United States – Protests Planned in New York

Activists are planning two separate protest marches in New York City, Sept. 21-22, ahead of the UN’s Sept. 23 Summit on Climate Change. Organizers are expecting more than 100,000 participants. Demonstrators will gather along Central Park West, between 86th Street and 65th Street, before leading a march that will end at 11th Avenue, between 34th and 38th streets. Participants will gather 0900-1100 and begin marching at 1130 with a proposed rally time at the end location at 1630. A second group of activists is calling for a follow-up action of civil disobedience, dubbed “”Flood Wall Street,”” on Sept. 22. Participants will rally at 0900 in Battery Park and stage a protest march to the New York Stock Exchange beginning at 1130. Organizers are calling on demonstrators to stage a massive sit-in outside the Stock Exchange beginning at 1200.