All are invited to participate! This goes out to any and all who wish to participate, engage -- and DRIVE -- with the Occupy Caravan that is coming your way soon, headed for Independence Mall in Philadelphia for the biggest and certainly the most unique July 4 gathering this country has seen in a while. We will be making history and want everyone along for the ride! The trip leaves June 11 from three West Coast cities -- Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles -- and will take three principal routes, northern, central and southern, as it crosses the country over a 20-day stretch. Bringing in more than 100 U.S. cities, with 15 main hub cities and feed-in caravans entering from communities all over, the Occupy Caravan will reach Philly on June 30 in time for the five-day Occupy National Gathering. It is not unrealistic to think that a quarter of a million people could temporarily inhabit the birthplace of our Constitution during those days. Please check out www.occupycaravan.com to see the itinerary of cities/dates so you get a sense of when the Caravan will be reaching your area and where you can link up with it. The initial planning for this action was put forward by members of Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Los Angeles and Occupy Philadelphia, but it will be up to Occupies in towns and cities everywhere to make this happen as a media, entertainment and social engagement event in your area. Any and all ideas/proposals/suggestions are invited. Don't worry about logistics -- it involves bringing a tent, some gas money (with your own vehicle if possible) and lots and lots of spirit! What we're needing is people to organize and start to get the word out in your communities, start arranging an event for the Caravan's arrival -- and start preparing to drive off together in June to Occupy the City of Brotherly Love. Please get in touch, let us know you're on board for the trip and help spread the word. We're setting up point people across the country to handle questions/requests, facilitate with planning and assist in whatever way possible to make the trip a safe and successful adventure. If you would like to be a facilitator/point person helping organize the Caravan in your region, let us know -- we need you!! We'll soon be uploading an interactive map feature that allows us to connect people place by place, showing who's going, who needs rides, and enabling smaller caravans to link up en route anywhere. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Woody Guthrie, we declare: This Land is Our Land. From the Redwood Forest to the New York Island, everyone, together -- let's ride.
