Hacking Pantywaists To Unite At City Hall And Whine City Council Into Submission
Well, you all know how we feel about the proposed smoking ban, but for those of you without Fishtonian Iron Lung constitutions, we submit the following:
April 5, 2006: Kick Butts Day rally at City Hall
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Every year on Kick Butts Day, America’s youth stand up in the fight against tobacco use and draw attention to the 1,200 Americans who die every day from tobacco and secondhand smoke.†.
Yawn. The rest of it after the jump.
At 11:30 on Wednesday, April 5th, Philadelphia students (K-12) who participated in the April 4th banner competition will walk with their banners along Broad Street from the School District Building to City Hall to present the winner banner to the Mayor. Banners will represent creative expressions on the issue of tobacco use. The students will arrive at noon to kick-off the Kick Butts Day rally that is scheduled to take place at noon at Dilworth Plaza. This year, the rally will be focused on reducing youth tobacco use and achieving a smoke-free Philadelphia through passage of comprehensive legislation.†
We need to turn out a large crowd!†
EVENT TIMELINE:
ï 10:30-1
Health Fair: Health organizations will have tables set-up in the Dilworth Plaza area†
ï 11:30-12:10
††††††Students arrive at City Hall
†††††††Live music by local performers
†††††††Crowd†ï 12:10
Rally kick-off! Our MC, health educator and rap artist Sterlen “No Puff Daddy” Barr, will get things rolling (accompanied by youth dancers) and †will introduce the Mayor.†
*Mayor Street is invited to appear at app. 12:10 to accept the winning banner from students and to speak.†ï 12:20-12:30
Councilwoman Tasco and Councilman Nutter have both RSVP’d to speak†
ï 12:30-1:00
Philadelphians with various reasons for supporting a smoke-free Philly will each take the stage for a minute to tell their story (folks with health concerns, workers, youth, and others).†
Live music will close the rally by 1 o’clock.
Where they found non-smoking musicians, we have no idea. Utah?
