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Updates 2001

[Nov 12,01] KWRU Family Day report now available

[Nov 02,01] KWRU leads letter writing campaign in support of those families facing the welfare time limit.

[Oct 26,01] Drug War Reality Tour - Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001 9:30 AM. Flyer. Registration form. (pdf format)

[Oct 25,01] First Ever Economic Human Rights Theatre Presentation at 8 pm on December 14th and 15th at Temple University in Philadelphia. Showings of Corner Wars, a new play by KWRU's Tim Dowlin.

[Oct 25,01] Crisis in Philadelphia gas, shut off, homelessness, Impact of welfare Reform Lifetime Limit. Click here for more.

[Oct 18,01] KWRU speaks at City Council Hearings on why people are leaving Philadelphia. KWRU asks - will affordable housing be part of the city's plan?

[Oct 5, 01] KWRU Director Cheri Honkala speaks to a major gathering of poor farmers in India against the WTO. First report.

[Oct 3, 01] Click here to read an article about KWRU's first Drug War Reality Tour. Next tour scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001 9:30 AM. More details to come.

[Sept 29, 01] Yesterday's Poor People's Forum and March was a success. Stay turned for more on this event. Read our statement about the FTAA on the 5th Anniversary of Welfare Reform.

[Aug 22, 01] KWRU observes 5th anniversary of the signing of Welfare Reform, and links welfare reform and poverty in the United States to the FTAA and IMF policies. more

[Aug 6, 01] Cheri Honkala and Tara Colon of the KWRU were acquitted of all charges today for both the housing take-over that Cheri and Tara were arrested for as well as the Convention Center charges against Cheri from the "Homes for the Holidays" campaign.

[Aug 5, 01] Day 3 of three days of global action.

[Aug 4, 01] Day 2 of three days of global action.

[Aug 3, 01] The three days of global action begins.

[July 24, 01] Announcing KWRU National Student Organizing Conference, Aug. 10-12.

[July 24 01] Check out these links for the National Welfare Rights Union and the Massachusetts Welfare Rights Union

[May 29, 01] KWRU Director Cheri Honkala joins the Food First Economic Human Rights Bus Tour in Oakland and San Francisco. See schedule.

[May 25, 01] Report on the "Poverty and Drugs in the Americas" Town Hall meeting in Kensington, May 19-21st.

[May 8, 01] The Poor of the Americas Unite Against the FTAA. Read the report on the Philadelphia Town Hall Meeting on April 30th.

[Mar 23, 01] KWRU presents at National Association of Social Workers Conference.

[Mar 19, 01] Representatives of KWRU and Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Participate in national Latin America Solidarity Conference.

[Mar 03, 01] March for Economic Human Rights a success. Read the report.

[Mar 03, 01] Cheri Honkala to travel to South Africa to Testify to World Court of Women

[Jan 21, 01] KWRU Protests Bush Inauguration

[Jan 17, 01] Latest info on KWRU's plans to protest Bush Inauguration in DC on January 20th

[Jan 17, 01] KWRU statement on El Salvador Earthquake

 

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