| 词条 | Kensington Welfare Rights Union |
| 释义 |
The Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KRWU) is a progressive social justice, political action, and advocacy group of, by, and for the poor and homeless operating out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] The group was founded by six women, including Cheri Honkala, and formed in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood in April 1991.[2] KWRU is a part of the national organization the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, a coalition of grassroots organizations, community groups, and non-profit organizations committed to uniting the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty.[1] KWRU is also a member of the steering committee of the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition.[3] KWRU was written about in the 1997 book Myth of the Welfare Queen by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino.[4] Group activitiesKWRU often used direct action tactics such as tent cities and housing takeover to provide housing and dramatize the plight of the homeless.[5] In 1994 KWRU organized the takeover of 12 vacant HUD owned homes in Philadelphia to try to call attention to HUD's failed housing policies.[6] References1. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Bricker-Jenkins |first1=Mary |last2=Young |first2=Carrie |last3=Honkala |first3=Cheri |date=2007 |chapter=Using economic human rights in the movement to end poverty: the Kensington Welfare Rights union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights campaign |editor-last=Reichert |editor-first=Elisabeth |title=Challenges in human rights: a social work perspective |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |pages=[//books.google.com/books?id=o7OrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 122–137] |isbn=9780231137201 |oclc=76864302}} 2. ^{{cite book |last1=Salvatierra |first1=Alexia |last2=Heltzel |first2=Peter Goodwin |date=2014 |title=Faith-rooted organizing: mobilizing the church in service to the world |location=Downers Grove, Illinois |publisher=InterVarsity Press |page=[//books.google.com/books?id=KUh0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 59] |isbn=9780830836611 |oclc=861966476}} 3. ^{{cite book |last1=Bowers |first1=John Waite |last2=Ochs |first2=Donovan J. |last3=Jensen |first3=Richard J. |last4=Schulz |first4=David P. |date=2010 |title=The rhetoric of agitation and control |edition=3rd |location=Long Grove, IL |publisher=Waveland Press |page=[//books.google.com/books?id=ta4QAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA154 154] |isbn=9781577666141 |oclc=406133470}} 4. ^{{cite news |last=Lippmann |first=Laura |date=13 April 1997 |title=Welfare mythology: buried charlatan [review of Myth of the Welfare Queen by David Zucchino] |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-04-13/news/1997103022_1_cheri-david-zucchino-welfare-queen |accessdate=10 December 2017}} 5. ^{{cite book |last=Jha |first=Sandya Rani |date=2017 |chapter=The power of keeping it simple: humans deserve housing |title=Transforming communities: how people like you are healing their neighborhoods |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |publisher=Chalice Press |pages=[//books.google.com/books?id=QLI8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA48 48–60] |isbn=9780827237155 |oclc=988276950}} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Maryniak |first=Paul |date=24 September 1994 |title=Homeless families evicted: squatters booted from HUD houses |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News |url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-09-24/news/25838985_1_hud-houses-vacant-houses-shelter-system |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222123443/http://articles.philly.com/1994-09-24/news/25838985_1_hud-houses-vacant-houses-shelter-system |archivedate=22 December 2015 |accessdate=10 December 2017}} Further reading{{portal|Philadelphia}}
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