Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26, join us at the March Against the For-Profit Health Insurance Industry” action taking place this Wednesday October 26 that is being organized by the Health Care for the 99% (a coalition that as of now includes Healthcare-Now, PNHP, National Physicians Alliance, Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign, CIR, Doctors Union-SEIU, National Nurses United, and others). It is the consensed "official" OWS/NYCGA direct action and march for that day.
3-4:00 PM: For those who can come that early, meet at Zuccotti Park, Broadway & Cedar.
4-5:00 PM: March to or meet at north end of ZPark, 1 Liberty Place, which is Wellpoint.
5-6:00 PM: March to or meet at 110 Fifth Avenue at 16 Street, which is WellCare.
6-7:00 PM: March to or meet at 7th Ave and 12 St, the closed St. Vincent's Hospital.
Details at our website and facebook page.
Of course we were part of the big march from Washington Square Park to Times Square last week; we health and healthcare activists in NYC have added our voices and presence to Occupy Wall Street.
And every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30 we are holding Teach-in/Speak-outs at Zuccotti Square. The presence of so many "White Coats" and Scrubs has been great for attracting respectful media attention, including, WPIX Channel 11 (story and video at link; no embed available, and CBS Radio (story and audio at link), and NY1:
Even our local Fox News:
Below are some my own amateur video clips, from the same People's Microphone Teach-in/Speak-out at Zuccotti Park this past Sunday (we meet at Broadway and Cedar, under the "big red thingy":
And some more panorama views of the rest of the scene at Zuccotti Park:
Peace & Health
