Cheri Honkala
Politician, Person
1963 –
Who is Cheri Honkala?
Cheri Lynn Honkala is an American anti-poverty advocate, co-founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union and co-founder and National Coordinator of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. She has been a noted advocate for human rights in the United States and internationally. Her interests have led her into politics; she is possibly best known for being the Green Party's nominee for vice-president in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
In 2011, Honkala was the Green Party candidate for Sheriff of Philadelphia, running on the promise of refusing to evict families from their homes. She was featured prominently in the 1997 book Myth of the Welfare Queen by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Zucchino.
She is the mother of actor Mark Webber.
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- Born
- 1963
Minneapolis - Also known as
- Honkala
- Cheri Lynn Honkala
- Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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