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"Homeless Hero": The Story of One of the 12 Most Endangered Activists in America [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 1:00 PM on February 4, 2008.


"Homeless Hero" tells the story of Cheri Honkala's rise from homelessness to the leadership of a growing popular movement in America.
Hero to the Homeless: Cheri Honkala

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This moving and engrossing video is from an Al Jazeera segment called "Homeless Hero". It explores the activism of Cheri Honkala, a single mother and former homeless person herself, who has fought passionately in defense of homeless Americans, who are routinely abused by authorities and/or the system itself. It's a powerful and important story of the millions of forgotten Americans who are bound to be overlooked in the Super Tuesday hoopla. Check out the video to your right for more.

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Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.


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