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PEOPLE’S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN TO HOLD REALITY TOURS
FROM “BUSHVILLE” TENT CITY IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR “MARCH
FOR OUR LIVES” ON OPENING DAY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
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Campaign will hold a series of activities including impromptu demonstrations,
food distributions, human rights monitoring and documentation, and
civil disobedience trainings.
New
York, NY— The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
(PPEHRC) will set up their final “Bushville” encampment
in New York City on Monday in preparation for their “March
for Our Lives” on Opening Day of the Republican National Convention.
PPEHRC has held a month long mobile “Bushville” tent city
that has traveled through the poorest areas of New Jersey and New
York.
In
order to accommodate marchers and to be a visible presence during
the Republican National Convention, the group will erect a permanent
“Bushville” encampment, which will be the base for their
“March For Our Lives” organizing and will also accommodate
daily teach-ins, panels, workshops, spoken word and hip hop performances.
“Bushville”
will also serve as the departure site for PPEHRC Reality Tours.
Throughout the week, organizers will take members of the national
and international media, the human rights community, religious people
and others on Reality Tours of poverty in New York, New Jersey and
Philadelphia, unmasking the hidden face of economic human rights
violations occurring across this country. They will also have trainings
for human rights monitors, and a meeting where poor people from
around the country will gather to plan their involvement in the
2005 World Social Forum. These events are open to anyone, and media
will have full access to all discussions.
WHO:
The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
WHAT:
“Bushville” Tent City Daily Briefings and Reality Tours
beginning at 10:30 am
WHEN:
Beginning Tuesday August 24th until Monday August 30th
WHERE:
802 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
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take L train to Metropolitan Ave, transfer to G and get off at Myrtle-Willoughby
Avenues /Marcy Avenue, we are on that block – there is also
plenty of parking
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