Anti-War Group's Pittsburgh G-20 'Tent City' Up And Running

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September 21, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- After a federal judge in Pittsburgh last week ordered the city to allow an anti-war group to use Point State Park during the Group of 20 economic summit, the Code Pink woman's coalition set up their "tent city" on Sunday.

The tents are meant to symbolize the homeless and unemployed.People from all over the world started arriving at the "tent city" over the weekend, some from as far as the Dominican Republic.Channel 11 News asked some of the protesters why they would travel so far just to live in a tent."The idea of the tent city is about being together," said protester Alison Bodine. "The idea that we can live together and have all this time to talk to one another about all our different struggles. If one person's working on housing in New York City, they can talk to someone who's working on housing here in Pittsburgh. "We have people in the community who came and brought us food and bottled water, which is great," said protester Manolo De Los Santos. "But there's people every day here in Pittsburgh and across the U.S. who don't have that option of wanting to stay in a tent for a week like we have."Volunteers at nearby churches are fixing meals for the protesters.However, church officials said supplies are quickly running out, and they need donations, especially water.

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