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The ASSEMBLY TO END POVERTY ()
2012 Calendar of Events (and related activities)
Updated: 3/1/2012
February and March
Education Committee of The Assembly To End Poverty –
Building a curriculum for People’s Movement Assemblies (PMA’s) to End Poverty
How to get involved/help out: contact monica@sistersoftheroad.org; 503-860-9880
Organizing/Strategy Committee of The Assembly to End Poverty –
Building an organizing plan and strategy to support People’s Movement Assemblies (PMA’s) to End Poverty
How to get involved/help out: contact monica@sistersoftheroad.org; 503-860-9880
March 24th, 2012 Cleveland Power Summit: A Coference to Organize Around Ending Poverty
St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio
or call 216-651-2606
March 23-24, 2012 Peoples Movement Assembly – National Coordination Meeting, Hosted by Project South Atlanta GA
March 28th, 2012 PMA 101-A Tool for Building People’s Movements Sisters Of The Road, Portland, Oregon
May 10-13th World Court of Women on Poverty in the US! Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP) Oakland, CA, at Laney College.
The World Courts of Women (WCW) exist to rewrite our histories, reclaim our memories, and find new visions for our times. The Courts of Women are public hearings that exist to share voices of survival and resistance from the margins. Those gathered at the World Court on Poverty in the US: Disappeared in America PMA, along with the host organizations, seek to break the silence on poverty as a violation of both women’s rights and human rights. We reject the myth that dire poverty only exists outside of the boundaries of the US and demand an end to the tremendous violence of poverty that impacts our children, our families, and our communities. The effects of globalization, the increase in wealth disparity, and dismantling of the social safety net have pushed our communities into destitution while corporate powers and banking institutions have profited tremendously at our expense.
We link our struggles here in the United States to the struggles of poor people throughout the World. We are committed to uniting the poor as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty everywhere and forever. This resolution of action is a reflection of decades of work and we are lifted up by the efforts of many organizations that have fought tirelessly to eliminate injustice.
