BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2129360:Event:23122 DTSTAMP:20260417T214420Z SUMMARY:Rally Against Homeless Meal Limits (Gainesville) DESCRIPTION:\n\nUPDATE!!!\n\nBarry Sides to perform at rally against m eal limits Saturday\n\nFlying Pig recording artist Barry Sides will pe rform 2-4pm this Saturday at the Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza i n Gainesville as part of a rally against meal limits, event organizers announced. “Barry is an outstanding musician who has performed with Bob Dylan, Greg Allman, George Thorogood, BB King, Bonnie Raitt and J ohn Prine, and we’re just thrilled that he’s playing for us this S aturday,” said Joe Jackson, one of the rally’s organizers. Sides album “Broken Hearts, Broken Strings” was named one of the top 4 0 records of 2007.\n\nThe rally is being organized to protest Gainesvi lle’s limits on shelters and churches sharing food with the needy, w hich impose an absolute cap on the number of meals that can be served. \n\n“It makes no sense,” said Jackson. “Hungry people are turned away, though there is plenty of food to feed them.”\n\nTables will be set up for voter registration, so students and others who aren’t yet registered can vote in the upcoming City elections.\n\nThe event i s completely free and open to the public, but those who wish can bring a can of food for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which serves al l of Alachua County.\n\nThe event is co-sponsored by The Home Van, Vet erans for Peace, C.A.R.E., The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Florida Institutional Legal Services, and the Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Commit tee. Persons seeking more information or who want to help with the eve nt are asked to contact Joe Jackson at joseph.s.jackson@gmail.com.\n\n =====\nPlease join us for a FREE rally against meal limits at the Down town Plaza on Sat. Feb. 13 from 2-4pm, and help spread the word by for warding this email and posting the attached flier.\n\nGainesville limi ts the number of meals that St Francis House & churches can serve to t he needy. Hungry people are turned away, though there is plenty of foo d to feed them. The City Commission’s proposed solution? Allow a ‘ holiday exception’ on three days a year.\n\nHelp us tell the Commiss ion we want a real solution: Repeal the meal limits once and for all!\ n\nSat. Feb. 13 – Downtown Plaza – 2-4pm\n\nMUSIC – SPEAKERS – PROTEST SONGS – VOTER REGISTRATION in time for the upcoming City el ections!\n\nTOTALLY FREE!!! but if you’d like to bring a can of food , donations accepted\n\nCan’t make it to the rally? Send an email to the Commission at CityComm@cityofgainesville.org and tell them what y ou think! TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE\n\nThanks! Joe Jackson\n\ n\n--\nJoseph S. Jackson, Esq.\n4102 NW 19th St.\nGainesville, FL 3260 5\n352.273.0882 (office)\n352.392.2606 (fax)\njoseph.s.jackson@gmail.c om\n\nFor more information visit https://www.zoobird.com/events/rally- against-homeless-meal DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100213T160000 CATEGORIES:rally LOCATION:Downtown Plaza WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:joseph.s.jackson@gmail.com 352.273.0882 (office) ORGANIZER:Joe Jackson and Arupa Freeman ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2561879747?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Michael Levin":https://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR