Join the Santa Cruz County Poor People’s Campaign for our next Poor People’s Town Hall in Watsonville, April 18, 2019, 6-8PM. Location to be confirmed. Call 831-423-1626 for details.
The most recent Town Hall was held in Santa Cruz on March 14th, 2019:
-Nonprofit Panel: SCCCCOR (Santa Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism), Second Harvest Food Bank, Wise Democracy, Sunrise Movement and more
-Singing
-Spoken Word by Lyrical I
-Food Distribution
-Music Performance
-Testimonial
-Subcommittee appointment
Car Pool Sign up here: https://doodle.com/poll/y5sqtkcgr8kq4y23
LAUNCH OF THE RADICAL ZINE VOLUME 2: “TALK POVERTY” ISSUE
-some of the artists featured will read their work-
The Poor People’s Town Halls are taking place each month in a different city within Santa Cruz County. These events are an opportunity for Poor People to come and connect with the movement, sing together, struggle together, share food from a food distribution, hear about the work that is being done in their areas to address poverty and hear testimonies from poor people in their area about their experiences and the need for change.
Community members who attend will also have the opportunity to ask questions, make comments and share their own testimonies of being poor in Santa Cruz County.
We are now forming subcommittees in the six cities of Santa Cruz County. These will create an agenda of demands to bring about positive social change in their regions. At the end of the year the subcommittee will go through a nonviolent action training to work towards reaching their demands.
To learn more about the fundamental principles of the Poor People’s Campaign, please follow the link to the national website: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/fundamental-principles/