National Poverty Tour Comes to Detroit
Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:51 PM PDT
On Monday, August 8th, 2011, something very critical is happening in Detroit.
The 15-city POVERTY TOUR: A CALL TO CONSCIENCE is making a stop at City Hall.
PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley and Princeton Professor Cornell West have coordinated this national effort to shine a light on the plight of the American poor.
MI Welfare Rights has been invited to attend and, we in turn, invite you to come and share your thoughts about the rising poverty that we all see happening in Detroit. With the threat of 12,600 welfare families being cut off of benefits effective October, 2011, we are in the front seat as we see our meager standard of living being driven down.
Read Poverty Tour statistics on U.S. poverty.
Meet us at the Detroit Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (aka City County Bldg) in the Auditorium on Monday, August 8th at noon sharp until 2pm. This Tour has made appearances all over the country as they document everywhere else what is happening here.
See you there!
Video: "Tavis tells the Truth about Poverty in America," CBS commentary can be found on Poverty Tour website.
Why We March: Announcing the Workers March On Washington
Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT
Beginning today, August 1, 2011, we will begin the first of many posts about preparation for the national Workers March On Washington, June 30, 2012. As a proud member of the Assembly to End Poverty, MWRO is actively organizing thousands of workers and low-income people to speak out and demand an end to poverty!
For the next several months, we will keep you posted with regular reports, analyses and commentary on why we must march. While we gather momentum toward this great march, we know that the heart of this work lies in the stories, testimonials and experiences of poverty from every person in the U.S. that we meet along the way.
We know that the foundation on which society rests has changed forever. Science has advanced technology very fast, making workers more productive than ever before. Fewer human beings are needed to produce. In Michigan, we live in a State that's been hit very hard by this new world order. Yet, political operatives have suggested that mothers on welfare with children be
separated from their benefits and forced into the work market. The first 12,600 public assistance families will be eliminated effective Oct. 1st, 2011.
In the worst job market, in the worst housing market, with family violence spiraling out of control, the answer is to push women and children into deeper poverty? The State will save $64 million by eliminating payments to this group. What is the worth of a human being?
The Assembly To End Poverty is calling for a Workers March On Washington, June 30, 2012. We march on D.C. because we want to eliminate poverty, and not the poor. We can and we will do this!
Get involved, contact: EndPoverty2012@gmail.com. You have 335 days left.
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