Wear Black - National Student Walkout slated for 1 pm on Monday, Oct. 1 -- in Pgh too!

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NATIONAL STUDENT WALKOUT
Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 1 PM Eastern Time

FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING: www.mxgm.org

www.myspace.com/SankofaEmpowerment

Artist/ Activist Mos Def along with M1, Talib Kweli, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Sankofa Community Empowerment, Change the Game, the National Hip Hop Political Convention, and student leaders from 50 campuses call for a National Student Walk-Out to rally and show support for the Jena 6, who are being denied their human rights by the Louisiana criminal justice system.

If you wish to sign up your organization as a supporting institution email Assata at assata@pitt.edu then email Shona at srclarke1@gmail.com or Amira at amira.09@gmail.com to get involved with the local coalition's NATIONAL STUDENT WALKOUT MOVEMENT

WEAR BLACK & WALKOUT/ASSEMBLE @ CENTRAL LOCATION ON YOUR CAMPUS @ 1PM EST

CMU & CHATHAM STUDENTS START MARCH DOWN FORBES...

JOIN PITT STUDENTS as THEY MARCH DOWN FIFTH AVE AND JOIN CARLOW STUDENTS as THEY MARCH DOWN FIFTH AVE JOIN DUQUESNE STUDENTS. WE ALL CONTINUE MARCH DOWN FIFTH AVE & JOIN POINT PARK & ROBERT MORRIS STUDENTS

END @ 436 GRANT ST & DELIVER DEMANDS TO DA's OFFICE IN FRONT OF COUNTY COURT BUILDING DURING RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE

1- WALKOUT & ASSEMBLE @ 1PM @ CENTRAL LOCATION ON EACH CAMPUS:
‡ CMU = "FENCE"
‡ PITT = WILLIAM PITT UNION
‡ CARLOW = TBA
‡ DUQ= TBA
‡ POINT PARK =
‡ ROBERT MORRIS =
‡ CCAC-NORTH= TBA

2. RALLY MARCH TIMELINE & ROUTE
1-1:15 CMU & CHATHAM Assembly Rally @ "The Fence"
1;15-1;30 The 2 Schools March down Forbes to PITT
1: 30-1:40 The 3 Schools March down FIFTH AVE to CARLOW
1;40-2;00 The 4 Schools March down FIFTH AVE to DUQ
2:00-2:15 The 5 Schools March down FITFH AVE TO THE DA"s

436 GRANT ST, COUNTY COURT BUILDING PGH PA 15218
TOTAL WALK = APPROX 2.5MILES

2:15-3:15 The 5 Schools Join POINT PARK/RMU/CCAC @ DA's HAVE LARGE RALLY/PRESS CONFERENCE/ DELIVER JUSTICE FOR JENA DEMANDS

END: STUDENTS WALK OR CATCH BUS W/ IDS BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES