Posted 8 years ago on April 25, 2012, 5:40 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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Guess what's just a week away? May Day! Join an unprecedented coalition of workers, immigrants, and occupiers of all kinds to step, for one day, out of work, school, stores and homes and into the struggle against an inhuman system. See you in the streets!

Ready to help now? Occupy Wall Street's Direct Action working groups could use materials and funds to help make May Day 2012 a historic day of protest and celebration.

An action meeting will also take place Thursday April 26 at 6pm to discuss the week of action Beyond May 1st, and stay tuned for special edition May Day messages from us in the days ahead!

Occupy these Upcoming Events

Wednesday, April 25, 11am

ACT UP and OCCUPY! 25th Anniversary Action

City Hall (Broadway and Murray St)

ACT UP is calling for a small tax (0.05%) on Wall Street transactions and speculative trades in order to raise the money needed to end the global AIDS epidemic and provide universal healthcare in the US.



Wednesday, April 25, 12pm

The Exorcism of Student Loan Debt

Brooklyn College Quad, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn

Reverend Billy Talen, Rebel Diaz, and Occupy Wall Street's own Capoiera troupe will be performing while an ‘exorcism’ on student loan debt takes place on the steps of Boylan Hall.



Wednesday, April 25th, 4pm

1T Day National Day of Action Against Student Debt

Union Square

On April 25th the total amount of student loan debt in the U.S. is due to top 1 trillion dollars. This marks a momentous victory for Wall Street, and the Occupy Student Debt Campaign has organized a national day of protest in response. Join us as we march to Wall Street to help the banksters celebrate their achievement.



Wednesday, April 25th, 630pm

May Day Coordinating Spokes Council

Amalgamated Textile Workers, 33 W. 14th Street

The May Day logistical and outreach clusters meet in a spokescouncil format to report back on their efforts. Afterwards, we discuss the proposals brought forth in the spokescouncil in a discussion open to all.



Thursday, April 26, 1pm

Direct Action Trainings

Union Square on the north side, & Washington Square at the center fountain

Two introductory Direct Action: 101 trainings will be held concurrently in both Union Square and Washington Square, concluding with a practice march leaving from both locations and converging.



Thursday, April 26, 4pm

People’s Assembly: Speak Out on Wall Street

Federal Hall, Wall Street side steps

We began a literal occupation of Wall Street on April 9th, which the 1%’s police proxies have brazenly attempted to suppress. The People’s Assembly goes to the true source of the suppression, Wall Street, and aims to reclaim our right to peacefully assemble at the birthplace of the Bill of Rights.



Thursday, April 26, 6pm

Occupy the Panel for Educational Policy

Prospect Heights HS, 883 Classon Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how we can help build a movement of parents, teachers, and students to stop school closings and win democratic control of our schools. Stand in solidarity with the teachers, students, and parents of the 26 “turnaround schools.”



Thursday, April 26, 8pm

Occupy Your Mind - The American Spring

Choir Loft, Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square Park South

Join us for an evening of live performances based on interviews with the Occupy Movement featuring members of The Civilians Ensemble, members of the Judson Memorial Church community and members of the Arts Diaspora NYC.



Friday, April 27th, 2pm

Weekly Wall Street Marches: Final Spring Training Day!

Liberty Square

For six consecutive weeks, we’ve trained in street tactics, learned to creatively move and communicate together, built a community of trust, and rung the People's Gong as a call to action. Join us for the final Spring Training Day!



Saturday, April 28, 12pm

Occupy Town Square General Strike Special Edition

Bryant Park to Union Square

Join us first at 12pm in Bryant Park, where we will parade through mid- town to get word out about the General Strike. From 2pm onwards at Union Square we will prepare for the big day with many trainings, teach-ins and skill shares. The Town Square is a wonderful and empowering opportunity for new activists to prepare with those more experienced, before we in our thousands take to the streets together in protest.



Saturday, April 28, 2pm

Weekly Occupy Wall Street Orientations

The Gandhi statue in the southwest corner of Union Square

Learn more about how to get involved with Occupy. Can’t make it? Email Tascha and the rest of the crew at orientation@nycga.net for more information.



Saturday, April 28, 3pm

Speak out Against Police Violence

Bodega, 168th & Fulton Ave, Bronx NY

This Saturday Take Back the Bronx and the South Bronx community will be speaking out against the ongoing police harassment that has been recurring in the neighborhood where 19-year-old Jateik Reed was recently beaten. Join us for this open-mic / speakout.



Sunday, April 29, 530pm

Radical Economics 101

Union Square, Southside steps

Occupy University and the OWS Alternative Banking working group have sponsored a discussion with Suresh Naidu and Maliha Safri from the Center for Popular Economics who will answer questions about the economy, inequality in the US and around the world, and more.



Sunday, April 29, 7pm

May Day Action Spokescouncil

Middle Collegiate Church, 50 E 7th Street

Join us for the final coordination meeting between the various actions that our organizations, working groups, affinity groups, et cetera are planning. Please attend with your fellow organizers, or send a delegate!



Monday, April 30, 6pm

Direct Action Trainings

Organization of Staff Analysts, 220 E 23rd St. 7th Floor

Monday evening make up session! Missed the DA trainings last week? Get stoked with DA 101 the night before May Day!



Tuesday, May 1

A Day Without the 99%: May Day 2012



Click here for the full May Day schedule. Text “@maydayaction” to 23559 for day-of text updates on ongoing events.

8am: "pop-up occupation" at Bryant Park with free food, art, speak-outs, and legal support. Bryant Park will also be the hub for "99 Pickets," a series of protests targeting sites of corporate power throughout Midtown Manhattan.

2pm: OWS will march from Bryant Park to Union Square.

4pm: Rally with our allies in organized labor and the immigrant rights movement. The rally will include performances by artists including Dan Deacon, Tom Morello, and the New York Labor Chorus.

5:30pm: we will march with the coalition to Wall Street in a show of solidarity against the 1%.

If you would like to be added to the announcement and / or discussion listserv, or have any questions in general, please contact mayday@nycga.net.

This week’s featured Occu-Projects

Why I Strike Tumblr



The May Day general strike has clearly struck a chord with all of us, andhttp://whyistrike.tumblr.com/ helps us share why we are so passionte about removing our consent from the illegitimate economic and political institutions that run our lives.



Occupy Did What? Tumblr



There is so much going on every day in OWS that it’s sometimes difficult to keep track of our victories. http://occupydidwhat.tumblr.com/ is a powerful way to take stock in the concrete results that we have accomplished.

Learn More

The Occupy Wall Street Project List a monthly periodical that informs people about OWS projects and how to get involved.



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