POWER's Healthcare Truth Commission

Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights invites you to attend our: Healthcare Truth Commission Tuesday June 10th, from 6:00 - 8:30 PM, Portland's Community Public Access, 516 Congress Street, Portland, Maine Co-sponsored by POWER & MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 For more information or to get involved please contact POWER: 207-650-5092 / http://www.povertyontrial.org/ / POB 4281 Portland, ME 04101 Also see POWER's new Healthcare Crisis Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rRqOiArE8 Please help spread the word! Links to the event flyer, POWER's Healthcare Survey, & an informational handout are included below. "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking & inhumane." --Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 10, 2008 POWER will host a Healthcare Truth Commission to shine a light on some of the healthcare rights violations happening in our community. The purpose of this event is to call attention to these human rights violations & expose the true scope of the healthcare crisis currently affecting thousands here in Maine & millions more across the country, so that we can join together to bring about the changes we need to end this crisis and win our human right to healthcare for all. Here we will hear the stories of 12-15 individuals who will serve as Testifiers to testify & share their experiences struggling to meet their health needs. In addition, 9-12 people of conscience from throughout our community will be on hand to serve as Truth Commissioners to officially witness, and, if they so choose, respond to these testimonies. In bearing witness to these important testimonies, not only will we be able to better understand the nature of this healthcare crisis & the real life impact it is having on so many, many lives; it will also be an opportunity for us to come together as a community and confront this crisis & demand change. It is in this spirit that we encourage all who care about justice to mark your calendars & help us spread the word about this event, so that as many people as possible can join us in taking a stand for healthcare justice. Dr. King also said "There comes a time when silence is betrayal... The truth must be told..." For those of us who are dying for healthcare here in Maine, this is our time to speak out, break the silence, & tell the truth about the healthcare crisis & demand our human right to healthcare – NOW! Won’t you join us? HEALTHCARE TRUTH COMMISSION MATERIALS: Please help spread the word!!!! ***HEALTHCARE SURVEY*** Online: www.povertyontrial.org/healthcare_survey.html PDF: www.povertyontrial.org/power_materials/power_healthcare_survey--2008.pdf Word: www.povertyontrial.org/power_materials/power_healthcare_survey--2008.doc ***EVENT FLYER*** PDF: www.povertyontrial.org/Eventflyers/healthcaretruthcomm--flyer--6-10-08.pdf Word: www.povertyontrial.org/Eventflyers/healthcaretruthcomm--flyer--6-10-08.doc ***EVENT HANDOUT*** PDF: www.povertyontrial.org/Eventflyers/healthcaretruthcomm--handout--6-10-08.pdf Word: www.povertyontrial.org/Eventflyers/flyer_healthcaretruthcomm--handout--6-10-08.doc