[dc-zaps] Come to a Mass Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 23

Come to a Mass Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 23

Please join tens of thousands of activists in the nation's capital this 
weekend for a rally and other events marking the 40th anniversary of the 
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the 
Lincoln Memorial.

The weekend activities are listed below:

Friday, Aug. 22:
4 pm: Dedication of Inscription on Steps of Lincoln Memorial with Coretta 
Scott King and Martin Luther King III
7:30 pm: Prayer Vigil at Lincoln Memorial
9 pm: Spoken Word on Washington (open mic poetry) at Lincoln Memorial

Saturday, Aug. 23:
10 am: Welcome and Opening Plenary at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
10:30 am: Session 1 - Workshop Teach-In
12:30 pm: Session 2 - Workshop Teach-In
2 pm: Closing Plenary
3 pm: Mass Rally at Lincoln Memorial, with speeches by Martin Luther King 
III, NOW President Kim Gandy and other civil rights leaders

These events, co-sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 
the NAACP, the National Organization for Women (NOW), the National Gay and 
Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and many other organizations, will create a 
forum to protest the Bush administration's attacks on women's rights, civil 
liberties and affirmative action and kick off a campaign to register 
millions of voters before the 2004 elections.

NOW activists will gather at 17th and Constitution, the northwest corner of 
the Washington Monument, starting at 9:30 a.m.

Also, activists from the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign--a 
national effort led by poor and homeless women, men and children of all 
races to raise the issue of poverty as a human rights violation--have been 
marching in a caravan covering more than 800 miles, with Washington as the 
final destination on Aug. 23. You can join them at 10 a.m. at the Iwo Jima 
Memorial in Arlington Cemetery and march with them across the Key Bridge to 
the Lincoln Memorial.

Please help us spread the word about the rally and other events! At 
<http://www.now.org/issues/diverse/080803rally.html> you'll find a flyer 
(in PDF format) that you can download. Please print it, distribute it to 
your friends and colleagues, and post it where others will see it: your 
workplace, local bookstore or library, gym, laundromat, grocery store, etc.

For more information about the rally:
http://www.marchonwashington.org

For more information about the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign:
http://www.kwru.org