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Poor People's
Economic Human
Rights Campaign
DeKalb
Alliance
for
Economic Human Rights
LINC (Low Income Networking and Communications) Project
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Please print, sign and mail the letter below to support Cheri Honkala and the Economic Human Rights Campaign. Cheri was unjustly charged for exercizing her 1st Amendment Rights to speak out for economic justice during the Seattle/WTO protests!
You may
also fax your letter to
Attn:
City Attorny Mark Sidran
(206)684-8284
Please
cc: a copy of your letter to
KWRU
Defense Committee
PO Box
50678,
Philadelphia,
PA 19132
(215)203-1950
FAX
kwru@libertynet.org.
Thank
you for your support.
[copy, paste, print and sign the letter below]
City Attorney Mark Sidran
Municipal Building 10th Floor
600 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Re: Case # 371901
Dear Mr. Sidran,
I am writing in support of Cheri
Honkala, Director of the Kensignton
Welfare Rights Union and Spokesperson
for the Poor People's Economic
Human Rights Campaign. Cheri
was arrested on November 29, 1999 during
the Seattle/WTO protests. She
was charged with obstruction for her
non-violent attempt to exercize
her First Amendment Rights of Freedom of
Speech and Assembly.
Since that time, Cheri has been
offered a plea bargain that includes 5
days in jail, a $1000 fine,
and a two-year gag order prohibiting her
participation or involvement
in demonstrations anywhere in the country.
I firmly believe that the arrest,
the charge, and the plea bargain
pressed upon Cheri Honkala
represent an aggregious violation of the
Rights that are guaranteed
to all American citizens in the First
Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States of America.
In the spirit of American Freedom,
I firmly believe that all charges
against Cheri Honkala must
be dropped immediately.
Sincerely,
March 16, 2000:
VIP People and DeKalb CAEHRs
complete letter writing campaign assisting in the Call
to Action.
February 14 2000:
VIP People and DeKalb Alliance
present comments
on CDBG Consolidated Plan regarding housing issues in the city of
DeKalb .
February 2-8 2000:
VIP People attend the EHRC
Planning Meeting.
November 12-14 1999:
VIP People co-sponsored
the
Poverty
& Community Organizing: DeKalb Conference on Economic Human Rights
October 1999:
Participated in the
March
of the Americas
October 28, 1999:
VIP People protested
in solidarity with the
Chicago
Coalition to
Protect
Public Housing
March
on City Hall