Cheri Honkala | |
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Born | Cheri Lynn Honkala January 12, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Political party | Green |
Children | 2, including Mark Webber |
Relatives | Teresa 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]