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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN:
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align="center"><font face="Calibri"><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Human</span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Rights</span></b><b><span
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FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">City</span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">, </span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Boston</span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> and Beyond</span></b></font>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
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Street</span></b><b><span
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FONT-SIZE: 16pt">, </span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Mattapan</span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">, </span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">MA</span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> </span></b><b><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 16pt">02126</span></b><b><span
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color="#800080"
face="Calibri">www.survivorsinc.org</font></span></b></a><b><span
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face="Calibri">For Immediate
Release</font></span></b> </p>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Contact:<span>
</span>Dottie Stevens<span>
</span>Debbie Ferretti<span>
</span>Laurie Taymor<span> </span></span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Berry</span><span
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face="Times New Roman">Masswelf@aol.com</font></span></a><span
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"
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face="Calibri">617 298-7311<span>
</span>781 803-0497<span>
</span>617 491-1318</font></span>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"
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face="Calibri">Once again,
welfare recipients are being<span>
</span>treated as the scapegoats
for the National Republican
Party’s campaign to shred the
safety net put in place for all
of us by the New Deal and the
Great Society. The spreading of
misinformation, regarding
President Obama rescinding <span> </span>the
work requirement in the Welfare
Reform of the 90`s is intended
to further incur resentment of
people living in poverty by the
unemployed, underemployed and
the average tax payer while both
parties intend to enforce even
further cuts on the poor.</font></span>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font
face="Calibri">On Saturday,
September 15<sup>th</sup>, Human
Rights City Boston & Beyond
will </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
name="_GoBack" rel="nofollow"></a><font
face="Calibri">cosponsor a forum
on the State of the Safety Net,
focusing on the human rights
stated in the “Universal
Declaration of Human Rights:”
spearheaded by Eleanor Roosevelt
and adopted by the United
Nations.</font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"
class="yiv1750399175MsoNormal"><font
face="Calibri"><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><span></span>The
challenges facing </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Boston</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> are complex
but tackling an ailing system
requires pooling our resources,
ideas and effort with a common
framework. Saturday's forum is
an opportunity for the wider
Boston community and
social/economic justice
organizations to build and
implement a human rights
framework<span> </span>Community
groups, legal organizations and
the people affected by punitive
policies,<span> </span>will
come together to<span> </span>talk
and listen to each other and
find solutions to achieve Human
Rights for All.</span></font> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"
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FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font
face="Calibri">What: “State of
the Safety Net Forum”</font></span>
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face="Calibri"><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">When: </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Saturday,
September 15<sup>th,</sup> 2012</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> from </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3:00PM</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> to </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">6:00PM</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></span></font>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Where: </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">First</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Baptist</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Church</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">, </span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt">633</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Centre Street,
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:
115%; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jamaica</span><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Plain, Ma
02130</span></font> </p>
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class="yiv1750399175MsoNormal"><span
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;
FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font
face="Calibri">Who: Human Rights
City Boston & Beyond, Mel
King, allied social justice and
economic justice organizations
and concerned others (all are
welcome).</font></span> </p>
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