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"A growing polarization of the rich and the poor" Cheri Honkala, Executive Director of the KWRU and spokesperson for the Campaign, addresses the United Nations

"A movement to end poverty led by the poor" Willie Baptist, Education Director of the KWRU, on our organizing model

"Our Reality: Poverty in the US Testimonies from the Economic Human Rights Tribunal

Testimony Presented before the Progressive Congressional Caucus Katherine Engles, President of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union. For the "Economic Human Rights: The Time Has Come" event, sponsored by the Institute for Food and Development Policy, Food First, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Progressive Challenge.

"Social Work Today Willie Baptist's commencement address to Smith School of Social Work

"The Cockroach and the Dinosaur" Willie Baptist on Education and Organizing for today's conditions.

"The Fight for Healthcare" Comments from the Lessons from NAFTA Speaking tour by Donelda McDonald, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

"The Root Causes of War" Cheri Honkala addresses the Hague Appeal for Peace.

"Link Up and Build a Movement: Campaign Will Document Human Rights Violations in U.S." by KWRU Executive Director Cheri Honkala, September 1997

"Making the Invisible Visible" Extra! article on media strategies.

"Welfare Reform: Delivering Slaves to the Auction Block"
On Welfare Reform and the International Covenant to Eliminate Racism.

"Trade Primer" Frequently asked questions on the FTAA and NAFTA

Economic Human Rights Cartoons - Original Flash-animated cartoons illustrate part of the Economic Human Rights Organizing School curriculum (Get Flashplayer).

 
 
 

 

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Media

KWRU on Philadelphia TV
The KWRU-produced television show, Marching On, is now playing on Wednesday nights at 7:30 pm and on Thursday mornings at 2:00 am on DUTV, cable channel 54 in Philadelphia. Tune in for issues from the perspective of the poor and struggling
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Poverty Outlaw
A film by Skylight Pictures following the Kensington Welfare Rights Union over several years.

Battle for Broad
"Battle for Broad" chronicles four tense days in July, 2000, as poor and homeless families from the KWRU and the PPEHRC prepare to take on the city administration of Philadelphia in a battle to march up Broad Street on the opening day of the Republican National Convention.

Battle for Broad is a project of the Media College of the University of the Poor.

Outriders
A Skylight Pictures documentary of the 1998 New Freedom Bus Tour.

View clip [Realplayer] of movie Outriders. Thanks to Mediabureau

To order a copy of these videos, contact the KWRU at (215)203-1945 or Skylight Pictures at (800)724-8367.

Kensington Tour online

Our "reality tour" shows the side of Philadelphia the city wants to just disappear. Take the tour...

Read about the tour in BBC News, Village Voice, Salon, or CBS News

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