DeKalb Alliance
for Economic Human Rights

Email us!
vip_people@yahoo.com

VIP People
c/o Vincent Gervais
217 South 2nd Street #283
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-758-3479

The Problem:  We live in the richest nation in the world, yet all around us people suffer.  In our "booming economy" homelessness and visits to food pantries are on the rise.  The ultra rich grow richer, and the working poor can't pay their rent even though we work longer hours than ever before.  The minimum wage is worth less than it was in 1972.  Bankruptcy and working class debt are at an all-time high.  Some of us don't sleep well at night.

The Solution:  The solution is simple.  We must build a movement to fight for all people's basic human rights.  Rights to a guranteed living wage, affordable housing, food, helthcare, childcare and education.  (See the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.)  How do we do this?  Through education, documentation of human rights violations and demonstration of our commitment to building a movement to end poverty.

Voices of Illinois Poor People is a grassroots organization dedicated to building the political, social and economic strength of low income citizens of the State of Illinois. We believe that poor people have the right to make our voices heard in the decisions that affect our lives. Using the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights as an organizing platform, our mission is to raise public awareness of poverty issues and empower low income communities, organizations and individuals through education, direct action and documentation of economic human rights violations.
 

Important Links:

Invisible Voices:  Poetry by the Disappeared

Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the Economic Human Rights Campaign

Chicago Coalition to Protect Public Housing

Coalition of Immokalee Workers