Super Bowl Protest Parade to Support the Homeless | San Jose

Submitted by the Event Organizer

A coalition of Bay Area community members and local organizations are collaborating together to highlight the socioeconomic issues stemming from income inequality in the Bay Area, compounded and emphasized with the arrival of Super Bowl 50.

They are organizing and protesting in Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park in Downtown San Jose at 7 pm on Saturday February 6, 2016 with the aim to create and implement solutions to fundamentally address the variety of issues (racial inequality, homelessness, lack of affordable housing, gender bias, low wage jobs, disability access, etc…) pertaining to income inequality.

Please Note: No signage on sticks or poles and try to correlate messages to income inequality. Attorneys supporting this demonstration will be present to protect our first amendment rights.

Protest goals:

1). Demanding 1% of the wealth generated in the Bay Area to be distributed annually, to substantially fund existing and future organizations that address the disparities running rampant in our communities, in the effort to create a just and equitable society. Ensuring accountability, transparency, and public participation in divvying up and dispersing these funds.

(Corporations headquartered in Silicon Valley generate $100 BN annually in profits and have $500 BN in cash, readily available. 1/10th of 1% which is $500MN would end homelessness in Silicon Valley).

2). Active representation of ethnic/racial/gender/ability groups are required to be on all boards, committees, and organizations addressing societal issues – in order to be effective and efficient when implementing policies impact these populations directly (via personal, educational, and experiential knowledge).

3). End-user audits on the effectiveness of programs targeting mental health, housing, homelessness, and all other social services prior to further funding. Collaboration with cities in and out of California, that have effective preventative programs as well as after care; successful with retention measurable by health, economics, housing, etc. is absolutely necessary to create and sustain self sufficiency.

4). Interim Housing, effective immediately while affordable housing is being constructed: includes but not limited to legal campsites, 24 hour housing community centers, vacant lots, refurbished buildings etc… all of which are in accordance to city codes and meet all basic human needs.

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