Cheri Honkala says…

“Who better to push for ending poverty and denial of economic human rights?”

Cheri Honkala: 

National Coordinator of Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign —

‘Woman of the Year’ by the Philadelphia Weekly

·       Featured in the award-winning documentary ‘Poverty Outlaw’

·       Leader of a march of more than 10,000 people during the 2000 Republican National Convention

·       Speaker to 148 governments at the United Nations about ending poverty in America

·       Leader of the March of the Americas, the World Summit of the Poor, and a 125-mile march of homeless and poor from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia to the United Nations to protest welfare reform and poverty as a violation of economic human rights

Single parent, formerly among the homeless, a recipient of numerous awards for leadership in the struggle to end poverty —

Cheri Honkala speaks worldwide about the struggle against poverty in the U.S. and the denial of basic economic human rights. Who better to push for ending the status quo ‘than those who live within my country.’

In 22 days, Cheri Honkala joins Tom Hayden in keynoting the Democracy Convention at Madison, Wisconsin.

Source

Ben Manski, Executive Director at Liberty Tree; Chair of Democracy Convention

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Madison, Wisconsin 53726-0217 USA

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