Cheri Honkala, Co-Founder of the Poor People’s Army received a Lifetime Achievement Award at The Justice Ball, held August 17, 2025 in Milwaukee. The Poor People’s Army marched on the 2024 RNC in Milwaukee where Honkala was arrested attempting to cross a checkpoint at the barricades surrounding the convention site. The Poor People’s Army later marched from Milwaukee to Chicago where Honkala was again arrested at the DNC in an effort call attention to the political silence on the poor and criminalizing the homeless. Cheri Honkala has been arrested over 200 times through her work.