"RESTORE THE AMERICAN PROMISE" CAMPAIGN STOPS IN ROCHESTER JULY 20

Monroe County residents call on Congressman Tom Reed to preserve and strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security

Pittsford, N.Y.-- With the August 2nd deadline to raise the national debt ceiling fast approaching, and the adoption of a radical, federal budget in the House of Representatives last April, a large coalition of community, labor, senior, and consumer groups, along with concerned New Yorkers, are embarking on a statewide caravan to call on New York’s elected representatives to protect, preserve and strengthen America’s “social safety net,” including Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. The caravan will stop in Pittsford on Wednesday, July 20th at 1 pm.

The federal "debt ceiling" must be raised by August 2nd, but Congressional leaders are threatening to take no action unless radical cuts are made to historic social programs that have provided security and a better life to tens of millions of working American families for many decades.

Special guests at the event include FDR and his wife Eleanor.

WHO: Community, Labor, Senior, and Consumer Groups and Other Pittsford Residents

WHAT: Statewide “Restore the American Promise” Caravan to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Stops in Pittsford, with special appearance by President Franklin D. Roosevelt & Eleanor Roosevelt

WHERE: Office of Congressman Tom Reed, 672 Pittsford-Victor Road, Pittsford, NY 14534

WHEN: 1pm, Wednesday, July 20, 2011

More information about the caravan stops can be found here or just contact:  Larry Knox 585-500-5634 or Colin O’Malley 716-400-4287

Event Sponsored by: Citizen Action NY; 1199SEIU; Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO