[Nyclocal] Fwd: [coalitionagainstprivatization] Report-Back - June 7th

[dmcreynolds at nyc.rr.com]

Good report. Still sorry I overslept Sunday - glad you had a chance to meet
Eric Schuster (and he had a chance to meet our people).

David
---- William Wharton <wawharton at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
> --- noprivatization <noprivatization at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > To: coalitionagainstprivatization at yahoogroups.com
> > From: "noprivatization" <noprivatization at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:22:43 -0000
> > Subject: [coalitionagainstprivatization] Report-Back
> > - June 7th
> > 
> > Friends,
> > 
> > Last Saturday CAP held a day of outreach in support
> > of the June 19th
> > "National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance
> > Companies." 
> > Activists spread out throughout the boroughs and
> > brought the message
> > of single-payer healthcare and no privatization of
> > GHI/HIP to
> > different communities.  Despite the 90 degree heat,
> > we managed to
> > distribute more than 1,200 flyers and collected 70
> > new contacts on our
> > sign-up sheets.  In the process, we met with transit
> > workers, nurses
> > and even folks from other countries who described
> > the benefits of
> > national insurance.
> > 
> > Here are some brief report-backs:
> > - The Bed-Stuy table was up from 10:30 am until
> > 12:00 pm
> > The Bedford-Stuyvesant outreach was overall very
> > successful.  We
> > handed out many fliers, talked to people and made
> > some valuable
> > contacts.  The response from the vast majority of
> > people was very
> > positive.  We were able to reach transit workers and
> > nurses who all
> > expressed support in regards to our campaigns to
> > stop the GHI/HIP
> > privatization and to push for national health care. 
> > We were also able
> > to make contact with a writer from Time Out New York
> > who is interested
> > in our campaigns and promised to forward any future
> > press releases to
> > the right people.      
> > - One person from the Bed-Stuy split-off and did a
> > leafletting of
> > Ditmars Park in Brooklyn.
> > - The Coney Island table was up from about 10:30
> > until 12 - Masses of
> > people streamed by and the CAP activist in charge
> > recommended
> > targeting the area in the future
> > - The Harlem table was up from 1:00p until 4:30p -
> > Eight people showed
> > up to help to help at various moments.  We split off
> > into groups to
> > cover both sides of the street.  The spirit of the
> > leafleting was
> > upbeat and we received many positive responses.  We
> > met with an
> > organizer in the Carpenter's Union who wishes to
> > endorse the rally on
> > the 19th.  People on the street seemed genuinely
> > interested.
> > - The Sunset Park table was a bust so activists
> > headed over to
> > Tompkins Square Park and handed out many leaflets
> > - The Union Square tabling was tough since the
> > restaurant construction
> > in the back of the park forced everyone into a now
> > chaotic front
> > section of the park.
> > 
> > All in all it was a good day and I am happy to say
> > that there were no
> > fatalities on our part from heat-stroke!
> > 
> > This afternoon I opened my mailbox and found a
> > letter from a retired
> > NYC school teacher.  He now lives in NJ and cannot
> > make it out to
> > demos because of a disability.  He sent a check for
> > $25 for CAP to use
> > to continue the struggle against the privatization
> > of GHI/HIP.  I hope
> > we can use this type of solidarity as inspiration to
> > keep our movement
> > going!
> > 
> > Peace,
> > Billy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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