PRESS ADVISORY
May 12, 2010

Contact Center
1227 Vine St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513/381-4242

Contact Persons: Lynn Williams or Cassandra Barham, 381-4242, Will Wallace 252-1980

Contact Center, in collaboration with Hip Hop Congress, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, St. Johns Unitarian Church, New Prospect Baptist Church, Over-the-Rhine Islamic Center, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, will welcome the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Marchers/Caravan to Ohio when they arrive at the Purple People’s Bridge on Thursday, May 20 at noon. The Purple People's Bridge is at Pete Rose/Butler.

The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) is marching from New Orleans to Detroit from April 4 to June 22 to call public attention to America’s urgent need to end poverty and solve our nation’s problems of homelessness and lack of jobs, among other issues.

After crossing the bridge, the marchers will proceed to the Underground Railroad Freedom Center (at Rosa Parks/Vine St.) to call for justice and an end to economic slavery in America today. From there the marchers will proceed north on Vine St. through Downtown Business District to Contact Center at 1227 Vine St.

At 2:00 PM a Truth Commission Rally and Cookout will be held at 1225 Vine Street (outside the Recovery Hotel/Contact Center building). The Marchers will be involved in community events for the three days they are in Cincinnati. During the three days opportunities will be available for interviews with the Marchers.

The Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign March began in New Orleans and is ending at the outset of U.S. Social Forum in Detroit. The march is highlighting the neglected issues of poverty in the U.S. We are demanding our universal economic human rights including the rights to housing, health care, food, education, communication and living wage jobs.


Sponsored by the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. www.economichumanrights.org