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Cheri Honkala

Cheri Honkala
Personal details
Born
Cheri Lynn Honkala

(1963-01-12) January 12, 1963 (age 61)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyGreen
Children2, including Mark Webber
RelativesTeresa Palmer (daughter-in-law)

Cheri Lynn Honkala[1] (/ˈʃɛri ˈhɒŋkələ/; born January 12, 1963)[2] is an American anti-poverty advocate, co-founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) and co-founder and National Coordinator of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, also called the Poor People’s Army. She has been a noted advocate for human rights in the United States and internationally.[3] She is the mother of actor Mark Webber.[4]

She was featured prominently in the 1997 book Myth of the Welfare Queen by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino.[5] In 2011, Honkala was the Green Party candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia, running on the promise of refusing to evict families from their homes.[4][6] She was the Green Party's nominee for vice-president in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.[7]

  1. ^ According to the State of Minnesota. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002. Searchable at http://www.ancestry.com/
  2. ^ "Cheri Honkala". www.facebook.com.
  3. ^ Smith, Jackie (2008). Social Movements for Global Democracy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160–165. ISBN 978-0801887437.
  4. ^ a b Gross, Dan (September 22, 2011). "Partying for Cheri Honkala, sheriff candidate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "THE MYTH OF THE WELFARE QUEEN by David Zucchino". Kirkus Book Reviews. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Murtha, Tara (May 20, 2011). "Scenes From Sheriff Candidate Cheri Honkala's Campaign Office". Philadelphia Weekly. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  7. ^ "Bio of Cheri Honkala". 23 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012.

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