Contact Center, in collaboration with Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center,
Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless, Over-the-Rhine for Education in Public
Schools (OTREPS), and The People's Empowerment Coalition of Ohio, among others,
will honor International Human Rights Day Friday, December 10, with a March
through Downtown Cincinnati. The focus will be on the human right to medical
care, housing, quality education and an economic safety net of full employment
and, for those unable to work, income assistance.
The peaceful March begins at 11:00 a.m. from the Contact Center, 1227 Vine St.,
with stops along the way at the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family
Services, Justice Center, and Federal Building Downtown. Speakers with personal
stories, original poetry and songs will be featured at each stop along the
March.
Contact Center is calling for Ohio's State Policymakers to balance the upcoming
State Budget by reducing the Ohio Corrections budget (freeing non-violent
offenders/ alternative sentencing), instead of cutting into the Medicaid
Program. which has already been in the news. Medicaid is a health care safety
net for the poor, including children, and the disabled poor. It is essential to
protect this life-affirming health care program and not balance Ohio's upcoming
budget on the backs of the poor.
Contact Center supports Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center's platform of
Jobs not warfare. America's deficit could be significantly reduced with troops
out of Afghanistan. Please join us in unity on International Human Rights Day
to call for Peace!
For more information call 513/381-4242.
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