BANGOR, Maine — The Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine is inviting the public to participate in the Walk to Stop the War on the Poor on Saturday.
The event begins at noon with a short rally at Peirce Park, next to Bangor Public Library. From there, participants will embark on a two-mile walk past organizations serving human needs, including Spruce Run, Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, Community Health and Counseling and Penquis CAP.
Those who attend are asked to bring signs expressing alternatives to proposed cuts to Maine’s human services budget.
The rally and walk are co-sponsored by H.O.M.E., Maine Association of Interdependent Neighborhoods, Maine Equal Justice Project, Pax Christi Maine, Power in Community Alliances (PICA), Peninsula Peace & Justice, Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice and the Consumer Council System of Maine.
Why is there never a walk for those of us that are responsible for ourselves, don’t make stupid life altering decisions and don’t expect someone else to pay our way. Oh that’s right, we’re busy working to take care of ourselves and family.
Because nobody makes a living off of NOT having to provide you services!!
Sounds like a great time, would love to go but I’m working all weekend.
Why not have a walk to help the working poor?? Thanks but no thanks not going to be part of that and frankly very sick of all these entitlements people get. About time they stopped!!!
Any and all cuts are painful; however, post-2008,we entered into a long-term “new economy” that can no longer support all that we were able to provide before. Low-income workers who may not qualify for assistance have felt the impact and as unfortunate as it is, everyone must share the burden of making do with less. We should actually be “Walking for Jobs” as employment is the permanent road out of poverty.
The Peace and Justice Center calls budget cuts the war on the poor. Sounds nice, hits the guilt button, adds drama and is a lie. There is no war on the poor – they are not immune to living with less like the rest of us.
They already had less, they’re the poor. In some cases, these cuts stand to leave them with nothing.
Cue the self-congratulatory anecdotes about working 17 jobs and never going hungry. And the wheel goes drearily ’round.
Oh it started at noon, so they didn’t have to bother to wake up early!