Open Letter to Russell Simmons
July
30, 2004 espanol
Dear Russell
Simmons,
I have
tried on numerous occasions to reach you and yet you have not called
me or written a letter.
As you
know, we have been planning our march for years and as a national movement
of poor people we are saddened that your march that has many celebrities
may serve to make us invisible. For us, August 30th is not just an event
or an attempt to make policy changes - it is a March for Our Lives.
The drug
laws are an important issue for many of our families - the irony of
it all is that my son's father now faces seven years in prison as opposed
to long-term inpatient treatment.
Please find it in your heart to sit down and meet with me.
Sincerely,
Cheri Honkala
on behalf of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
Police
Send Out False Information to Media Regarding
Poor People's March on August 30th. The
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of the media that press releases were sent out by the New York Police
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30
de Julio, 2004
Estimado
Russell Simmons,
En numerosas
ocasiones yo he intentado a comunicarme con usted y a pesar de eso,
ni me ha llamado ni escrito una carta.
Como ya sabe usted, nosotros hemos estado planeando nuestra marcha ya
por muchos años y como un movimiento nacional de familias pobres,
estamos tristes que su marcha que tiene muchas celebridades, pueda servir
para hacernos a los pobres aun mas invisibles. Para nosotros, el 30
de Agosto no es un acontecimiento ni un intento para cambiar una política-es
una Marcha por Nuestras Vidas.
Las leyes en contra de drogas son un asunto importante para muchas de
nuestras familias-la ironía de todo es que el padre de mi hijo
ahora se enfrenta con siete años en la cárcel en vez de
recibir un tratamiento de paciente interno de largo plazo.
Favor de encontrar en su corazón la voluntad de sentarse conmigo
para discutir todo esto.
Sinceramente,
Cheri
Honkala, de parte de
La Campaña de los Pobres por los Derechos Humanos Económicos
La
Marcha Por Nuestras Vidas 