Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights = POWER!

www.povertyontrial.org / 207-650-5092 / pob 4281 Portland, Me 04101

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• Q: Do I have to answer all the questions in order to take the survey? --No. Feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you like. Of course, the more you answer, the more helpful it is for us. 
• Q: Can I take the survey anonymously? --Yes. Giving your contact info is entirely optional. 
• Q: Will my contact information be kept confidential? --Yes. Absolutely.
• Q: Are there other ways to take this survey? --Yes. A print version of the survey is available: You can either download it from our website as a Word document, or you can contact POWER with your mailing address and we'll send you a copy of the survey by mail. An email-able version of the survey is also available by contacting POWER. 
• Q: Do I have to be poor or low-income to take the survey? --No. Anyone may take the survey. 
• Q: Do I have to be from Maine to take the survey? --No. Anyone may take the survey. 
• Q: Where can I find out more about Universal Single Payer Healthcare? --For starters,
  please visit the website of Physicans for a National Health Program: www.pnhp.org, or  www.guaranteedhealthcare.org. Additional resources can be found listed in the left-hand column.  
• Q: What are economic human rights? --Economic human rights include our rights to food, housing, healthcare, living wage jobs, education, and income for those who need it. These rights are outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: for more info click here or visit our human rights page. 
• Q: What are some examples of economic human rights violations? --For example: problems getting healthcare when you needed it; struggling to pay your rent or mortgage; working jobs that don't pay enough to make ends meet; skipping prescriptions because they were too expensive; taking on student loans you later can't afford to pay... These are just some of the many examples of economic human rights violations that millions of us are experiencing all across the nation. 
• Q: When I tried to submit the survey, I received an error message. What do I do?
  --Please click here to make sure you checked off "YES" in the required field. 
• Q: How can I help distribute this survey to other people?--One way you can help is by printing out the survey out & making copies to distribute. To download the printable version of the survey: Healthcare_Survey --Word format | Healthcare_Survey --PDF format
  Or contact POWER with your address & we'll send or deliver copies of the survey to you. You can also help out by distributing the email version of the survey - contact POWER. 
  THANK YOU!
  
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MORE ABOUT ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS

Conditions of poverty represent violations of our economic human rights. As part of the struggle to end poverty, we're working to document these violations wherever they occur.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a landmark international treaty signed by the United States in 1948. It clearly states that economic human rights are guaranteed to all human beings.

Economic Human Rights are specified in Articles 23, 25, & 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as outlined below. Or read the full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More info is also available on our human rights page. 

Article 23:
The right to LIVING WAGE JOBS, to safe working conditions, and to form and join unions.

1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for him/herself and his/her family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
4. Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his/her interests.
   

Article 25:
The right to well-being of a person and their family, including: HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, & FOOD, CHILDCARE, & SECURITY for all those who are unemployed, unable to work, or working at home raising children, or caring for other family members.  

1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of him/herself and of his or her family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his or her control.
2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Article 26:
The right to EDUCATION, including higher education & training. 

1. Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
2. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
3. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.