Kensington Welfare Rights Union

IN HONOR OF DR. KING
"A TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE -
END POVERTY, STOP THE WAR"
A GATHERING OF ANTI-WAR AND
ANTI-POVERTY ACTIVISTS

SUNDAY, APRIL 2nd
2-7 P.M.OLD FIRST REFORMED CHURCH
4th and Race Sts. Philadelphia, PA.

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Join with area activists from both movements for a panel discussion and workshops on bringing both movements together in common efforts around issues of this costly war, counter-recruitment and the "poverty draft", cuts in Medicaid, college loans, affordable housing, along with other social programs, and fighting for a "moral budget" and economic human rights.

Panelists will include Peter Lems, AFSC; Galen Tyler, Kensington Welfare Rights Union; Sr. Margaret McKenna, New Jerusalem Laura; Ray Martinez, SEIU Local 668 ; and John Grant, Veterans for Peace.

Workshops by Oskar Castro and Roberta Spivek, AFSC on counter-recruitment and economic justice; Jennine Miller and residents, Project HOME on voter registration to end homelessness; Penn Med Students and Kensington Welfare Rights Union staff on issues behind enlistment in the military such as Medicaid and college financial cuts and lack of affordable, decent housing.

Closing remarks by Cheri Honkala, Poor Peoples' Economic Human Rights Campaign National Co-ordinator

MARCH AT 5PM TO CITY HALL FOR A RALLY TO STOP THE WAR AND BRING THE MONEY AND TROOPS HOME!

Brandywine Peace Community 610-544-1818
Kensington Welfare Rights Union 215-203-1945

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