Organizers said they expect 300 students to attend, in what would be the largest display of activism since last March's "Rally for Justice."

PSLM member Benjamin L. McKean '02 said the rally will begin at the Science Center at noon. Protesters will proceed to University Hall for chants and speeches, and then march by Mass. Hall, out Johnston Gate, and across Mass. Ave. to Holyoke Center.

At Holyoke Center, student demonstrators will join with Harvard workers and local politicians, who will be hosting their own rally on the steps of City Hall and then marching down Mass. Ave. with signs and posters.

Speakers, including Lecturer on Women's Studies Juliet B. Schor, Galluccio, and students and workers, will then address the crowd.

"I'm going to reaffirm my support on behalf of the City Council that as one of the city' s largest employers, Harvard [needs] to join Cambridge in support of fair and compassionate wage practices," Galluccio said.

The City Council passed a $10 living wage for all Cambridge employees last spring, and last night passed a resolution calling for Harvard to treat its employees in a similar fashion.

"Expanded efforts to reach out into Cambridge community will go a long way to improving social conditions in the city," Galluccio said. "Unless we can get leading institutions like Harvard to follow our lead I don't think we can make the impact we'd like to have."

The Living Wage Campaign has organized today's rally as part of a national day of action. More than 20 other colleges and universities, including Brown, Duke, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Stanford and Yale Universities, are also participating.