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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Economic
Human Rights Coalition<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Press
Release regarding <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>April 16,
2012 Event<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>WATER IS
A HUMAN RIGHT!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
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face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">“</SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Safe and
clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full
enjoyment of life and all other human rights</SPAN></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">.”</SPAN></I></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">---The
United Nations General Assembly, </SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN class=fullstory><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">28 July
2010</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ÿ-ÿ3 fg '; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><FONT
face=Calibri>Almost one year ago on April 19, 2011, the City Council unanimously
declared Boston a Human Rights City. One year later, many residents still
</FONT><A name=_GoBack></A><FONT face=Calibri>are denied this basic human right.
On Patriots’ Day/Marathon Day, April 16, 2012, we, the Economic Human Rights
Coalition, are coming to Boston to run the race for human needs, to educate and
empower Boston residents to claim their human rights and urge the City Council
to be accountable for their words.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ÿ-ÿ3 fg '; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"><o:p><FONT
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Our starting line will be at the
front steps of the <STRONG>Arlington Church at Boylston and Arlington Streets,
from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.</STRONG><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><STRONG> </STRONG> </SPAN>We will be asking
Boston Marathon spectators from all over the country and the world to sign
petitions, to be delivered to the Mayor and the City Council of
Boston.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT face=Calibri>We
demand: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Calibri>A
moratorium on water shut-offs for inability to pay<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Adequate
subsidies for low-income rate-payers<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Calibri>An end to
punitive denial of water to prisoners<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Calibri>Let’s create a more humane city and
join together in this historic endeavor to make life healthy and just for
everyone.</FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Calibri>
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face=Calibri></FONT> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Contacts for the <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Economic Human
Rights Coalition:</SPAN> </FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Mass Global Action:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Suren Moodliar, </FONT><A
href="mailto:suren@fairjobs.org"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">suren@fairjobs.org</FONT></A></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Survivors, Inc.:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dottie Stevens, </FONT><A
href="mailto:masswelf@aol.com"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">masswelf@aol.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>
</FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Green-Rainbow Party: Danny Factor,
</FONT><A href="mailto:danielfactor@aol.com"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">danielfactor@aol.com</FONT></A></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>