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pstrongTHE CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS BUS TOUR CALIFORNIA MAY 29- MAY 31, 2001/strong/p pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/339/photo_1_supplement.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby Food First/p pTo help build the national movement for economic human rights in the United States, Food First is organizing the 2001 Economic Human Rights Bus Tour in California to be held from May 29 to 31. This follow-up to our successful 1999 Georgia Bus Tour is drawing public attention to growing poverty and hunger in this country, and the powerful grassroots campaigns that are addressing these injustices. We are pleased to be endorsed by the fifty-four member Congressional Progressive Caucus and more than two hundred organizations from across the country./p pRepresentative John Conyers called Food First’s 1999 tour "the most important thing I’ve done this year." With this in mind, the 2001 tour is again bringing congressional representatives, state legislators, local officials, and the national media on the bus. They're hearing first-hand testimonies and policy recommendations, emphasizing the need for bolder initiatives and a greater community role in policy making. /p pThe tour highlights campaigns for justice in California and is expanding the call for economic human rights to a national level. Stops include a kickoff event at the St. Mary’s Center in Oakland, a downtown Oakland walking tour hosted by Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency (BOSS) of low income housing that is slated for destruction and business development, and the Day Labor Program in San Francisco. On our third day we'll visit the fields of the Central Coast to witness the fight by the United Farm Workers, Lideres Campesinas, and others for fundamental economic human rights to safe working conditions and access to basic health care. /p pAssaults on our country’s working poor continue to accelerate, and the California Economic Human Rights Bus Tour is a timely and dynamic opportunity to strengthen our networks in support of justice. Join with us in demanding economic human rights in the United States. /p pFor further information on the California Bus Tour and the national movement for Economic Human Rights, please visit our website at a href="http://www.foodfirst.org" title="www.foodfirst.org"www.foodfirst.org/a and contact us at a href="mailto:humanrights@foodfirst.org"humanrights@foodfirst.org/a or call (510) 654-4400 x235. /p pItinerary for Economic Human Rights Bus Tour in California May 29th - 31st, 2001br / (current as of May 25th , 2001)/p pTuesday May 29th - Oakland/p pnoon Kickoff at St. Mary’s Center and lunch – 635 22nd Street/p p1:00 pm Housing Crisis walking tour with Building Opportunities for Selfbr / Sufficiency/p p2:45 pm Public Hearing, St. Mary’s Center/p p5:30 pm First Congregational Church – UCC, Public event – 27th br / Harrison Streets/p pWednesday May 30th - San Francisco/p p9:30 am Day Labor Program – Franklin Square Park – 17th Hampshire, The Mission/p p11:30 am St. Anthony's Foundation and lunch – 121 Golden Gate Ave, Downtown/p p2:30 pm Heron’s Head Park /Bayview Hunter’s Point – Pier 98, East endbr / of Cargo Way/p p5:00 pm Community Bridges Beacon at Everett School - 450 Church St, Thebr / Mission/p pThursday May 31st - Salinas / Watsonville /p p7:30 am Board bus at Downtown Berkeley BART 10:30 am UFW field visit -Davenportbr / Noon UFW site visit, lunch – La Manzana Center -Watsonvillebr / 2:00 pm Teamsters 890 Meeting Hall - Salinasbr / with Lideres Campesinas, The Citizenship Project, The Center for Community Advocacybr / 4:15 pm AMO Organics’ Dorrance Ranch - Hollisterbr / 4:45 pm Return to Bay Areabr / /p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p