Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign

Poor People's Army had a great trip back to Massachusetts this past weekend. We connected with local organizers to discuss our analysis on how to move forward in today's political and social climate resulting from the ongoing economic revolution. Touch The Sky hosted a meet-n-greet potluck at Northampton Skatepark, where we had the opportunity to break bread and talk with local organizers and residents of a homeless encampment a few blocks away. Springfield No One Leaves hosted a Poor People's Army mini-educational bootcamp, which was attended by Touch The Sky, along with other tenant unions and mutual aid groups.

Send us a DM if you, or your organization, is interested in the Poor People's Army coming to your town!

Make a donation to the soon-to-open Cheri Honkala Community Center in Galen’s honor!
https://www.cherihonkalacenter.org/about

Galen Tyler is a formerly homeless father that has been a longtime member and national organizer with Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. Originally from Virginia, Galen is a veteran of the U.S. Army and got involved with Kensington Welfare Rights Union and PPEHRC when he and his family were homeless due to foreclosure. He is previous Executive Director of KWRU and currently the Life Coach at New Jerusalem Now recovery community, where he helps individuals find themselves on their path towards healing themselves and society. Galen has helped housing thousands of families, coordinates food distribution, and is a leader in political education. Galen has traveled internationally to meet with poor people’s movements in India, Cambodia, Thailand, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, and the Netherlands. He has appeared in numerous films such as August in the Empire State, Battle for Broad, Outriders, and Flesh and Blood. Galen is a founding member and President of the Cheri Honkala Community Center, based in Kensington.

You're invited Sat May 9 to a movie made by our family at POOR Magazine... CRUSHING WHEELCHAIRS... a powerful new movie about the lives and ancestors lost to the ongoing violence of homelessness, evictions, gentrification, poLice terror, and sweeps.

All mothers will get a special gift, and we'll have dinner & popcorn free with admission. 6:30pm at Bok Building, 821 Mifflin St, Philadelphia, PA 19148 IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD A TICKET LET US KNOW we'll get a free entry for poor people. Contact 215-869-4753 or 510-435-7500

Preview and tickets here: https://givebutter.com/crushing-wheelchairs-philadelphia

“Poor Magazine and their poverty scholars, longtime members and allies of Poor People’s Army, are a crucial tool for developing a poor-led movement that can change the narrative of what it means to be rich and poor in this country. We are at a pivotal moment in history where our class is waking up, just as it’s growing to include more and more people that thought they were middle class. We need our poverty scholars and soldiers to lead the way in tactics of survival as we build class consciousness and forces for revolutionary change to end poverty and class society forever in the coming years,” said Cheri Honkala, an internationally-recognized antipoverty advocate who founded the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, Poor People’s Army, and most recently Cheri Honkala Community Center coming to Kensington summer of 2026. She is also the author of the recently released book, Takeover! A Human Rights Approach to Housing.

Crushing Wheelchairs: Philadelphia, PA May 9 at BOK

Poor People's Army International Committee was excited to host Hernán Vargas from ALBA Movimientos & Militant of the Communal Movement of Venezuela. Fe Echavarria hosted for PPA. Unfortunately, our other featured guest, Dan Kovalik, had to attend to an emergency and was unable to join us.

Hernán Vargas is Vice Minister for Communal Economy of the Communes and Social Movements' Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Movimiento de Pobladores' militant, ALBA Movimientos secretariat member, people's economies and social reproduction researcher, founding member of the Observatorio Venezolano de las Economías Populares (People's Economies Venezuelan Observatory).

See the video on youtube here:

VENEZUELA: Dictatorship or U.S. Propaganda? A webinar to dispel misinformation. Poor People's Army International Committee was excited to host Hernán Vargas from ALBA Movimientos & Militant of the Communal Movement of Venezuela. Fe Echav...