They heard a welcoming address by Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire and speeches from civil rights lawyer Barbara Arnwine, from National Organization for Women president Patricia Ireland and from NWRU chair Marian Kramer. Arnwine, Ireland and Kramer were among the U.S. participants in the United Nations women's conference in Beijing. The participants described how the attacks took different forms in each region, such as attacks on immigrants in California or the all-out attacks in the South, where food programs such as breakfast and lunch programs for children and Meals on Wheels for the elderly face total elimination, she said.
Family caps are genocidal measures being pushed by the ruling class.
They cut off additional aid to families which exceed a certain number of children. The convention decided to launch a drive to send thousands of postcards from around the country to deliver that message to the White House, Taylor said. The offensive will demand that these legislators not vote for these cuts. It will wind up with a rally at noon, Thursday, September 21 on the steps of the capitol building. The march will begin at 3 p.m. September 21 in front of St. Leo's Church, at Grand River and 15th Street in Detroit.