[Everyone] You're Invited! April 4 National Day of Action for Public, Transportation

[OB Everyone]

*National Day of Action for Public Transportation *
*April 4th at the State House*
*1 pm to 11:30 pm*
	Occupy Boston

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As many of you know, the MBTA Board has come out out with its final 
proposal to address this year's budget crisis -- a 23% fare hike across 
the board, plus targeted service cuts to bus lines across the region.   
  In response to 31 public meetings and over 2000 public comments, we 
continue to be without a comprehensive proposal to fund transit in the 
state of Massachusetts, with the full expectation of having this fight 
again in a year's time.

On Wednesday, April 4, Occupy Boston will join allies across the city, 
state, and country for a day of action around public transportation.   
The recent uproar over MBTA cuts and hikes one of many fights over 
public transportation happening across the country. Occupations from 
Portland to Pittsburgh have come on board, and the Amalgamated Transit 
Union, the largest labor organization representing transit workers in 
the US and Canada, has pledged its support for the April 4 National Day 
of Action for Public Transportation 
(http://occupymbta.org/2012/03/20/transit-union-endorses-april-4-national-day-of-action-for-public-transportation/)

Here is a quick schedule for the day -- we hope you'll join us!

_1 p.m. - MassDOT Board Meeting (Transportation Building, 10 Park 
Plaza)_:   After 31 public hearings and hearing the testimony of 
thousands of MBTA riders, the MBTA board's final proposal -- a 23% fare 
hike, plus cuts to bus lines  - is an unacceptable attempt to balance 
borrowed debt on the backs of seniors, students, and the unemployed.   
Join allies and organizations from across Boston in saying "No!" to the 
most recent round of cuts and hikes.

_3-5 p.m. - People's Assembly at the State House_ -- Following that 
meeting, join us at the State House for a people's hearing on the future 
of public transit!   Tell Deval Patrick and Speaker De Leo that we need 
a long-term funding solution for transit in Massachusetts.    We'll take 
our demands to the halls of the State House, where the legislature has 
steadfastly refused to intervene in coming up with a state-wide transit 
solution that benefits ALL of the 99 percent.

_5-8 p.m. - Rally in Support of Public Transportation_ --   An evening 
of teach-ins, speak-outs, music, food, and celebration on the State 
House steps.   What's next for the T?   What happened to get us into 
this mess?   Join us for an evening of public celebration to demand a 
comprehensive transit plan for the 99 percent!

_8-11:30 p.m. - Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr._   April 4th is 
the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s groundbreaking speech 
"Beyond Vietnam:  Breaking the Silence"  in which he explained his 
understanding that "America would never invest the necessary funds or 
energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like 
Vietnam continue to draw men and skills and money like some demonic 
destructive suction tube."   Exactly one year after this speech, as he 
built momentum for a general strike, Dr. King was assassinated on April 
4, 1968.    We will end by observing this day and remembering a great 
visionary by continuing his fight for economic inequality and an end to 
war.
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