Becoming an Activist in the Movement to End Poverty
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Willie Baptist the Education Director of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, is coming to speak in Rochester. Baptist has spent over 30 years dedicating his life as an activist and advocate for social change. Using an economic human rights perspective, Baptist will argue that all Americans have a right to housing, healthcare, education and jobs with living wages.
Get REAL Mayor Duffy!
Bad parenting doesn’t cause VIOLENCE… POVERTY does!
Shouldn't the richest nation in the world help everyone get a decent job, affordable housing, health care and education?
That's what Willie Baptist thinks. Come hear him speak.
WILLIE BAPTIST
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
An organization of poor people fighting for the rights of the poor.
Wednesday May 2, 2007 @ 7:00
Baden Street Settlement, 13 Vienna St.
Plus: A display of t-shirts that tell the stories of the effects of violence on local teens.
Children Welcome! ∙ Refreshments provided
For more information contact, SWAA@swaarochester.org, or (585) 395-5562
Co-Sponsored by: The SUNY Brockport Student Social Work Organization, Rochester NOW, House of Mercy, Rochester Poor People’s Coalition, Baden Street Settlement, Social Welfare Action Alliance, and Poor People United