Heads up, Minnesota feminists!
"I was a formally homeless Mother who once lived in an abandoned building". This was my introduction to Cheri Honkala, Executive Director of the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC), a coalition of organizations from across the country united in the mission to "abolish poverty everywhere and forever".As Cheri's words came through the phone I felt an instant connection to her. Having grown up with a Mother battling addiction - evictions, hunger and instability were my constant companions.
Cheri and the PPEHRC foster that same connection in poor people across color lines and across the country. She has been organizing with other poor folks for the last twenty-five years, and on September 2nd, the second day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in St. Paul Minnesota, over a year of Cheri's full time efforts will come to fruition as the PPEHRC embarks on "The March For Our Lives", what will be one of the largest poor peoples marches ever to take place.
The March for Our Lives schedule is here.
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign also has blog, where they're chronicling the process of putting together this mega-march. Check it out.
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I worked as a street-canvassing fundraiser for a children's charity in Saint Paul, MN. The people who stopped to hear about what the charity did, who understood the best and cared the most, were the homeless. Even though they couldn't give any money, I felt so much better talking to them than I did getting a check from someone who was only giving out of guilt. One of them gave me some fresh cherries on a particularly hot day. It's so easy to be scared of the poor and the homeless, but the ones I met were some of the most obviously good people I've ever talked to. I'll be there.
God, I wish I'd still be living in Minnesota at that point. :(
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