[June 12, 00] KWRU Supports Campaign for Amnesty for Immigrants

[June 9, 00] City rejects 2nd application for GOP protest. Link to Philadelphia Inquirer articles: 'City rejects application for protest at GOP convention' (June 6) & Group vows to march on Broad St.(June 9). KWRU statement on permit refusal.

[May 27, 00] KWRU Local Organizing Committee launches housing campaign

[Apr 16, 00] Members of the KWRU travel to Washington DC, to participate in the protests against the IMF and World Bank.

[Apr 4, 00] Members of the KWRU addressed the 56th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.

[Apr 3, 00] KWRU at the UN Commission on Human Rights

[Mar 16, 00] The case against Cheri Honkala has been dismissed! Read the press release. Read the judge's statement. Read a brief statement by Cheri Honkala. Background. Past trial reports.

[Mar 10, 00] KWRU Travels to El Salvador to Build Relationships with Poor. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

[Mar 8, 00] KWRU addresses celebration of Women's Day at the United Nations

[Mar 3, 00] March 3rd Protest On March 3rd, the third anniversary of welfare reform's implementation in Pennsylvania, KWRU held a bus tour of Philadelphia documenting welfare reform's impact, as well as a march and rally.

[Feb 2, 00] Mark Webber, star of the new movie Snow Day, is a member of the KWRU's War Council, the son of KWRU Director Cheri Honkala, and is formerly homeless. Mark has dedicated his life to building a movement to end poverty.

[Feb 19, 00] Members of the KWRU travel to Florida to join the March for Dignity, Dialogue, and a Fair Wage for Florida Farmworkers organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, another member of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. KWRU and CIW are fighting side by side for economic human rights and jobs at a livable wage