MARCH OF THE AMERICAS Poor People's March

Who and What:

The March of the Americas is being organized by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC), a national effort led by poor and homeless men, women, and children of all races to raise the issue of poverty as a human rights violation. Together, we are fighting for our basic human rights as provided for in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the right to a job at a living wage, the right to a suitable home, the guarantee of quality education and quality healthcare, and a future for us and our families. From migrant workers in Florida to welfare moms in Boston to public housing tenants in Chicago to downsized workers in Ohio to workfare workers in California, poor people have all joined together to fight an escalating war against poverty in our wealthy nation. The March of the Americas will bring together poor and homeless families from the US, Canada, and Latin America in the struggle to end poverty in the US and worldwide. During this month-long march, we will document and protest poverty and welfare reform.

Beginning on October 1, 1999, the PPEHRC will unite poor and homeless families from across this country and the rest of the Americas in a month-long march from Washington DC to the United Nations in New York City. For the entire month we will march ten miles a day, setting up tent cities every night, and arriving at the United Nations on November 1, 1999. The MARCH OF THE AMERICAS will be going through Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City and along the way we will meet up with artists, students, unions and poor people's groups that are also fighting to break the isolation. Full-time & part-time marchers needed; for registration form, what-to-bring list, & how to help: