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Date(s) - 05/13/2017 - 05/25/2017
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For each day between Saturday May 13th and Thursday May 25th, please find below the: Date, ending location, and programming. Exact meetup points, march starting points, and break points for most of the days will be published closer to the actual day.

Saturday May 13th:

Marcher Registration begins at 9:30am at Thomas Paine Plaza (City Hall) in Philadelphia.
Kickoff Rally from 10am – 12pm.
Frances Moore Lappe, co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want.
Hugh Taft-Morales, Leader of the Ethical Society of Philadelphia.
Sharif Nassef, CAIR community leader.
Rev. Lisa Jester, Pastor Emmaus Road Lutheran Church of Levittown PA.
Asa Khalif, Black Lives Matter Movement Pennsylvania Chapter.
Michael Pollack, March on Harrisburg lead organizer.
John Randolph and Madeline Whitehall, March on Harrisburg legislative committee leadership.
State Senator Art Haywood.
(Republican Legislator TBD).
MC: Melissa Robbins.
Special Live Performance by Diamond Entertainment Co’s Legendary Carl Max as Whitney Houston.
We will begin marching at noon, ending the day at the Haverford Friends Meeting House in Haverford.

Sunday May 14th:

We will begin marching at 9am.
During our lunch break, we will do a letter writing workshop, writing letters to PA House leadership that we will deliver as part of our actions when we arrive in Harrisburg.
We will be ending the day at the Thomas Paine Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Collegeville.
In the evening, we will have a panel discussion about March on Harrisburg’s messaging, featuring Emmie Dicicco (media chair), Stephen Pierce (social media chair), Rachel Murphy (art chair), Matt Kresling (graphics chair), Mary Zeiser (development chair), Katie Pflaumer, and Michael Pollack.

Monday May 15th:

We will begin marching at 9am.
During our lunch break, Dr. Rabbi Deborah Waxman will speak about the intersection of faith and the public square. Rabbi Waxman is the President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
At some point in the afternoon, we will be joined by State Senator Daylin Leach.
We will end the day at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Pottstown.
In the evening, we will have a group discussion about spirituality and politics led by Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, the Director of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

Tuesday May 16th:

We will begin marching at 9am.
We will end the day at the First Unitarian Church of Berks County in Reading.
In the evening, we will have a panel discussion about our specific bills, compassionate lobbying, and conducting a legislative campaign, featuring John Randolph, Madeline Whitehall, and Michael Pollack.

Wednesday May 17th:

We will not be marching this day. From 10am – 12:30pm, we will be doing a nonviolent direct action training at the First Unitarian Church of Berks County in Reading. In the evening, we will be hosting a panel discussion called, The State of Our Republic: The Fight for Democracy in Pennsylvania and the United States. It will feature Adam Eichen, Zachary Roth, Carol Kuniholm, and Representative Greg Vitali.
Carol Kuniholm is the Co-founder of Fair Districts PA & is on the board of The League of Women Voters in Pennsylvania.
Zachary Roth is a former national reporter for MSNBC and the author of “The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy,” published by Crown in 2016. He writes about democracy issues at TheDailyDemocracy.org
Adam Eichen is the co-author of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want.

Thursday May 18th:

We will begin marching at 9am.
We will end the day in Womelsdorf.
In the evening, there will be a panel on our backend organizing structure, featuring Xelba (field coordinator), Sean (website architect), and Alex (chief of logistics).

Friday May 19th:

We will begin marching at 9am.
We will end the day in Lebanon.
There will be a Kabbalat Shabbat service led by fifth year Reconstructionist Rabbinical College student Marley Weiner.

Saturday May 20th:

We will begin marching at 9am.
We will end the day in Hershey.

Sunday May 21st:

We will begin marching at 9am.
We will end the day at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg in Harrisburg.
In the evening, starting at 6:30pm, we will be doing nonviolent direct action training. All who plan to risk arrest with us the next day must attend this training, or the training Monday morning.

Monday May 22nd:

For all our actions this week, those who do not want to risk arrest will be able to support and be kept safe from arrest.
For those risking arrest who were not trained Sunday evening, be at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg by 7am for a nonviolent direct action training.
At 8:20, we will meet at Sunshine Park for a brief moment of reflection, and then march to the State Capitol, arriving by 9am on the main steps leading into the rotunda.
After the actions, those who were not arrested will march back to Sunshine Park for lunch and activities.

Tuesday May 23rd:

For those risking arrest, be at the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg at 9am for a one hour training.
At 10am, we will meet at Sunshine Park for a brief moment of reflection, and then march to the State Capitol, arriving by 11am on the main steps leading into the rotunda.
After the actions, those who were not arrested will march back to Sunshine Park for lunch and activities.

Wednesday May 24th:

Thursday May 25th:

State Legislators generally leave Wednesday afternoon for their home districts, so Thursday May 25th will probably not feature nonviolent direct action, and will likely be a debriefing day. Depending on the status of our bills, this could change.

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