Thursday, March 5, 2009

Peaceful Gathering - Friday

Here's some tentative info for what's going down tomorrow (Friday). It's tentative because anything can happen before then but we're confident that gathering tomorrow will still be powerful regardless of the circumstance.

WHAT: PEACEFUL Gathering in the White Slough
WHY: To support our homeless citizens who are being threatened by eviction and to push everyone in our city to take a serious look at how we can find real workable and sustainable solutions to homelessness in Vallejo. Our purpose is not to condone law breaking or blame the city/police but to bring attention to an issue we feel everyone needs to actively address together.
WHEN: Friday, March 6 @ 6AM SHARP
WHERE: Corner of Sereno Dr. and Sonoma Blvd. (in front of the chain link fence inbetween Carls Jr. and Smart & Final)
WARNING: We also want want folks to know that there is a chance that participants can get arrested or incur a fine. We highly doubt that but we want you to be prepared. Again this is a peaceful and compassionate gathering but if at any point you feel uncomfortable, you are free to leave at anytime and we'll completely understand. The point is not to be "rebels without a cause" but to demonstrate love, support, and solidarity. This could be a potentially powerful and profound message to send to our city, but it definitely won't be the only way that you can help or take part. There's much work to do after Friday.
INFO: Please park along the street or in the Mervyn's parking lot since they're out of business. Please do not park in the parking lots of active businesses. Please dress warmly and you may want to bring some snacks for yourself or to share. Some of us are willing stay for a significant amount of time but you are free to come and go as you please. Please be flexible too since we won't know some aspects until we're there.
CONTACT: Email
ServeOurVallejoHomeless@gmail.com

Please don't blast all this info out to everyone because we don't want it to fall into the wrong hands. But you can definitely share this with people you know that are seriously interested in coming. We still need A LOT more people to verbally COMMITT to coming tomorrow. So if you talk to folks, try and ask them for a firm committment and even to commit to bringing a minimum number of people with them. Even if folks can only come for a couple hours it would be beneficial. Email so we can add to the head count.

Thanks and Godspeed!

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