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THE KENSINGTON WELFARE RIGHTS UNION BUILDS WINTERTIME TENT CITY

On Wednesday, November 24, homeless families from the Kensington Welfare Rights Union erected a “Bushville” Tent City in Philadelphia to demand the human right to decent, affordable housing.

The Bushville is located at Broad and Clearfield in North Philadelphia. Please Join Us! Press Release

September 17-19,2004

Cheri Honkala, the founder of the KWRU and National Coordinator and
Spokesperson of the Poor People' Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC), will speak this weekend at the Tri-national Colloquium: NAFTA After Ten Years: Social Impact and Future Perspectives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Read Press Release

Cheri Honkala, Coordinadora Nacional por la Campaña de los Pobres por los Derechos Humanos Económicos hablará en Canada sobre el Efecto del TLC Norteaméricano a las personas pobres y trabajadoras de los EEUU Leer Mas

Recent Press

October 25, 2004 Potrait of Cheri Honkala by the Late Richard Avedon in this Month's New Yorker Magazine Read More

Sep 13, 2004Actor/Activist Brings Anti-Homelessness Message To GOP Convention MTV Choose or Lose

Aug 20, 2004 Determined to be heard: Like any protester, Kensington's Cheri Honkala wasn't expecting to be welcomed at the Republican convention. Now, she and her marchers know they may face arrest. Read the feature article in the Philadelphia Inquirer Read More

August 6, 2004 Cheri Honkala and our organizing is featured on the front page of Salon.com Read more

Spanish Press from PPEHRC Participation in the Social Forum in Quito Read More

Jul 12, 2004 Article in Village Voice about KWRU's/Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign March For Our Lives, "Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign: Confronting poverty with action" Village Voice

Jun 7, 2004:KWRU joins other Philadelphia Residents to Demand a Stop to Forced "Takings" of Occupied Homes by the City and Decent Affordable Housing for Families Under Threat of Losing Their Children for Lack Housing. read press release Inquirer article

Jun 6, 2004: Article from Philadelphia Inquirer on KWRU's participation in ANSWER Rally.

June 5, 2004: Press Coverage on Bushville in Jersey City, NJ