Make your feet -- and voices -- heard at March for Quality Healthcare Reform Nov. 4

Volunteers For Change-Fresno, along with a number of other community and labor groups, invite you to make your voices heard during the 'March for Quality Healthcare Reform,' scheduled 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in downtown Fresno. Sponsored by the Central Valley Health Care Reform Coalition, the March is intended to demonstrate wide support for meaningful healthcare reform here in the Central Valley.

March participants will meet before 11:30 a.m. outside the offices of Sen. Diane Feinstein and Sen. Barbara Boxer, 2500 Tulare St. in downtown Fresno. Both Senators Feinstein and Boxer have declared their support both for healthcare reform and a public option, so our purpose there will be to thank them visibly for their support.

The March will then proceed to the office of Rep. Jim Costa at 855 M Street. With Rep. Costa still holding out on healthcare reform, our purpose there will be to demonstrate to Rep. Costa that there is wide support for both healthcare reform and the public option. Having a good turnout of marchers will be important, because we're planning to line both sides of the street at Rep. Costa's office.

Want to participate? Contact Nancy Griesser at (559) 325-1616 or via e-mail to nancyg@csufresno.edu. Lunch will be provided, but it recommended that marchers bring quarters to pay for the metered parking available. Six quarters will pay for two hours' parking.

The battle for healthcare reform is far from over. We've made great efforts, but we need to see this through to the finish line. Let's march!