*********************************************************************** BE THERE SHARE WITH OTHERS BE THERE KICKOFF OF MARCH OF THE AMERICAS OF POOR & HOMELESS PEOPLE DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st TIME: 10 am PLACE: LAFAYETTE PARK (across from White House) Oct. 1 - Nov. 1 March of the Americas. Washington, DC to UN, New York City. Join poor and homeless people from the US, Latin America & Canada in this historic march to document and protest economic human rights violations. Be part of building our people's movement for social and economic justice! Contact: 215.203.1945 * e-mail Kwru@libertynet http://www.libertynet.org/kwru The March of the Americas, the month-long trek of poor and homeless people from Washington to the UN to publicize the lack of human rights for the poor in the U.S., begins this Friday, October 1 at 10 am in Lafayette Park, across from the White House. The rally there will last about 1.5 hours. The group will then walk to the FDR Memorial before beginning their march up I-95. They plan to walk about 15 miles a day. If you can, join them for a day, a night's encampment (they'll have political and cultural events each evening and large tarps for your sleeping bag ) or a weekend -- bring the family. Whether you can be there for the kickoff of not, donations are needed and can be sent to: The Kensington Welfare Rights Union P. O. Box 50678, Philadelphia, PA 19132. Help build our people's movement for social & economic justice!! See you this Friday!! *************************************************** Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide Washington Office & Affiliate 6617 Millwood Road Bethesda, MD 20817 tel 301.320.4034 fax 301.320.4534 email wkatzfishman@igc.org visit us online!! http://www.peacenet.org/projectsouth/