TennCare: Southern Christian Leadership Council Joins Protest Monday!

See Sharon Cobb for details about the vigil tonight and tomorrow night and every night the protesters are locked inside the Capitol.

Members of the SCLC (the organization founded by Martin Luther King, Jr.) will join protesters at the Capitol Monday. They, along with the President of the national organization will spend the night locked inside the Capitol in hopes that Governor Bredesen will finally begin to understand that this protest is deadly serious. There is one way to end it and only one way.

Listen to the people, Governor!

From the Nashville Peace & Justice Center:

Rally at the Capitol Monday with the National President of the Southern Christian Leadership Council:

THIS MONDAY, JUNE 27TH
NOON AT THE CAPITOL
National President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,
Dr. Steele, and Memphis President, Dr. Montgomery
Join the TennCare Sit-In

IN THE ROTUNDA OUTSIDE OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCEà LEGISLATIVE PLAZA AT 6TH & UNION STAIRS at 7TH & UNION ENTRANCE TO THE WEST SIDE
PARKING: LIBRARY (6 & CHURCH)

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN TO WELCOME DR. STEELE AND others from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as they join TennCare Enrollees and friends in the Capitol. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO SPENDING THE NIGHT AS PART OF A CALL TO THE GOVERNOR TO STOP THE CUTS AND YOU CAN STAY TOO…

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, http://sclcnational.org/content/sclc/splash.htm, was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King as part of the Civil Rights Movement and SCLC continues to lead in the struggle for justice. SCLC Memphis Chapter has lead the local movement in to stop the TennCare cuts and now their national organization joins us at the capitol in this struggle.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY THE EVENING:
AGREEMENT TO STAY THE EVENING:
6 PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE
1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people
2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding
3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people
4. Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform
5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate
6. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice

____ SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY ACTION, AND NEW TO THE GROUP, I WILL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE DESIGNATED GROUP LEADERS.

____ I WILL NOT YELL AT ANYONE OR PHYSICALLY THREATEN ANYONE MAY THEY BE SECURITY, GOVERNOR’S STAFF, POLITICAL OFFICIALS, OR MEMBERS OF THE GROUP.

____ IF I PUT MYSELF AT RISK, THE GROUP WILL DO WHAT IT IS ABLE TO HELP BUT I AM SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN WELL BEING AND ACTIONS.