| Poor
People's Economic Human Rights Delegation at the CIW's Boycott Victory
Rally
On March 11-12 PPEHRC celebrated
the success of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Taco Bell Boycott by
sending a large delegation to participate in the "Our World, Our
Rights," conference and the victory rally on the following day. The
CIW has been a part of the PPEHRC for many years and we are very proud
of their important work and their huge success.
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"Our
World, Our Rights!" Conference:
The day began with Lucas Benitez and Gerardo Reyes of the Coalition
of Immokalee Workers giving the audience a history of their struggle. |
Debra
Frazier (in pink) of Friends & Residents of Arthur Capper and
Carrollsburg in DC, and Cheri Honkala (to her left), National Coordinator
of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, present on a
panel called "Human Rights Strategies." |
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| Jennifer
Jewell (left) of Women in Transition in Louisville, Kentucky, and
Gerardo Reyes help lead a workshop on "The Otherness of Poverty." |
Jesse
Vear of Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights in Maine tells
her story in one of the workshops. |
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| On
the following day we went to the RALLY! |
The
Philadelphia delegation from KWRU proudly wears their Poor People's
Economic Human Rights Campaign t-shirts. |
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| Dennis
Burns of the United Workers Association in Baltimore celebrates the
boycott victory. |
Representatives
from each PPEHRC group gather together to take a group photo. |
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