[dc-zaps] A Week of Speakouts, Actions and Teach-Ins in D.C.

Take Part in a Week of Speakouts, Actions and Teach-Ins in D.C.

Join the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign for a week of 
speakouts, actions, and teach-ins in D.C. - Aug. 23-29! For more 
information: http://www.kwru.org

Schedule of events:

From Aug. 24-29, the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign will set 
up a tent city -- "Bushville" -- in the seat of our government. All events 
will take place on Independence Mall between 7th and 14th Streets.

Aug. 23: The Campaign will arrive in Washington, D.C. for the international 
day of action. Masses of the nation's poor will march on the capital to 
demand their economic human rights.
	[10 a.m.] Meet at the Iwo Jima memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to 
march over the Key bridge and into Washington, D.C.

Aug. 24: Interfaith service
	[1 p.m.] "Which side are you on?"

Aug. 25: Organizing for the right to health care
	[9 a.m.-2 p.m.] Free checkups
	[3 p.m.] Panel on health care

Aug. 26: Organizing for the right to housing
	[10 a.m.] March for the right to housing
	[5 p.m.] Panel on housing

Aug. 27: Organizing for the right to food and water
	[10 a.m.] Free food distribution
	[7 p.m.] Panel on food and water

Aug. 28: Organizing for the right to education
	[5 p.m.] Panel on education

Aug. 29: Organizing for the right to a job at a living wage
	[12 p.m.] A teach-in on the effects of NAFTA, CAFTA and the FTAA
	[5 p.m.] Panel on the right to a job at a living wage

This schedule will be more detailed as more information becomes available.

Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU), the poor people's movement out of 
Philadelphia, is spearheading the Poor People's March for Economic Human 
Rights, which has left Marks, Miss. and is on its way to D.C. to coincide 
with the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

For more info about the march, tent city and civil rights rally:
http://www.kwru.org/march/index.html