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Join Occupy Congress for the Largest Occupy Protest on January 17th

Event Details

Date & Time of Event

January 17, 2012

Begins 9AM

Location of Event

United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC 20016

(West Front)

Transportation

Ride Buzz – Ride sharing finder

Mega Bus – Low cost travel service that has a stop in DC. Currently giving away 200,000 free trips with a coupon code.

Occupy Bus – Grassroots bus sharing effort

Road2Congress – Greyhound bus group traveling from the west coast through the southern states. Check their schedule and see if they are coming through your town.

Details by region

For people who live in the immediate Philly to D.C. corridor (Philly, Wilmington, Baltimore, or nearby towns): If you’re in need of a FREE ride-share with other protestors to D.C. OR if you can offer a FREE ride-share to D.C. please do the following: First, list yourself on our Ride Buzz page. Second, if you have not gotten any response by January 15th, please send an e-mail with your town/city name to OccupyCongressJ17@gmail.com and we may be able to pick you up. Otherwise, please come by bus which is extremely cheap.

For people who live in NY/NJ and NEW ENGLAND: The best way to get to DC is by bus, which is very cheap. We have confirmation of many, many people coming from NYC and Boston. If you live in or near Hartford, CT, they are trying to plan a solidarity event at the state capitol. The same may happen in Providence, RI, too. If you live in the New Haven, CT area, there are only a limited number of seats left on the Occupy Bus, so reserve now.

For people who live on the WEST COAST: There are groups of protestors coming to DC via bus. If you live in the L.A. or San Diego region, there’s a large group going on the Road2Congress.com. There are also plans in L.A. for a solidarity event at Congressman Becerra’s Office, and in Oakland at the City Council. Oregon is also planning solidarity events. Most people from the Pacific Northwest who are coming to DC are coming by flight.

For people who live in the SOUTHEAST and SOUTH-CENTRAL: In most cases, the best way to get to DC is by bus. We have multiple groups coming to D.C. from all different parts of Florida, including Miami. Get in touch with your local occupation to see if they have people going. For those who live in Tennessee, there is a planned protest at the state capitol. For those who live in Texas, there may be a solidarity action in Austin. For those who live in New Mexico, there will be a protest in Albuquerque. For those living in NC, SC, GA and VA, many people from here are busing to D.C.

For people who live in the PLAINS or MIDWEST: We encourage you to bus in. We are trying to organize solidarity events with Occupy Caucuses in Des Moines, Iowa and events in Chicago, IL, and Pierre, SD. Madison, WI may also have a solidarity event, too.

For CANADIANS and EUROPEANS: In Canada, we have buses available from Montreal, Quebec. There are solidarity protests happening at the Canadian Parliament on the days preceding #J17. In Europe, we have plans for a solidarity event in Oslo, Norway on #J17, and a major sister event in Spain shortly after #J17. Solidarity protests in London, likely, too.

For ANYONE not mentioned above: Please act in solidarity wherever you are. We have gotten solidarity support from Tahrir Square in Egypt, and from across the world. If you want to come to D.C. but can’t afford to, you can set up a We Pay account and we will Tweet out for supporters to help fund you.

Lodging Info

Tents

Can be set up at McPherson Square. If there’s not enough room for everyone, we will try setting tents up in a nearby over-flow park.

Churches

Churches may be able to help with some lodging. We are still planning this out.

Couch Surfing

Try various couch surfing websites to find people in the D.C. area who are willing to host for free or be a host yourself.

CouchSurfing.org

Couch Surfing on Twitter

Hostels

Hostelling International: Co-ed dorm room beds are $29/night for members.

Additional Information

Media/Press: The U.S. Capitol has special rules for commercial media and press. Please review the guidelines here: http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/special_events.php. For Press inquiries, please e-mail Media@OccupyYourCongress.info.

Medical: Medics will attend the event to ensure the health and safety of everyone. If you would like to get involved with the Medic team, please e-mail Medical@OccupyYourCongress.info.

Legal: Legal observers and lawyers will also be present at the event. If you would like to get involved with the Legal team, please e-mail Legal@OccupyYourCongress.info.

Rest Areas: There will be Porta Potties on site.

You can visit the official Occupy Congress site for more information at: occupyyourcongress.info

Please Reblog and post on any social networking site, spread the info far and wide.

If I could find someone to go with, I would totally bus it to dc. As a small, meek, easily over-powered woman, I can’t go alone, though. :/ I’d die of fear before anything could actually go wrong. So, this is just a signal boost. I’ll be there in spirit, and scouring the news during this so I can signal boost the fuck out of it.

114 notes | Reblog | 4 months ago

Posted on January 5th at 9:22 PM
Reblogged from: ahorashiikagome
Originally posted by: occupyallstreets