The press conference will be held at 10 AM on Thursday July 7 in front of the Cuyahoga Job and Family Service Building at 1641 Payne Ave, Cleveland. Please join in Cleveland for the fight against poverty.
Find the press release here
Hunger
Community Outreach: Connecticut Students
On Feb. 7th, a group of high school students from Fairfield Ludlowe High School in Connecticut came to learn about PPEHRC as part of their service club field trip in partnership with Youth Service Opportunities Project. We had a great time with the students making sandwiches to pass out to the Kensington community as well as having the students participate in the direct action of handing out the sandwiches they had prepared. It was great to see the students so engaged in the outreach process and we were so thankful for the donations that came in for us to provide a meal and loaves of bread to those in the community.
PHOTOS: Stop the Cuts Rally and People’s Assembly in Ashville, NC
At the Stop the Cuts Rally and People’s Assembly, free food was distributed and participants decided to form the new people’s coalition, ‘Opposition to Oppression’
WE ARE HUNGRY
YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY HUNGER
80,000 Philadelphia children will miss at least one meal today.
A quarter million of your Philadelphia neighbors are worrying about getting dinner tonight.
Philadelphia hosts some of the hungriest congressional districts in the nation.
TO US, FINE DINING MEANS A SQUARE MEAL.
As the situation becomes more dangerous, public health declines and disease spreads.
Studies prove that school violence increases when food stamps run out before the month ends.
We are desperate from hunger.The worse form of violence is poverty.
MAYBE YOU’RE DOING WELL TODAY.
But without a fair economy giving us all the chance to live well, you could fall into this gap.
Some of us used to shop where you do.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS UP. Philadelphia’s 350,000 unemployed are 23% of the city’s population.
MINIMUM WAGE BUYS LESS. Spending power of the working poor decreased 25% since 1968.
FOOD PRICES RISE. Since 2008 food prices are up 12%, adjusted for inflation.
FOOD STAMPS ARE SUDDENLY CUT 5%, with more cuts pending,
31% of Philadelphians rely on food stamps. Nationally, 80% on food stamps are employed.
FOOD PANTRIES ARE HALF EMPTY.
In 2010, nearly half of food pantries turned people away because they ran out of food.
People line up before dawn hoping to get groceries.
In 2010, nearly half of food pantries turned people away because they ran out of food.
People line up before dawn hoping to get groceries.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
HIRE US at a liveable wages. Our talents will surprise you.
Many of us are registered at the Peoples Emergency Center. pec-cares.org
ASK YOUR GROCER TO ALLOW GLEANING OF “EXPIRED” FOOD.
One third of America’s harvest is trashed.
DONATE to FOOD PANTRIES.
There are over 700 in Philadelphia. hungercoalition.org
DONATE to ORGANIZATIONS that plant fruits and berries in our city.
PLANT EDIBLE LANDSCAPES AROUND YOUR HOUSE. Edible perennials are both pretty
and nutritious. Invite free harvest by hungry neighbors. The regional food movement starts at home.
DEFEND FOOD STAMPS. Ask Congress to protect SNAP from further cuts.
Right now, House and Senate members are considering $4 billion to $40 billion in cuts to SNAP
over the next decade. About 3.8 million Americans could be cut from the program entirely.
And 210,000 low-income children could lose access to free school meals.
ENDORSE A PHILADELPHIA LAND BANK
that converts vacant lots into greenhouses, gardens and orchards. groundedinphilly.org
ASK CITY HALL TO HIRE US TO BUILD AND MANAGE GREENHOUSES.
Pay us with home purchase credits, health care, community college credits, and food. phila.gov/green
ADVOCATE FOR EDIBLE PARKS. Philadelphia has the largest urban park system in America.
Many other cities are now planting fruits and nuts. Philadelphia has recently begun.
MOVE YOUR MONEY FROM WELLS FARGO TO A COMMUNITY BANK.
Four million Americans have been evicted since 2008. Small banks are less quick to foreclose.
JOIN A COMMUNITY SUPPORTED FARM or GARDEN. farmtocity.org
Support the efforts of the organized poor to put an end to hunger by supporting the
advocacy efforts of the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign.
PPEHRC Needs your Help!
PPEHRC needs your help, especially if you live in Philadelphia or nearby.
Do you have any construction skills? Would you like to donate clothing, blankets, or canned food for homeless families? Do you know of any churches or organizations who would like to assist homeless women?
End Hunger in Kensington
The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign needs your help to support the farm at 3rd and Cumberland to feed our community.
We need your help to turn vacant lots into farms. These farms will provide us with a free source of healthy food.
Kenzo urban farm needs help!
Friends, we have bad news for PPEHRC this morning. After hours and hours of hard labor from may amazing people on our farm someone came and took all of our raised beds and wood from our farm last night. We can’t let this get us down. We are growing the food on this farm because we need to feed our families. So we will continue!! We need your help too. If you have any dirt, wood, plants, lawnmowers, weed whackers, any tools for yard work, and some time to spend on the farm we really need your help.
HELP US END HUNGER IN KENSINGTON TODAY!
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is stepping up its farm organizing. We are committed to working toward a city where our communities can support themselves. No longer will people, our friends and families and children, go hungry while vacant land sits empty and unused. We are no longer waiting for politicians to address the problems in this the second hungriest congressional district in the nation or the 40,000 vacant lots in Philadelphia or the many environmental problems we face everyday and will increasingly face. For this, we need support from our members and friends.