by Cheri Honkala | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Puerto Rican evacuees who arrived in Philadelphia after losing everything due to Hurricane Maria are facing continued uncertainty about their continued housing. While emergency housing vouchers for evacuees have been extended until June, several families have fallen...
by Cheri Honkala | Feb 22, 2018 | Housing & Homelessness, Movement Building, News and Commentary, Poverty
Dear Poor Folks and Friends, The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) comes with decades of organizing experience in the anti-poverty movement. Much has been learned from international peasant movements, the National Welfare Rights Union, and other...
by Cheri Honkala | Feb 21, 2018 | Housing & Homelessness, Movement Building, News and Commentary, Poverty, Uncategorized
Dear Welfare Queens, I’m a Queen myself so it’s easy for me to identify other Queens. I live in a little apartment on the second floor of a house with my son who is 15 and has two disabilities. I work doing deliveries during the day for Postmates when I can and the...
by admin | Jan 30, 2018 | Alternative Spring Break, Environmental Justice, Fundraising, Housing & Homelessness, Hunger, Movement Building, News and Commentary, Poverty, Speaking Engagement, Summer of Social Action, Uncategorized, Upcoming Events
March with the poor in the March for Our Lives June 2nd from Philadelphia threw June 12th to Washington D.C for the 50th anniversary of the Kings Poor Peoples March and Resurrection city. Together we will rise .
by Cheri Honkala | Nov 8, 2017 | Housing & Homelessness, Movement Building
The Project: The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is working to acquire vacant single-family rowhomes and twins in Philadelphia, in order to rehabilitate them and then rent them to homeless individuals and families at subsidized, affordable rates....
by Cheri Honkala | Nov 2, 2017 | Upcoming Events
Presents FLESH AND BLOOD A Film By Mark Webber Starring Cheri Honkala Founder, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign 2012 Green Party nominee for Vice President WATCH THE TRAILER Join us for screenings this weekend and contribute to the...
by Cheri Honkala | Oct 1, 2017 | News and Commentary
On Monday, October 2 at 1:00 pm, the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) will be visiting the offices of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. to ask that international human rights observers are sent to Puerto Rico to witness...
by admin | Jul 27, 2017 | News and Commentary
As we celebrate the 27th Anniversary of the ADA, we fight alongside our many ADAPT & NCIL friends to preserve our healthcare and Medicaid services and supports. Today, many of our friends continue the fight in DC where they have protested through the heat and...
