Rally to Save Youth Jobs -- This Is It!

Start: 06/15/2010 - 15:30 End: 06/15/2010 - 18:00 Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 This is it! The hopes of 5 500+ young people in our communities depend on YOU! Amidst a youth jobs crisis more than 5 500 Boston youth will be denied jobs this summer due to city state and federal budget cuts. A cut of just 2 000 jobs in Boston brings us back to 2005 funding levels when we had 75 homicides in the city. We are fighting for young people's lives and futures at all three levels of government: federal state and city. Many budget decisions will be finalized in June. The June 15th rally will bring the message home as we urge the City of Boston and the State and Federal governments to save youth jobs! With current budgets 9000 youth jobs are getting cut across the State. In Boston 2000 jobs are being cut leaving a gap of 5 500 youth who will be denied jobs. With the problem of devastating youth violence we need jobs to keep youth safe in the short term and build successful healthy features in the long term. In Boston we are calling on Mayor Menino and the City Council to add $2 million for youth jobs: $1 million from the City budget and $1 million in private funds. At the State level we are fighting to restore youth jobs funding to $12 million up from the $6 million level it was cut to. At the Federal level we are fighting to get Scott Brown to vote yes on up to $1.3 billion on youth jobs! Please join us in the struggle for public spending on programs that promote peace and justice for youth and our communities. Adult allies are needed and appreciated! Location City Hall Plaza Government CenterBoston MAUnited States 42° 21' 30.3516" N 71° 3' 35.1828" W See map: Google Maps Yahoo! Maps MapQuestSponsoring Organization: Coalition for Youth JobsEvent Website: http://saveyouthjobs.org