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August 31, 2004
POWERFUL STILL WE RISE MARCH ON THE RNC -- MORE PHOTOS ON HW SITE
Monday at noon, the Poor People's March & Rally kicked off at Union Square in NYC -- the event was sponsored by Still We Rise
Reports of size varied but the crowd was large and the New York Times reports online that a police officer put it at 20,000 (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/30CND-PROT.html). The march and Housing Works' presence was covered by major media around the
world.
Housing Works CEO Charles King offered a moving prayer to open the rally, and dedicated the event to the memory of Keith Cylar, as well as Joe Capestany and Joe Bostic, co-founders of New York City AIDS Housing Network, and all those who've died in the struggle.
For lots more pictures of the Still We Rise March, go to: http://www.housingworks.org/aidsissues/stillwerise/. Stay tuned for more RNC reports next week.
Still We Rise Coalition is a non-partisan coalition of over 35 organizations which work day to day in New York City to create concrete changes on the issues that impact the lives of New Yorkers.