STATE: AR CITY: Little Rock TIME: 12:00 p.m. LOCATION: Capitol Rotunda STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: ACO/ ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Neil Sealy, nsealy@arkansascomm.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: AR CITY: Fayeteville TIME: 6:00 p.m. LOCATION: OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology STREET ADDRESS: 274 N. Lee Ave., Fayetteville, Arkansas LEAD ORG: ACO/ ATF and OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Neil Sealy, nsealy@arkansascomm.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: https://www.facebook.com/events/333912520044501/ |
STATE: AR CITY: Little Rock TIME: 10:00 a.m. LOCATION: ACO Office-Little Rock STREET ADDRESS: 2101 S. Main Street LEAD ORG: ACO/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Neil Sealy, nsealy@arkansascomm.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Training on revenue/corporate tax loopholes and door knocking |
STATE: AR CITY: Pine Bluff TIME: 12:00 p.m. LOCATION: Post Office STREET ADDRESS: Federal Building on East 8th Street LEAD ORG: ACO/ ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Canis Collins, candiscollins@yahoo.com DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: AZ CITY: Phoenix TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Progressive Democrats of America CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Virginia Hauflaire DESCRIPTION/NOTES: We will pass out leaflets describing military spending (Volunteers welcome for one to two-hour shifts are welcome. Let us know in advance if possible.) |
STATE: CA CITY: Berkeley, El Cerrito, Oakland, Richmond, San Fransisco TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: U.S. Labor Against the War, Bay Area New Priorities Campaign CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Michael Eisenscher DESCRIPTION/NOTES: 90 minutes leafleting and displaying our banners and posters to trolley and subway commuters heading to work |
STATE: CA CITY: San Mateo TIME: 10am-4pm LOCATION: Downtown San Mateo Post Office STREET ADDRESS: 2nd and Ellsworth Avenues LEAD ORG: Peace Action of San Mateo County CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Ron Zucker DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Living Graveyard on Tax Day Covered with sheets to represent the dead of the wars of occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, people lie down on the city sidewalk in front of the Federal Building. Some read the names of the dead, some pass out informational leaflets, one sounds a gong after each name read. See flyer for more details. |
STATE: CA CITY: Oakland TIME: 12-1pm LOCATION: Oakland Federal Building STREET ADDRESS: 1301 Clay Street two blocks from 12th Street BART LEAD ORG: Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC/ CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Carolyn Scarr DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Leaflet distribution at BART (subway) stations around the Bay Area (last year we did about 20 stations, with various organizations adopting stations) |
STATE: CO CITY: Denver TIME: 12:00 p.m. LOCATION: Main Post Office STREET ADDRESS: Main Post Office 951 20th Street Denver LEAD ORG: CPC, Working America, Colorado Wins, CoPIRG, Colorado Fair Share, SEIU, JwJ CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Corrine Fowler, corrine@progressivecoalition.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Who Pays? event |
STATE: DC CITY: Washington TIME: 7-10pm LOCATION: Haydee's Restaurant STREET ADDRESS: 3102 Mt Pleasant St, NW, Washington, DC LEAD ORG: SOA Watch CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: http://www.facebook.com/events/194829400641130/ DESCRIPTION/NOTES: More information to come soon |
STATE: DC CITY: Washington TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: SOA Watch CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Benefit Concert to Shut Down the School of Assassins! This is a chance to meet with SOA Watch organizers from across the nation, and a chance to achieve a horizontal dialogue, a strategy of action, and strengthen our solidairty. You will also have a chance to talk, eat, drink, and dance, as we get ready for the following days, where we take it to the streets. |
STATE: DC CITY: Washington TIME: 3pm LOCATION: US Capitol STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: SOA Watch CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Meet with your Member of Congress! SOA Watch will have a roving presence on Capitol Hill! Check back on SOAW.org for more information. |
STATE: DE CITY: Newark TIME: 5:30-6:00 p.m. LOCATION: Newark Post Office STREET ADDRESS: 401 Ogletown Rd. Newark LEAD ORG: DE ADA/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: ezra@adaction.org, delawareada.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: WHO PAYS? Event |
STATE: FL CITY: St. Petersburg TIME: 2pm LOCATION: US Post Office STREET ADDRESS: 1201 Gandy Blvd North LEAD ORG: FCAN/USACTION CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Tim Heberlein DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: FL CITY: St Petersburg TIME: 10 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. LOCATION: U.S. Post Office STREET ADDRESS: U.S. Post Office at 1201 Gandy Boulevard North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 LEAD ORG: ATF/FL PICO CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Kevin King DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Strategy: Earned media action to highlight corporate tax dodgers versus what average Floridians and small business owners pay. Speakers will touch on that primary message, plus show/discuss corporate tax dodger baseball cards (for baseball season). Action/Visuals: Patriotic theme with crowd holding handmade signs announcing their taxes paid vs. various corporations from 10:00 to 10:45. Press event at 10:45. Hold signs again until 11:30. |
STATE: IA CITY: Waterloo TIME: 16:30:00 LOCATION: Post Office STREET ADDRESS: 300 Sycamore LEAD ORG: ADA, Working Families Win, ICAN CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Chris Schwartz DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Join Americans for Democratic Action, Working Families Win, and the Iowa Citizen Action Network as we talk directly to citizens waiting to pay their taxes about the many corporations who dodge their corporate taxes. |
STATE: IN CITY: Dunlap TIME: 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. LOCATION: Teamster's Hall STREET ADDRESS: Teamsters' Hall 23383 U.S. Rte. 33 Dunlap LEAD ORG: ATF/IN ADA CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Jeremy Bernstein, jeremy@adaction.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Tax Day forum discussing who is carrying the tax burden and the effects of devastating budget cuts. The forum will discuss the need for the wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share, including by closing corporate tax loopholes. Link to FB event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/534138849972124/?ref=ts&fref=ts |
STATE: MD CITY: Rockville TIME: 7-9pm LOCATION: Rockville Public Library STREET ADDRESS: 21 Maryland Ave, Rockville, MD 20850 LEAD ORG: Montgomery County NOW CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Jean Athey DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Continue lobbying, keep up the pressure! Join the anti-militarization contingent with SOA Watch activists for the Time is Now! Immigration Reform rally, organized by Casa de Maryland, SEIU and regional partners |
STATE: ME CITY: Lewiston TIME: 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: School? TBD STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: MPA/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Kevin Simowitz, Kevin@mainepeoplesalliance.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Partnering with CHN to hold a press event in the afternoon highlighting the harmful effect of the sequester, and the need to demand revenue from big corporations. Will be held atan after-school program whose funding is threatened by sequestration. Labeled: “You Can’t Dodge Forever”. There will be a dodgeball game, pitting kids against representations of big corporations (General Electric, Bank of America, etc.) who avoid their tax responsibility, and ME will use the PIRG report as backdrop for the need to raise revenue by closing loopholes. A spokesperson from the program will speak about ending sequestration with revenue, and possibly involve a parent as well. |
STATE: ME CITY: 20 cities TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Bruce K. Gagnon DESCRIPTION/NOTES: From 5 to 13 April, the Maine Alliance for the Common Good will be delivering door hangers to 10,000 homes in 20 communities across Maine.These door hangers call for cuts in military spending rather than more attacks on social progress. |
STATE: MI CITY: Grand Rapids TIME: 10 a.m. LOCATION: Post Office STREET ADDRESS: Federal Post office (Monroe Ave) LEAD ORG: MI Citizen Action/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Linda Teeter, Linda902@aol.com DESCRIPTION/NOTES: 4/15 three media events Grand Rapids, Flint and Oakland County media markets. Communication Workers of America, Michigan Education Association, Planned Parenthood, League of Conservation Voters, Michigan Citizen Action are the organizations confirmed to participate. Also, Democratic State House of Representative members will be attending the press events speaking about the issue of “Who Pays” and the impact on the State of Michigan if corporate tax loop holes are not closed. |
STATE: MI CITY: Lansing TIME: 2:15 p.m. LOCATION: Post Office STREET ADDRESS: Federal Post office Allegan Stree LEAD ORG: MI Citizen Action/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Linda Teeter, Linda902@aol.com DESCRIPTION/NOTES: see above |
STATE: MI CITY: Royal Oak TIME: 5:00 PM LOCATION: Royal Oak Post Office, STREET ADDRESS: 200 West Second LEAD ORG: Peace Action MI CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Rev. Rich Peacock DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: MO CITY: Columbia TIME: LOCATION: Post Office STREET ADDRESS: 511 E Walnut Columbia, MO 65101 LEAD ORG: MO GRO/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Robin Acree, robin@gromo.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: On April 15, we will do a “Bowling for Tax Dodgers” action outside our post office in Columbia Missouri. It’s a high traffic, old school downtown post office across from Police Department. Historically we’ve had luck getting press there on tax day, and it’s a great location to point out the need for more public investment – for example post office, police and first responders. We’re targeting our growing student base as well as core members for the action. And we will put each of the 10 baseball cards on bowling pins and have folks ‘take them down’ to point out how much these tax dodger are hurting our community and call the question of ‘Who Pays’ on Tax Day, us, or Wall Street Corporations. |
STATE: MT CITY: Missoula TIME: TBD LOCATION: 3:00 p.m. STREET ADDRESS: Betty’s Divine: Small business LEAD ORG: Betty’s Divine 521 S. Higgins Ave. Missoula, MT 59801 CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Tom Torma, tom@montanaorganizing.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Target the only three large-scale corporate tax dodgers that are highly visible in Montana – Wells Fargo, FedEx, and Verizon. |
STATE: NC CITY: Raleigh TIME: LOCATION: State Legislature, Lawn STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: NC Justice Center/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Allan Fryer, allan@ncjustice.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: we are co-producing an event with our local AFL-CIO focused on the “Fair Fight for Fair Taxation”—featuring luchadore wrestling match on the state legislature lawn between the powerful (and all her tax breaks) and the little guy. We will provide fact sheets on corporate tax avoidance using the Who Pays frame. The key message is that we need a fair tax system, instead of special breaks for corporations and the wealthy. We make available all the data to reporters we have from our corporate profile work. |
STATE: NY CITY: NYC TIME: 3pm-6pm LOCATION: Goldman Sachs Headquarters STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Occupy Wall Street/Flip the Debt CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Join Flip The Debt for a nationwide day of action on Tax Day April 15th at the headquarters of Goldman Sachs in NYC, which received millions in interest-free financing from the city on the condition they would create jobs. No surprise, Goldman didn't keep their word. If you are sick and tired of Wall Street banks and large companies raking in billions in corporate welfare while they pay no taxes, take action and join us. |
STATE: NY CITY: Brooklyn TIME: 11-1pm LOCATION: Fort Greene Park Farmers’ Market STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Fort Greene Peace CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Melissa DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: NY CITY: Brooklyn TIME: 7-9pm LOCATION: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church STREET ADDRESS: 85 South Oxford Street (at Lafayette Ave.) LEAD ORG: Fort Greene Peace CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: NY CITY: Long Island TIME: Varies LOCATION: Varies STREET ADDRESS: Varies LEAD ORG: Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Margaret Melkonian DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: NY CITY: Delmar TIME: 5-6pm LOCATION: Four Corners Delmar STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Upper Hudson Peace Action, www.peaceact.net CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: David Easter DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: NY CITY: Great Neck TIME: 7:30 AM - 9 AM LOCATION: Great Neck LIRR station STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Great Neck SANE/Peace Action: www.panys.org/GN/ Reach Out America: www.reachoutamerica.org CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Shirley Romaine DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Great Neck SANE/Peace Action will be handing out flyers about how your tax dollars are spent! Please join our annual event as we greet commuters on their way to work with our message: move-the-money from weapons toward funding our communities! |
STATE: NY CITY: Staten Island TIME: 6:00 am - 9:00 am LOCATION: Staten Island Ferry Terminal: St. George Terminal Staten Island STREET ADDRESS: 1 Bay Street, Staten Island, New York LEAD ORG: Peace Action Staten Island: www.peacesi.org CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Eileen Bardel DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: NY CITY: Rochester TIME: 12pm LOCATION: Federal Buidling STREET ADDRESS: 100 State Street LEAD ORG: ATF/CANY CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Mary Clark, cabing@citizenactionny.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Who Pays? event |
STATE: NY CITY: Binghamton TIME: 12pm LOCATION: Kennedy Park (across from Verizon) STREET ADDRESS: Henry Street LEAD ORG: ATF/CANY CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Mary Clark, cabing@citizenactionny.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Who Pays? event |
STATE: NY CITY: Manhattan TIME: 5:30 p.m. LOCATION: Post Office STREET ADDRESS: Outside the Main Post Office in Midtown Manhattan 8th Avenue across from Penn Station LEAD ORG: ATF/CANY CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Mary Clark, cabing@citizenactionny.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: “Who Pays?” Press Conference and “Corporate Dodge Ball” Game |
STATE: OH CITY: Cleveland TIME: TBD LOCATION: Cleveland Clinic STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Ohio Communities United/Common Good CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Katrina Gamble DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: OH CITY: Cleveland TIME: 4:30 - 6:00 PM LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: Carnegie Ave. between E. 9th and Ontario streets LEAD ORG: Cleveland Peace Action, http://www.peaceactioncleveland.org/ Veterans for Peace, Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee, Cleveland Jobs with Justice, Women Speak Out for Peace & Justice, No Cuts Coalition, Stop Targeting Ohio’s Poor , Black on Black Crime, Black on Black Crime, Inc.Oppressed People's Nation; Family Connection Center Imperial Women CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Nina McLellan DESCRIPTION/NOTES: On "Tax Day", April 15, 4:30 - 6:00 PM, a countywide coalition of justice and peace groups will demonstrate in downtown Cleveland for just and peaceful federal budget and tax policies. On Carnegie Ave. between East 9th and Ontario avenues we will display pre-made signs and banners calling on federal officials to Stop the Cuts! Protect Social Security! Grow "Family-Wage" Jobs! Tax the One Percent! and End U.S. Wars and Occupations! We will line both sides of the street facing rush hour traffic and organize small groups to cross at intersections for maximum effect. |
STATE: OR CITY: Eugene TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: WAND CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: mcampbell@wand.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: |
STATE: OR CITY: Portland TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: Oregon Action/US Action CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Ron Williams DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Focused on Pentagon cuts |
STATE: PA CITY: Philly TIME: 7:30-9am LOCATION: Under the overpass, STREET ADDRESS: SEPTA 69th Street Terminal, corner of Market and 69th Streets LEAD ORG: Main Line Peace Action CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Walter Ebmeyer DESCRIPTION/NOTES: 15 April, 7 to 9 pm: Montgomery County NOW presents “War and the Military Budget: Implications for Women.” |
STATE: RI CITY: Bristol TIME: Saturday, April 13th from 11 - noon LOCATION: In front of the Post Office on Hope St. in Bristol, RI STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: East Bay Citizens for Peace www.eastbaycitizens4peace.org CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: nanhood@cox.net DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Peace Action Staten Island will be handing out flyers about how your tax dollars are being spent and with the message: move the money from wars and weapons to fund our communities! |
STATE: VA CITY: Chesapeake TIME: 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: Rep. Forbes district office STREET ADDRESS: 505 Independence Pkwy, Chesapeake, VA LEAD ORG: Virginia Organizing/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Brian Johns, bjohns@virginia-organizing.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: We're delivering Monopoly Money (blown up with stories on the back) from Teachers who are potentially losing their jobs/funding for schools because Rep Forbes won't vote to get more revenue from corporate tax dodgers. |
STATE: VT CITY: Burlington TIME: 6:30 P.M. LOCATION: Unitarian Universalist STREET ADDRESS: Church and Main St LEAD ORG: CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Colleen Deignan DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Confused about the budget fight? What is the “sequester?” Will it affect me? And how there could not be enough money in the richest country in the world to provide needed services and jobs? Need some clarity? Looking for an explanation? Get some answers with Michael Zweig, an economics professor, labor organizer and activist; Mark Dunlea, Hunger Action Network and cultural presentation. |
STATE: VT CITY: Richmond TIME: 4-5 P.M. LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Guthrie Smith DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Activist Medea Benjamin speaking about drone warfare. Medea Benjamin is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Meet at the corner of Church and Main St., silent procession up Church St., in memory of the victims of drone attacks. Wear black, or black arm bands will be provided. |
STATE: VT CITY: Brattleboro TIME: LOCATION: STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Namaya (B4Peace Productions) DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Protest/Rally. Meet at the stoplight (intersection of Main and Jericho) from dressed in all black, holding signs and handing out flyers with information about drones to passers-by. |
STATE: WA CITY: Olympia TIME: 10:00 a.m. LOCATION: State Senator Hobbs' office STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: ATF/WACAN! CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Mariah McKay, mariah@washingtoncan.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: will deliver a letter demanding that he step down from his Fix the Debt Chairmanship and support the Governor’s plan to close outdated corporate tax loopholes |
STATE: WA CITY: Lake Stevens TIME: LOCATION: State Senator Hobbs' office STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: ATF/WACAN! CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Mariah McKay, mariah@washingtoncan.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: demonstrate at the district office of State Senator Steve Hobbs distribute door hangers in Senator Hobbs’s neighborhood that link him to serving the tax evading corporate sponsors of Fix the Debt. Senator Hobbs is a self-described member of the conservative Democrat “Roadkill Caucus” and the visual on the door hanger will be a cartoon of a road kill scene where an animal labeled ‘taxpayers’ has been run over by a vehicle with corporate target bumper stickers with Senator Hobbs in the drivers seat. |
STATE: WA CITY: Seattle TIME: LOCATION: Senator Cantwell's office STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: ATF/WACAN! CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Mariah McKay, mariah@washingtoncan.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: visit with Senator Cantwell’s staff and deliver a letter requesting a written response from the Senator on her position on reigning in corporate tax evasion and supporting revenue positive tax reform. Will also report on the Hobbs activitiy happening in other parts of the state. |
STATE: WV CITY: Charleston TIME: LOCATION: State Capitol Building, Governor's Conference Room STREET ADDRESS: LEAD ORG: WVCAG/ATF CONTACT NAME/EMAIL: Gary Zuckett, garyz@wvcag.org DESCRIPTION/NOTES: Join Flip The Debt for a nationwide day of action on Tax Day April 15th at the headquarters of Goldman Sachs in NYC, which received millions in interest-free financing from the city on the condition they would create jobs. No surprise, Goldman didn't keep their word. If you are sick and tired of Wall Street banks and large companies raking in billions in corporate welfare while they pay no taxes, take action and join us. |