March Diaries
March For Our Lives: Stop the War At Home
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign Holds a Successful, Unpermitted, Peaceful March
After stating for over a year that the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign would march with or without a permit on August 30th, refusing to give up the freedoms that people have died for, we stepped forward yesterday to continue the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . to build a multiracial, intergenerational movement of the poor.

Poor People's March for Economic Human Rights
Commemorating the 35th anniversary of Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign, we marched through the South to Washington, DC. Read the Call for the March that retraced the steps planned by King in his last days.

Reports from the New Freedom Bus Tour
Stories from the 2002 national bus tour to document and protest economic human rights violations in the USA.

March For Our Lives
On February 8, 2002, poor and homeless families joined in a "March for Our Lives" on the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. The purpose of the march was to protest economic human rights violations caused by welfare reform. The march was preceded by a week-long teach-in about economic human rights.

March for Economic Human Rights
On the opening day of the Republican National Convention, thousands of poor and homeless families marched with their supporters through the center of Philadelphia. Coverage of the unsanctioned march, together with the events leading up to the march are available online.
[Aug 1, 00] Press Coverage of the March for Economic Human Rights (updated 8-2-00)
[July 31, 00] March for Economic Human Rights: On the opening day of the Republican National Convention, thousands march.
[July 30, 00] Bushville Day 4 - Music night, the Unity march, and other events.
[July 29, 00] Bushville Day 3 - Plans for a University of the Poor and KWRU-sponsored Labor Party forum..
[July 28, 00] Bushville Day 2 - Organizations from across the country join Bushville.
[July 27, 00] Bushville Day 1 - Tent city set up to welcome Republican Convention.
March fact sheet.

March of the Americas
In October, 1999, organizations of the poor and homeless from across the Americas marched from Washington, D.C. to the United Nations in New York City. We marched in protest of economic human rights violations caused by the U.S. government around the world. You can follow the march on the web. Also, read the call for the March and watch video & audio of the march.

New Freedom Bus Tour
In June of 1998, the New Freedom Bus travelled across the United States, gathering the stories of economic human rights violations to present to the United Nations and world community. Poor and homeless families, together with their supporters, travelled to thirty five poor urban and rural communities. You can follow the bus online, including stories, images and music.