KENSINGTON WELFARE RIGHTS UNION AND THE POOR PEOPLE’S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCE PLANS TO BRING PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS TO RNC PROTEST IN NEW YORK

National Poor People’s Group Intends to Bus Protesters from Philadelphia to New York for Their “March for Our Lives” on Opening Day of the Republican National Convention

Philadelphia, PA, August 5, 2004 —The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) will hold a press conference on the south side of City Hall in Philadelphia Friday morning at 11 A.M. The National anti-poverty group will announce plans to protest in New York during the Republican Convention PPEHRC will provide ten large buses to carry protesters to NYC for the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Protesters will leave from Love Park in Philadelphia on August 30th at 11:00AM and travel to the United Nations in New York for the PPEHRC “March for Our Lives” protest rally and march at 4 PM.

Protesters are currently marching through parts of New Jersey toting their mobile tent camp labeled Bushville. In an effort to highlight the negative impact of Republican policies on the poor in the U.S. the group is traveling to poverty stricken communities throughout the region and holding vigils and impromptu demonstrations. Organizers began planning for the march in 2000.

“When the Republican National Convention descends upon New York City, we will be marching to demand an end to the war at home that has left many of us homeless, hungry, unemployed, underemployed and without healthcare,” said Cheri Honkala, national spokesperson, PPEHRC. “As poor and working people of this country we cannot afford to suffer silently as our lives are threatened by political and economic policies that deny us our basic human rights.”

WHEN: August 6, 2004 at 11 AM

WHAT: Press Conference

WHO: Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign

WHERE: South side of City Hall, Philadelphia, PA