Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] Million Marijuana March
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:16:30 -0400
To:        <lpny_manhattan@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
 
 I will be there .

 I should have been more on top of this . Ron Moore and I got=
 over to
 Dana Beal's late last Saturday night and I must say he seemed=
 more
 respectful of the LP than in the past - which is what had=
 rather
 turned me off to his event . ( Preston Peet of=
 http://www.drugwar.com/
 seems to be pretty non-committal also . )

 The march starts at 1 pm at Houston & Broadway with the rally -=
 with
 the best music of any rally - at 2 pm in Battery Park .

 Do we have a banner we can carry ? 

 I'm glad to see Don Silberger is scheduled to speak . Dana=
 should
 realize Don should be center stage . We are the Only political
 movement that counts .


On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:43:52 00200 (CEST), Jim Lesczynski wrote:
>=A0Unfortunately, I just found out last night that my wife had=
 long ago
>=A0made plans for us to do something with her family next=
 Saturday, so I
>=A0will be unable to attend the Million Marijuana March. But the=
 good news
>=A0is that so far we have at least David, Joseph, Nic and Theron
>=A0volunteering to represent us at the march, so we should be in=
 good
>=A0shape, even in my absence.
>
>=A0Of those who volunteered, Theron expressed a particular=
 interest in
>=A0leafletting for our Senate candidate, Don Silberger, who will=
 be
>=A0speaking at the end of the march. I think that's a great idea=
 and will
>=A0be particularly appreciated by Don. Theron, would you like to=
 take a
>=A0crack at drafting a simple handout for the occasion, promoting=
 Don's
>=A0candidacy from a pro-legalization perspective? (Assuming Don=
 doesn't
>=A0already have something he wants us to use.)
>
>=A0Ron Moore currently has possession of our OPH booth, and he=
 will be out
>=A0of town most of this week, including next Saturday, so we=
 should
>=A0probably forget about that this time around, unless someone is
>=A0particularly compelled to make that happen and wants to make
>=A0arrangements with Ron to get it from his apartment.
>
>=A0Thanks for stepping up, guys, and deomonstrating activist=
 spirit and
>=A0leadership. I'll be with you at the next event.
>
>=A0Jim
>
>=A0On 26-Apr-2004 14:14:41 +0200, you wrote:
>=A0>=A0I can work the booth for an hour or two in the early=
 afternoon.
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0David
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0Jim Lesczynski <lesczynski@mailvault.com>=A0wrote:
>=A0>=A0Some information on this year's Million Marijuana March is=
 pasted
>=A0below.
>=A0>=A0We should consider if and how we want to participate,=
 including any
>=A0or
>=A0>=A0all of the following:
>=A0>=A0- Marching as a contingent in the parade
>=A0>=A0- Running an OPH booth at Battery Park near the speakers'=
 stage
>=A0>=A0- Leafletting for Silberger for Senate. (Note that Don is=
 scheduled
>=A0to
>=A0>=A0be one of the featured speakers.)
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0So, who is willing to roll up their sleeves for a few hours=
 of work
>=A0and
>=A0>=A0fun, and what would you prefer to work on?
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0Jim
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0----
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0The New York City Million Marijuana March, sponsored this=
 year by
>=A0>=A0Cannabis
>=A0>=A0Culture, Cures Not Wars, High Times, New York State Cannabis=
 Action
>=A0>=A0Network,
>=A0>=A0North East Musicians for Medical Marijuana and New York NORML=
 will
>=A0take
>=A0>=A0place on May 1, 2004 in New York City from 1-6 p.m. The day=92s=
 events
>=A0>=A0start
>=A0>=A0with an ibogaine pre- march rally around 11 a.m. on=
 Washington Place,
>=A0>=A0east
>=A0>=A0of Washington Square. The march will commence at 1 p.m. on=
 the corner
>=A0>=A0of
>=A0>=A0Houston Street &=A0Broadway. The colorful procession of=
 activists,
>=A0>=A0patients,
>=A0>=A0politicians and their supporters will march down Broadway=
 toward
>=A0>=A0Battery
>=A0>=A0Park, where notable speakers and musical entertainment will=
 occupy
>=A0two
>=A0>=A0stages.
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0This global event (with nearly 150 cities participating in=
 this
>=A0year=92s
>=A0>=A0event), started here in Manhattan by Yippie! Political=
 radicals in
>=A0the
>=A0>=A070=92s,
>=A0>=A0is focusing locally on:
>=A0>=A0-passage of A. 5796, Assemb. Dick Gottfried=92s bill to permit=
 the
>=A0>=A0medicinal
>=A0>=A0use of marijuana in New York
>=A0>=A0-repeal of the racist, costly and ineffective Rockefeller=
 drug laws
>=A0>=A0-legalizing hemp cultivation for food, fuel, fiber and paper
>=A0>=A0-adoption of the Dutch model for market separation of soft=
 and hard
>=A0>=A0drugs
>=A0>=A0-repeal of the Higher Education Act (HEA) drug provision=
 denying
>=A0>=A0federal
>=A0>=A0financial aid to students convicted of drug crimes
>=A0>=A0-FDA testing and approval of ibogaine, a rainforest derived=
 alkaloid
>=A0>=A0that
>=A0>=A0interrupts polydrug dependence, often in a single dose
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0Some speakers and personalities that are slated to appear=
 include
>=A0(more
>=A0>=A0TBA):
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0Dana Beal, Cures Not Wars activist, author &=A0Yippie! Speaker
>=A0>=A0Steve Bloom, Editor, High Times
>=A0>=A0Randy Credico, William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial=
 Justice
>=A0>=A0Robbie Robinson, Senior Activist- NY State CAN
>=A0>=A0Mikki Norris =93Shattered Lives=94
>=A0>=A0Chris Conrad, =93Hemp, Lifeline to the Future=94
>=A0>=A0Burton Aldrich, Medical marijuana patient
>=A0>=A0Don Silberger, New York Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate
>=A0>=A0New Jersey =93Weedman=94 (Ed Forchion)
>=A0>=A0Cliff Thornton - Efficacy
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0The musical headliner is still being kept under wraps,=
 however, four
>=A0>=A0pro-cannabis acts are expected to perform.
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0UPCOMING BENEFITS:
>=A0>=A0In addition, Cures Not Wars will host two benefits to help=
 fund the
>=A0>=A0march.
>=A0>=A0Please attend and help us spead the word!
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0April 20: The Flat, 16 First Avenue, between 1st &=A02nd=
 Streets. The
>=A0>=A0venue
>=A0>=A0has two floors (two different dj's). 8 PM-?.=
 Speakers/entertainment
>=A0>=A0TBA.
>=A0>=A0$5
>=A0>=A0donation.
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0April 24: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery @ Bleecker Street)=
 from
>=A06-8:30
>=A0>=A0pm.
>=A0>=A0The evening will feature pot-themed performances by popular=
 local
>=A0>=A0entertainers, headlined by the famed Penny Arcade. Donation=
 is $10.
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0For more info (especially if your group is interested in=
 endorsing
>=A0our
>=A0>=A0event
>=A0>=A0and/or marching as a contingent), contact:
>=A0>=A0Karen Tuominen or Dana Beal
>=A0>=A0Cures Not Wars
>=A0>=A0212-677-7180
>=A0>=A0mmm2004info@yahoo.com
>=A0>=A0www.cures-not-wars.org
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>=A0>
>=A0>=A0http://www.ManhattanLP.org/
>=A0>=A0Yahoo! Groups Links


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