Help Build "Bushville"

The Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) – the amazing poor people's movement based in Philadelphia – is spearheading the Poor People's March for Economic Human Rights. Help KWRU build "Bushville," a tent city that will stand on the National Mall from Aug. 23 to 29.

The march, which left Marks, Miss., on Aug. 8, will depart from the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington on Saturday, Aug. 23., at 10 a.m. The group will enter Washington via the Key Bridge and then join the rally for the 40th Anniversary of the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial.

Each day during its time on the Mall, Bushville will focus on a different Universal Human Right that is not being met in the United States, the richest country in the world. The first event will be an interfaith service on Sunday, Aug. 24. Bushville will examine the right to health care on Monday, Aug. 25; the right to housing on Tuesday, Aug. 26; the right to food and water on Wednesday, Aug. 27; the right to education on Thursday, Aug. 28; and the right to a living wage and the effects of NAFTA and the FTAA on Friday, Aug. 29.

For more information, call Anne Kretzmann at 202/246-5462.