[HCCN] REMINDER: Come to Poverty Free Maine Convention, October 30 in Augusta

[Larry Dansinger]

Please pass along to others in your group or area. Thanks.

We hope you can come to this important convention and bring others  
also. You can register by emailing mlightfootlane at gmail.com or  
replying to this email or by calling Jan at 453-2353 or Larry at  
525-7776. If you decide at the last minute to come, you can just come  
to Jewett Hall at UMA. We can also help with travel expenses if you  
need it.

Poverty Free Maine Convention

How Maine Can End Poverty by Establishing Economic Human Rights

Saturday, October 30, 2010, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Jewett Hall, Univ. of Maine, Augusta


Sponsored by Maine Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Coalition

If you are low income, we especially want you to come and speak up.  
If you are not, we welcome you also as allies to support us.

The MAINE POOR PEOPLE’S ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION works to  
inspire and exact change for the betterment of our lives and  
communities by generating a movement that unites the poor and their  
allies. Members share a common vision of a society where all have  
rights to housing, living wage jobs, health care, quality education,  
and other economic human rights.

Maine PPEHRC wants the Maine legislature to adopt and enforce our  
Bill of Economic Human Rights (below), which we will ratify at the  
convention:

Bill of Economic Human Rights for Maine


1) Every individual has a right to have her/his basic needs met, such  
as:
* food and clothing
* permanent housing
* health care
* child care

2) Every individual has a right to income to provide the basic needs  
of her/his family, through productive employment and/or through  
entitlements.

3) Every individual has a right to:
* freedom from discrimination in obtaining her/his basic needs
* seek one's choice of employment
* access to public transportation that supports employment retention
* productive work with equal pay for equal or comparable work at a  
livable wage
* protections against the ill effects of unemployment
* a standard of living that is adequate for security and well-being.

4) Every individual has a right to:
* form and join labor unions and other groups which protect her/his  
interests
* bargain collectively on issues such as pay and working conditions
* work in businesses or cooperatives which provide maximum  
opportunities for economic democracy
* strike without fear of reprisals.

5) Every individual has a right to education or training to obtain  
the skills that allow her/him to participate in and contribute to the  
Maine economy.

6) Every individual has a right to access financial services,  
including, but not limited to, savings or checking accounts, loans  
and IRA's.

7) Every individual has a right to access quality legal services  
regardless of the ability to pay.

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY:

8:30 AM—Registration

9:00 AM—Introductions

9:30 AM—Panel Discussion: “Exercising Your Economic Human Rights”

10:30 AM—Break

10:45 AM—Participant Feedback and Comments

11:30 AM—Ratification of Bill of Economic Human Rights for Maine

12 Noon—Lunch will be provided (with vegan and vegetarian options)

1:00 PM—Workshop #1

2:30 PM—Workshop #2

4:00 PM—Closing Discussions

(Workshop topics include: Right to free post secondary education,  
right to earn a livable wage, right to health care, preventing  
homelessness. Attendees will have the opportunity to select which  
workshops they would like to attend during morning registration.)


REGISTRATION FORM

(typing information on this form and replying by email is fine)


Name__________________________________


Address_______________________________


Town/city_____________________________


State/Zip code__________________________


Phone_________________________________


Email _________________________________


Please Check all that Apply:


___I am registering for Poverty-Free Maine Convention, October 30



Registration fee: The event is free; however, donations are greatly  
appreciated.


Childcare

___I need childcare. Please list ages of children.

______________________________________


Ride Share:

___I need a ride from_____________________

___I can offer a ride from _________________


Please note any other special accommodations

required________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________



Return this form, preferably by October 25th, to:

Maine PPEHRC

PO Box 105, Fairfield, ME 04937

or email to mlightfootlane at gmail.com



For registration or other questions:



mlightfootlane at gmail.com or call Jan at 453-2353 or Larry at 525-7776.

  
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