Rally for Children's Health
by Craig Jennings, 9/27/2007
The Center for American Progress Action Fund and Service Employees International Union will be marching and rallying in Washington, DC on Monday for to protest the president's expected veto of funding for SCHIP.
From their email:
Service Employees International Union, our healthcare partner, will march to the White House and hold a rally in Lafayette Park on Monday, October 1 to protest President Bush's expected veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
We must say no to Bush's veto and yes to children's healthcare!
We invite you to join the march at 10:00 a.m. in McPherson Square at 14th St. and K St. NW in Washington, DC on Monday, October 1.
The march will proceed to the White House, where children from across the country will deliver red wagons carrying mail bags filled with petitions signed by more than 1 million Americans.
If you have a child who is interested in participating, please email michelle.forrester@seiu.org with your child's name and age so they can join all the other children participating in the event.
For more information, please contact Contact Khalid Pitts at 202-730-7874, khalid.pitts@seiu.org or Virginia Rodino at 202-465-0918, virginia.rodino@seiu.org at SEIU.
Thanks,
Alan and the Center for American Progress Action Fund advocacy team
