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Rev. Dr. Bruce Wright of the Refuge Ministries Tampa Bay International and Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign has a doctorate in Ministry and Master's in Pastoral Psychology. He is a licensed addictions counselor and a licensed domestic violence counselor. Rev. Wright is a Baptist Pastor and Director of Refuge Ministries. He is an ordained Deacon with the Apostolic Catholic Church, on the Executive Committee of the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (www.economichumanrights.org). The Refuge has been around for 22 years. And, the Poor People's Campaign for 15 years. The Campaign has 50 organizations of poor and homeless that are members including the Refuge. Rev. Wright is a member of St. Pete For Peace and the Homeless Coalition, as well as the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, and US Alliance of Inhabitants, an international housing movement. He is an active organizer for Occupy Tampa and Occupy Washington DC. He is a musician and a poet, and was formerly homeless himself, received government assistance for healthcare and Food Stamps. The Rev. Wright also have been a member of the Green Party for sometime, member of the Green Shadow Cabinet Commission on Homelessness. Rev. Wright helped in Cheri Honkala's campaign for Vice President, along with Jill Stein for President with the Green Party. Website for refuge is www.refugestpete.org. The Rev. Wright is a radio show host for the Revolutionary Road Radio Show on 1340Am in Clearwater, Florida. He can be contacted at 727-278- 1547 or email "bruce at stpeteprogressives dot org"
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