Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign holds press conference in response to federal concerns regarding violence in poor p

On July 3 Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) was contacted by the Federal Justice Department regarding their ‘concern for violence towards Cheri and marchers’ during the March for Our Lives. The Federal Justice Department, claiming to offer protection and training for PPEHRC and marchers, called multiple times. PPEHRC is responsible for holding the largest marches of poor people during the last two Republican Conventions. The Federal Justice Department has never contacted PPEHRC in any of its previous marches.

PPEHRC will hold a press conference in front of the Ramsey County Jail at ten o’clock on Wednesday, July 23 to speak to the issue of violence and the March for Our Lives.

Speakers include: Cheri Honkala, national organizer for PPEHRC, Clyde Bellecourt, of the American Indian Movement, and Bill Means, International Indian Treaty Council, American Indian Movement, as well as others.

When: 10 AM Wednesday, July 23rd

Where: Ramsey County Jail, 100 11th St E, Saint Paul, MN 55101