Poverty

POOR AMERICANS HAVE HAD THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED WITH THESE GODLY OHIO STATESMEN...UNLIKE TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY'S CONCEPTS OF JUSTICE !!!

Cheri Honkala talk at The College at Brockport

The city of Rochester, New York Rochester is the 11th worst city in the country in terms of child poverty and fact, Rochester’s Latino child poverty rate is the sixth highest in the nation. As is the case in many cities, poor families in Rochester have been adversely affected by increasing lay-offs and county budget cuts in the area of social services.

The Rochester Chapter of the Social Welfare Action Alliance in coalition with poor people, advocates, and human service workers, have joined together to operationalize a Reality Tour. This 3-hour event takes riders on a tour of blighted areas, a the abandoned subway, the welfare department on St. Paul, House of Mercy, St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center/Health Center, and a vacant lot next to the House of Mercy. The tour has also made other symbolic “tour stops” which emphasize where the community’s spending priorities seem to be (soccer stadiums, prison expansion, etc.).

In Niger human rights organizations, trade unions, and opposition parties (including the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism) are all supporting the coup. 10,000 people rallied in support on February 20th.

Meanwhile the US, France, UK, UN, and African Union all have been quick to condemn the coup.

Tandja did the bidding of U.S. imperialism. Meanwhile, according to the UN Development Program’s 2006 Human Development Index, Niger is the poorest country in the world. Sixty percent of the population lives on less than a dollar a day, life expectancy is only to 45-years old, and adult illiteracy is 71%.

BRX Global Research Services, Rochester New York conducted a poll of Rochester City School District Parents to measure their opinion on the issue of Mayoral Control. The interviewing was conducted by AVSA Research, a national call center that specializes in survey interviewing. The survey, sponsored by the special task force of members listed below, was "weighted" to conform to the known racial/ethnic make-up of RCSD students. The results of this poll will be announced on Friday February 12, 2010 at the Helping Hand Baptist Church at 703 Joseph Ave.

Hundreds of people fighting to keep North America’s only safe injection site open prevented Stephen Harper from reaching a speaking engagement in downtown Vancouver this afternoon.

See the full story and video of the action here:

http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/2674

TROY DAVIS AND MUMIA ABU~JAMAL ~ LAWYERS FOR POOR AMERICANS HAS GREAT FAITH THAT AMERICA WILL COME TO IT'S SENSES AND OFFER YOU BOTH NEW AND FAIR TRIALS WITH PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION BEFORE ANY POSSIBLE WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS WILL EVER TAKE PLACE IN GEORGIA OR PENNSYLVANIA ....

Baden St. Settlement. December 3, 2009. 5:00-7:00pm