Keyword: PPEHRC
Homeless taking Over Foreclosed Houses for Valentine's Day
Minnesota Independent, News feature, Paul Schmelzer, Posted: Feb 14, 2009While delivering a where’s-the-love message on Valentine’s Day may seem like a gimmick, an action by homeless advocates to be announced this weekend is anything but a stunt, according to its organizer. On Saturday, Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign will reveal to members of the media its long-running project to find housing for homeless people in some of the many foreclosed and vacant homes on Minneapolis’ North Side and South Side.
Thousands march in San Francisco to demand “Housing Not Handcuffs”
San Francisco: Housing Keys, Not Handcuffs
The following article appeared on January 20 2010 on page A - 8
of the San Francisco Chronicle. Paul Boden is the director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, which organized the demonstration. WRAP is a member organization of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC).
Philadelphia, Penn Haven protests poverty
Students from Penn Haven join other activist groups in a Center City demonstration against federal foreclosures
Students from the elite USA University of Pennsylvania, vowing civil disobedience, join in demands for zero evictions and foreclosures. Their actions reflect a growing awareness in the USA that the future of the vast majority of people in the US is at risk. They are ready to fight back if their government won't.