"Get on the Bus!"
How to Get to NYC for Rise Up October

October 2, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

The following is information available so far from Rise Up October on traveling by bus to New York City for October 24. The list is growing. Send info for your area to the Rise Up October National Office: outreach@riseupoctober.org 646.709.1961

Atlanta:

Email: info@stopmassincarcertionATL.org
Phone: 678-435-9570
$150 Round Trip
Departs Atlanta: Friday, October 23, 5:30 pm
Departure Location:
Inman Park United Methodist Church, 1015 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30307. Half block from Inman Park MARTA Station.
Return Atlanta: Sunday, October 25, 1:30 pm
Place: TBA
Tickets can be purchased at the Atlanta Stop Mass Incarceration Network website: www.stopmassincarcerationatl.org

Baltimore:

Email: riseupoctoberbmore@gmail.com
Call/text: 410-244-8624
Departure: October 24, 6 am
Return: October 24, 10:30 pm
Pick up and drop off will be at 201 West Preston Street (near Mason St., Subway to State Office stop or Light Rail Mount Royal stop / free parking available nearby).
The estimated roundtrip cost will be $40 round trip, with a sliding scale for those with low or no income. Donations are urgently needed to help pay the costs for those with low income.

Boston:

Phone:617-515-3090
Email: stopmassincarcerationboston@gmail.com
$50 Round Trip - sliding scale for low income
Purchase tickets: Revolution Books, Cambridge 617-388-0133 online or in person
Depart: Saturday, October 24, 7:00 am
Location: Alewife Station, Cambridge
Return: October 24, 10:30 pm (same day)
Location: Alewife Station Boston

Chicago:

Phone: 312-933-9586
Email: stopmassincarcerationchicago@gmail.com
$140 Round Trip
Departs: Friday, October 23, 3:30 pm
Location: Overflow Coffee Bar, 1550 S. State Street, Chicago
Return: Sunday, October 25, 2:00 pm
DONATE to send young people…students…family members whose loved ones were murdered by police. Buy extra tickets and sponsor people to go to New York City. Get Tickets HERE

Cleveland:

Phone: 216-246-8377
Email: riseupoct24cleveland@yahoo.com
Tickets: $80 round trip in person/$85 round trip online with PayPal
riseupoct24cleveland.wordpress.com or purchase at the following outlets in Cleveland: Manna Church, 8019 Cedar Ave; Fiddlehead Gallery, 12736 Larchmere Blvd; Revolution Books, 2804 Mayfield Rd, at Coventry; Mac’s Backs Books on Coventry, 1820 Coventry Rd
Departs: 11:30 pm Friday, October 23
Location: E. 22nd St between Chester and Euclid
Return: Sunday, October 25

Detroit:

Email: RiseUpOctober.Detroit@gmail.com
FB event page: on.fb.me/1KQC31Y
Bus ticket $80, or $85 online
Contact to purchase $80 ticket: 313-629-5580
To purchase $85 online: riseupoct24cleveland.wordpress.com
Depart Detroit: Friday, Oct 23, 8 pm,
Location: Behind the Sears at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn and leave for Cleveland at 8 pm.
(Car pool to Cleveland, OH to join charter buses from Cleveland to NYC. Volunteer your car, if you can)
Return: Sunday, October 25, Mid-morning. Carpool back from Cleveland.
Contact us, if you need a ride to the car pool, get in touch with us.

Ferguson/St. Louis, Missouri:

Contact for transportation information
Email: octmonthofresistance2014@gmail.com
Phone: 314-240-0499

Houston:

StopMassIncarcerationHtown@gmail.com
Bus tickets: $300 Round Trip
Departs: Thursday, October 22, 12 noon (Location TBA)
Returns: Monday, October 26
Donate to enable people to get to NYC.
Donate for the bus fund from Houston here.

Los Angeles:

Phone: 213-840-5348
Email: StopMassIncarcerationSoCal@yahoo.com
Modes of transportation: Amtrak, bus, plane
More information on group rates, days, and times.

Princeton University:

Group organizing is Black Justice League
If you are a Princeton student please fill this out to get on the bus from Princeton:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1dwIXesQgth4pjNSDq-PsfUiJgrdaaZy0PqjUKtxnqhs/viewform