Hi all - sorry for the short notice, but for those that can make it on Sunday we can go over the ETF rally scheduled for 4-25-09...if people want we can get together sometime during the week as well.

Basically, here's the rundown:
1: Pre-event unofficial meetup at St. Stanislaus church (same place as before) at 11:30...walk/march through the Strip on the way to the Federal Reserve building.

2: Noon, protest in front of Fed. Downtown may be deserted or it may not be...it happened to be lightup night last time but who knows.

3: When we get bored standing around in an hour or so, we'll either march back up the Strip and / or split up and maybe flyer other parts of town (ie: southside, shadyside, oakland)...there are also several pedestrian overpasses (hot metal bridge, 376/blvd of allies, bigelow blvd) that we could stand with big signs/banners...a little like "Paint the Town Paul" sign blitzes (except we'll stand with the signs and take them with us).

I'm really looking forward to getting information out to the public!

I'd certainly welcome any ideas, etc.

Thanks!
-DaveP

Needs: signs, banner(s), lots of handouts (H.R. 1207, legislature trifolds, the ETF), someone to videotape

Today our government is enacting policies that are harmful to our country's prosperity: the stimulus package, the war on achievement and success, the printing of large amounts of money, and the massive amount of debt being accrued for our generation to pay off. In response, show your objections to what is happening to our country. Attend this Tea Party protesting the government's excessive intervention in the free market and confiscation of productive income.

The event's duration has been tightened to a little over an hour since many of the attendees are working people who will be squeezing it into their lunch hour.

Jim Quinn from the talk show "Quinn and Rose" will be our Emcee for the event!!

Speakers will appear in this order:
Nan Swift from FreedomWorks of D.C. will discuss their fight for lower taxes, less government and more freedom.
Paul Rohricht, state coordinator for the 9.12 Project, to discuss their mission and opportunities.
Constance Craven, educator, to discuss the forces of liberalism in universities and its impact on our youth.
Glen Meakem, new economy innovator and leader, host of the“Glen Meakem Radio Program”, managing director of Meakem Becker Venture Capital, co-founder of FreeMarkets, Inc. and veteran of the Gulf War, will be the keynote speaker

If you'd like, bring canned goods for the Northside Commons Ministries.

To get in the mood for the event, do your taxes and calculate the total percentage of your income that is going to federal, state, local and property taxes. Don't forget to double your fica and medicare tax if you are an employee as your employer pays that tax for you instead of giving it to you! The download section on www.PennsylvaniaTeaParty.com has an Excel spreadsheet to help you calculate this.

What better way to protest taxes or educate people about the Federal Reserve than on tax day? Tea Parties in Orlando and Cleveland have drawn over 4,000 people each. Show the world Pittsburgh is just as perturbed as these cities!

This event will not be canceled and will be held whether rain or shine or snow!

See this website for more detail

Lefty groups call for the breakup of large financial institutions and tighter regulation.

http://www.anewwayforward.org/demonstrations/

http://www.anewwayforward.org/demonstrations/rally-list.php?state=PA

http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-New-Way-Forward-National-Protests-April-11/56153402075

Please join us for the next Bioneers Monday, featuring Burgh Bees, a group of four local beekeepers who are teaching residents about the art of beekeeping. Check out the group in the Post Gazette: (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08206/899003-34.stm).

The Monday event will showcase an informational presentation by Dennis vonEnglesdorp, a expert in beekeeping. Other activities will include an introduction to the Three Rivers Bioneers, Q&A session with the beekeepers, light refreshments, and of course, some honey tasting!!

Join us at 6:30pm, Monday, March 30th, at the Schenley Park Visitors' Center for this month's event! And bring a friend or two!

For questions or to RSVP, contact Maureen at mocopeland@gmail.com or 412-334-2072.

Bioneers Mondays are an event of the Pittsburgh Urban Ecology Collaborative (UEC), and made possible by the Sprout Fund. The UEC is hosting a Beaming Bioneers Conference this October (16th-18th) in Pittsburgh, as part of a national network of people focusing on solutions for ecology, health, social justice, and spirit. For more information, visit http://bioneerstopittsburgh.blogspot.com/ and www.bioneers.org, and stay tuned!

Hi all - those that responded to the doodle poll indicated that Sunday @ 2-4 PM would work out the best to organize for the upcoming Tea Parties (including RTR/ETF's and Glenn Beck's 9-12/wesurroundthem project's).

My printer's are acting up, so if anybody has handouts/pamphlets/signs to be printed up get them to me ASAP so I can have enough.

Hope to see you all this weekend!

-DaveP