"Now!"

The word echoed through the first floor of the HUB-Robeson Center.

"More than ever!"

An organizational meeting began with the chanted prayer heard hourly during last spring's Village sit-in.

Students, staff and supporters met last night to continue planning "Justice, Now More than Ever," a national rally to take place on campus Sept. 14 through 16.

Organizers are finalizing workshops and the agenda of speakers for the rally and march scheduled for next Saturday afternoon.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is one of the nationally known speakers slated to make remarks before the march, which will take a route through campus and parts of downtown State College. State Rep. LeAnna Washington, D-Philadelphia; Jeff Johnson, national college/youth director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Ramona and Pam Africa, representatives of the MOVE organization; and others are scheduled to participate.

Other speakers will represent Penn State on the local level.

Both Hasan Amenra, current Black Caucus president, and LaKeisha Wolf, Penn State alumna and last year's Black Caucus president, will speak at the rally, as well as a representative of the Village.

Groups are registering to attend through the rally Web site, www.geocities.com/psurally. Organizers expect to see individuals from across the nation and large groups from other colleges.

Penn State students and faculty, and participants from visiting universities have volunteered to facilitate educational workshops. Proposed workshop topics include sexism, anti-semitism, homophobia, affirmative action and student activism on campus.

More than 30 workshops will be scheduled and more could be added to the list next week. The workshops will begin the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 14 and will have sessions the following morning.

Amy Stipe (junior-elementary education) is coordinating housing and food for people traveling to Penn State for the rally. She said organizers are trying to provide two dinners and two breakfasts for attendees.

"People were really willing to donate during May, during the sit-in," she said. The group is contacting those donors to see if they will give the same support for the rally.

Assata Richards (graduate-sociology) spoke of her excitement about the upcoming event at last night's meeting.

"We have something important to say to this campus and to this nation," she said. "This thing is bigger than us individually."