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Sherry Honkala
Candidate for State Senate District 41
LIB
CHALLENGER
Biography
Cheri Honkala is a nationally and internationally recognized anti-poverty and human rights advocate, dedicated to creating a movement led by the poor. She has organized numerous protests and demonstrations, leading to over 200 arrests for civil disobedience. Honkala has run for office as a Green Party candidate, notably for Sheriff of Philadelphia on a "No Evictions" platform and as the party's Vice Presidential nominee in 2012.
Top Priorities
- Halting evictions and foreclosures
- Establishing community land trusts
- Refusing cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
