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This
morning we woke up to the pouring rain which slowed us down but
did not stop our March and documentation efforts. First thing in
the morning, Cheri was interviewed live on Labor Views, a program
of the CWA Local 1081, explaining to the nation why we have no choice
but to March for Our Lives, and why we are fighting to stop the
war on the poor, the war at home.
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In
the afternoon, we had an educational about the whys and hows of human
rights violations documentation. We told each other our stories, helping
us to connect to one another and to our own histories. We then went
to Newark's Penn Station to protect ourselves from the drenching rain
and were able to talk with many commuters passing through the station.
We took down numerous peoples stories-folks who don't have health
insurance and who now have $38,000 hospital bills, people whose rights
to living wage jobs are violated, leaving them to scrape by and barely
pay the bills. We had some great discussions with different people
and left saying, "that was a great experience". |
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talked with the Communication Workers of America union that was kind
enough to house us for two evenings. We saw one of their Labor Talks
television programs that showed a demonstration with both social workers
and welfare recipients. The union members are social workers who are
teaming up with the recipients to fight for good job training and
placement programs. The current 'vendors' who are supposed to find
jobs for the recipients only find 8% of them jobs. This is an outrageous
waste of millions of dollars because few jobs are found for the most
vulnerable sectors of the population. |
In
the evening, we were able to get a cake to celebrate Joe's Birthday.
Joe, from People To End Homelessness in Providence, RI, turned 20
and we were happy to celebrate with him.
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