*BASKETBALL FUNDRAISER*
THE POOR PEOPLE’S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
Vs.
BILLIONAIRES FOR BUSH

The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Takes on Billionaires for Bush in Basketball Game to Raise Money for the PPEHRC “March for Our Lives” on Opening Day of the Republican National Convention

New York, NY— The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) will play Billionaires for Bush in a basketball fundraiser to raise money to cover the additional travel costs of poor and homeless families coming from across the country to participate in the PPEHRC “March for Our Lives” on August 30th at 4 pm from the United Nations. The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign has a permit to rally at Dag Hammarskjold Park at 4pm but has not been granted a permit to march.

PPEHRC will March with or without a permit on Opening Day of the Republican National Convention.

WHO:

The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC):

A national organization representing over one hundred poor people’s groups from around the country.

Vs.

Billionaires for Bush:

A grassroots network of corporate lobbyists, decadent heiresses, Halliburton CEOs, and other winners under George W. Bush's economic policies.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 25th, at 5pm

WHERE: Roosevelt Park at Houston and Chrystie Street on the Lower East Side

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