December 1-The 50th Anniversary of the ROSA PARKS arrest
a National Day of Absence-No school-No work-No Shopping-
Join rallies and marches across the country against Poverty, Racism & War

BALTIMORE RALLY & MARCH
Thursday, Dec. 1, 12 Noon at City Hall, 100 Holiday Street
March to UNITE-HERE union hall at 7-9 Mulberry St. for a reception

PEOPLES DINNER & TRIBUTE
Thursday, Dec. 1, 6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
Union Baptist Church, 1219 Druid Hill Ave.
Rosa Parks spent a month organizing for justice in Baltimore at the Union Baptist Church in 1971

Speakers include: Rev. Vernon Dobson Sr. and other participants of this historical struggle
UNITE-HERE; SEIU-1199, Baltimore NAACP and many other student & community leaders

Bring the troops home now!
Justice for Katrina evacuees! Jobs at a living wage! No utility hikes & shutoffs!
No school closings! Healthcare, education & housing! End police & city jail abuse!

New Orleans and Iraq are reminders that the movement for justice and peace must never go to the back of the bus again. Call (410) 235-7040

Rosa Parks Nationwide Day of Absence is sponsored by more than 1,000 national and local organizations including: Troops Out Now Coalition; Million Worker March Movement; National Teamsters Black Caucus; Black Workers for Justice; Baltimore NAACP; Artists & Activists United for Peace; Harlem Tenants Union; Rev. Dr. Kwame O. Abayomi; All Peoples Congress; Rev. Daki Napata; Delegate Salima Marriott; Baltimore Green Party; NYC Council member Charles Barron; Chuck Turner, Boston City Council; Leslie Salgado, co-chair Howard County Friends of Latin America; Daren Muhammed, Radio Commentator "Final Analysis"; and many others...for a full list see www.troopsoutnow.org