In December, I face two felony charges for housing homeless families in Philadelphia. I am here to speak on behalf of other poor and homeless people that I work and live with. I am here this morning to talk about those that stand in the shadows, those that are locking up our loved ones or are killing our people. I am here in hopes that we as a people can force them from the shadows so that we can finally se their faces and expose them for their crimes against humanity. This is my dream for the new millenium.
Corporations have direct impact on the lives of poor people each and every day.
They are responsible for those who get elected into political office. Corporations determine who and how entire neighborhoods are controlled, which church will get the new roof, which community center will get the pool for our children to swim in, what politician will invest in the neighborhood, which neighborhood will have a hospital, which police controlled projects will be funded, which charity programs will remain open and all of this is determined by one allegiance to a corporation. Now, of course, it sometimes just starts with the desperate need of a community to have a swimming pool for their kids or a hospital. But sooner or later we all drown. The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign is made up of poor people tired of being looked at as criminals for loving and providing for our children.