Join us for a reading and Q&A with the creators of TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing! There are ten abandoned properties for every homeless Philadelphian, yet people are dying on the streets. The Poor People’s Army has a common sense solution: take over vacant government-owned housing and fix it up for homeless families. Learn how the organized poor are using the power of community to stay alive–because basic human rights aren’t up for negotiation.

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Cheri Honkala is a nationally-renowned advocate for the poor and homeless, and is the founder of the Poor People’s Army. A Green Party VP candidate in 2012, Honkala was one of thirteen individuals named most in danger doing frontline work in the U.S.

Cheri has spoken at universities, organizations and conferences across the world. She often speaks about human rights, taking over abandoned houses for shelter, the nonprofit industrial complex, and civil disobedience among other topics.

Amanda Hall is a co-creator of TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing. She is a member-leader of the Philadelphia chapter of Resource Generation, a collective of 18-35 year olds with wealth and/or class privilege who are organizing for social change. Amanda earned her MS in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and is passionate about exploring new models for an abundant, cooperative world.