Of the Capital JwJ
518-869-2245
inunion@aol.com
Meeting to decide..call 8/17 for details
NY
Ithaca
Kelly Dietz
Ithaca Coalition for Global Justice
607-256-3219, 607-277-5863
cah25@cornell.edu, dwk10@cornell.edu
Details not available
NY
Binghampton
Kevin Pranis
Prison Moratorium Project
646-486-6715
kpranis@nomoreprisons.org
Action against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting from prison labor.
NY
Albany
Mark Schafer
Solidarity Comm. Of the Capital/Albany JwJ
518-463-5611
markalban@global2000.net
Tour of financial institutions in Albany, highlighting their involvement in IMF/WB lending.
OH
Oberlin
Kevin Pranis
Prison Moratorium Project
646-486-6715
Action against Sodexho’s involvement in the prison-industrial complex and profiting from prison labor.
OH
Toledo
Steve Steel
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
419-243-3456
info@floc.com
Rally outside Kroger National Headquarters to demand that they honor boycott of Mt Olive Pickle
OR
Portland
Margaret Butler
Portland JwJ
503-236-5573
jobswj@teleport.com
Rally celebrating Powell Book Store victory…
OR
Eugene
Sarah Jacobson
Eugene Springfield Solidarity Network
541-736-9041
essn@excite.com
Details not available
PA
Lancaster
Doug Burkholder
Witness for Peace
717-392-7023
Details not available
PA
Philadelphia
John Braxton/Jerry Cousins
Philadelphia JwJ
215-735-3615
phillyjwj@mindspring.com
Action with United Child Care Union (AFSCME) to support local child care workers’ right to organize.
RI
Providence
Matt Jerzyk
Rhode Island JwJ
401-454-4766
matthew@truthpower.org
9/14: Teach-In on Globalization at UFCW

9/26: Rally with HERE in downtown Providence to protest tax breaks and sweet deals for corporate development without guarantees for living wage and right to organize for Providence working people.

TN
Nashville
Gene TeSelle
Witness for Peace
615-297-2629
Details not available
TX
Dallas
Elaine or Gene Lantz
North Texas JwJ
214-264-7323
lelaine79@cs.com
Details not available
UT
Salt Lake City
Lorna Vogt
Salt Lake City JwJ
801-466-0955
info@upnet.org
Details not available
VA
Blacksburg
Clark Webb
Witness for Peace
540-552-4848
Demonstration In Roanoke, VA
VT
Jason Ford
Witness for Peace
802-863-1571
jason@nativeforest.org
Details not available
WA
Seattle
Rosalinda Aguirre
Washington State JwJ
206-441-4649
wsjwj@igc.apc.org
Starbucks leafletting and WRB hearing
WI
Milwaukee
Steve Watrous
Wisconsin Fair Trade Campaign
watrous@csd.uwm.edu
action at Kohl's supporting Nica. Workers' strike