Poor People United members at Kensington Tent City

Four members of Poor People United, and a St Josephs Catholic Worker, joined The Kensington Welfare Rights Union for an encampment of poor and homeless families and supporters entitled “Bushville II”, on an open lot in North Philadelphia. This tent city will draw attention to the issues of poverty in America July 1st through 4th while fighting for economic human rights for all.

Four members of Poor People United, and a St Josephs Catholic Worker, joined The Kensington Welfare Rights Union for an encampment of poor and homeless families and supporters entitled “Bushville II”, on an open lot in North Philadelphia. This tent city will draw attention to the issues of poverty in America July 1st through 4th while fighting for economic human rights for all.

Teach-ins have accompanied a massive free food distribution, free healthcare screenings, and documentation of human rights violations, leading up to the march on the new Constitution Center opening July 4th.

KWRU Director Cheri Honkala said Tuesday, “We want to tell Bush there’s no excuse for poverty in the wealthiest country in the world. We’re demanding our economic human rights to healthcare, affordable housing, food, and a job at a living wage.”

The tent city is being organized by The Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a multi-racial group of poor and homeless families supported by social workers, religious leaders, labor leaders, students, community groups, and housing activists from around the country.

The Kensington Welfare Rights Union says it is taking up the economic issues Martin Luther King Jr. left at the end of his life. Willie Baptist explained by quoting Dr. King, "If a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life, nor liberty, nor the possibility of the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists."

August 2-28 KWRU is Marching through the south with King's vision.
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For daily updates on KWRU's tent city:
http://kwru.org/bushville2.html