POWER Delegation to the US Social Forum 2007 | Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights (POWER, Maine)

POWER's Delegation to the
U.S. Social Forum 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
PHOTOGRAPHS OF POWER's USSF DELEGATION

POWER members participate in
Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
delegation to FIRST EVER United States Social Forum!
Wednesday June 27th - Sunday July 1st: in Atlanta, Georgia

To learn more about the US Social Forum: www.ussf2007.org

For more information about the PPEHRC: www.economichumanrights.org

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, ANOTHER US IS NECESSARY! STOP THE WAR ABROAD & AT HOME! In late June the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign member organizations caravanned to Atlanta, Georgia where we participated in the first ever US Social Forum held June 27-July 1st. Here we participated in several presentations as part of the official US Social Forum program, in addition to several other activities. On June 29th, the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign led a non-violent march themed: "Another World Is Possible, Another US is Necessary - Stop the War Abroad and At Home." About 500 of us marched from the Martin Luther King Historical Center to the Headquarters of Coca-Cola, where we demanded an end to war, an end to poverty both abroad & at home, an end to privatization of our water & other shared resources, and an end to human rights atrocities being committed by both our government & corporations like Coca Cola which profit from & actively promote human suffering. Additionally, PPEHRC members held & participated in daily teach-ins, panels, workshops, & performances at the Poor People's Tent at the US Social Forum. Read more.

March for Our Lives | Another world is possible, another US is necessary
Download PPEHRC Tent Schedule: WORD | PDF
Download PPERHC USSF Registration Packet: WORD | PDF
Download Individual/Family Registration: WORD | PDF
Download Caravan Registration: WORD | PDF
Download PPEHRC Meal Schedule: WORD | PDF
Download PPEHRC Sponorship Letter & Form: PDF
Download Call to Action: WORD | PDF
Download Organizing a Caravan: WORD | PDF
For more info, please visit: www.economichumanrights.org

THANK YOU!!! POWER received OVER TWO DOZEN solidarity contributions from fellow members, supporters, & friends. We want to extend our most heartfelt thanks to all of you who helped make this delegation possible. Your support means so much to us. We couldn't have done this without you!

Additionally, POWER wishes to acknowledge solidarity contributions from the following organizations & individuals:

Maine Equal Justice Partners
The Southern Maine Labor Council
Sound Ecology
Bonnie Moran, in loving memory of Lynn P. Moran

From all of us from Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights:
We are both honored and grateful for your support. Thank you.

To learn more about the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign delegation
to the US Social Forum, please visit the campaign's website: www.economichumanrights.org

NEW VIDEO! -2/24/07
National Housing Action Workshop,
At the US Social Forum in Atlanta Georgia; Produced by POWER's Video Committee;

National Housing Action Workshop 6/30/07 [25:01mins]
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This video was filmed on site by POWER delegates to the 1st ever US Social Forum (USSF), held in Atlanta, Georgia, from June 27 - July 1, 2007. The National Housing Action Workshops were organized by several organizations including Chicago Coalition to Protect Public Housing & Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP), & each was attended by housing rights activists from all over the country (including POWER of Maine!).The goal of these workshops was to begin building a national movement for housing justice in the United States. Such a movement aims to save what public & subsidized housing we currently have (housing which is currently being threatened from coast to coast), and to expand access to TRULY affordable housing to all. This video includes footage from the second workshop, as well as footage of the demonstration to the Atlanta Housing Authority that followed, an event which was planned during the workshop itself. At this rally,demonstrators served AHA with an eviction notice in response to their plans to demolish over 1,000 units of public housing, which will lead to the displacement thousands of low-income residents and their families.

Also see: POWER Goes to the US Social Forum: a video slideshow:
Larger screen | Watch movie on YouTube | Visit POWER's YouTube channel | ( TOP )

Photographs from POWER's USSF Delegation

POWER Goes the US Social Forum
A video slideshow from POWER's USSF Delegation

Larger screen | Watch movie on YouTube | Visit POWER's YouTube channel | ( TOP )

Wanna Know Why Another US is Necessary? Watch this Video!

Housing is a Human Right, US Social Forum Promo | Watch it on YouTube | ( TOP )
By the Coalition to Protect Public Housing, of Chicago, IL, a fellow PPEHRC member.

THANK YOU to everyone who made this delegation possible!

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