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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release:
June 1, 2003
Contact:
Mary D. Yerrick
301-320-6888
myerrick@aol.com
Jarda Hiatt-Booker
202-541-3214
jhiatt-booker@usccb.org
Cyclists Dedicate Two Months to Raise Awareness of US Poverty Causes and Solutions
Washington, DC - The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is sponsoring a cross-country bike tour to focus attention on poverty in the United States and the need to promote permanent solutions toward breaking the cycle of poverty.
Named BRAKE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY, the journey began on June 1, when a team of two dozen cyclists departed from San Francisco to travel through the following 12 states: California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The bike tour will end on August 1 in Washington, DC. The core team of cyclists range in age from 19 to 72 and include students, teachers, a seminarian, executives, and retirees.
In addition, another team of 10 cyclists plan to leave Manchester, Connecticut, on July 27, travel through New York, New Jersey and Delaware, and join up with the cross-country team in Baltimore for the conclusion of the Bike Tour. Local solidarity rides are also taking place in other states, such as Hawaii and Florida.
"We are proud of the diversity represented in our core group of riders," said Mary Wright, CCHD Education Coordinator and Brake the Cycle of Poverty Bike Tour organizer. She added, "Although we are a mix of ages and occupations, we share one
thing in common-our passion for our mission of educating people about solutions to poverty and injustice in America. Throughout our journey, we look forward to spending
time in the evenings with grass roots groups and Catholic parishioners interested in
learning about challenges related to the poor and low-income population. When it comes
to poverty, we are urging people to think about it, talk about it and take action to permanently eliminate it."
For more information about the Brake the Cycle of Poverty in America Bike Tour, the route, the riders and to access photos, visit www.brakethecycle.org.
About the Catholic Campaign for Human Development:
Established by the Catholic Bishops of the United States, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development is one of the largest private funders of self-help programs initiated and led by low-income people in the United States. Committed to the permanent elimination of poverty and injustice in America, CCHD has offered $260 million in support to more than 4,000 programs nationwide that know no racial or religious boundaries - projects that help create jobs, improve neighborhoods and allow people to find a way out of poverty, not just for a day but for a lifetime. For more information about Poverty in America, please visit www.povertyusa.org.
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