TAKE ACTION NOW in this issue

Sign the petition to "Raise the Wage" in Kansas! 

SOLIDARITY EVENTS in this issue

Kansas City Jobs with Justice Start Up Committee Meeting, 8/27

Building Jobs with Justice Training, 9/12-9/14

MASW Annual Conference, 10/22-10/23

JOB OPENINGS/ INTERNSHIPS in this issue

Advancement Project Seeks Kansas City Local Voter Protection Advocate

TAKE ACTION NOW

Raise the Wage in Kansas!
The Greater Kansas City Jobs with Justice Coalition has joined the Kansas Action Network in a campaign to raise the wage for workers covered by the State minimum wage law in Kansas City, KS.  This effort is part of a larger statewide campaign to raise the wage in three of the largest cities in the State – Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City – thereby increasing pressure on state lawmakers in Topeka to wake up and do the right thing.  Sign the petition today, and join us at the upcoming actions below.  For more information, call 785-760-2764, email raisethewagekansas@gmail.com or visit the campaign website http://raisethewagekansas.org/kansascity

SOLIDARITY EVENTS 

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10 AM
Kansas City JwJ Start Up Committee Meeting
Join Kansas City Labor, Faith, and Community leaders as they continue to build Jobs with Justice in the Greater Kansas City area.  The meeting will be held at the Kansas City AFL-CIO, 1021 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO 64105.  For more information contact Lara Granich at lara@stl-jwj.org

Friday, September 12-14, 2008 Begins 10AM on Friday
Building Jobs with Justice Leadership Program
Take part in the Missouri Jobs with Justice leadership training.   The training includes several sessions including such topics as: building relationships, understanding power, the meaning and understanding of self interest, issues and actions, creating winnable campaigns.  The training will be held at the Rickman Center outside Jefferson City.  Application deadline is August 15, 2008.  For more information click here.

Wednesday October 22-23, 2008
MASW 108th Annual Conference
MASW is proud to annoucne its 108th annual conference to be held October 22-23, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri.  This year's Conference, "Economic Injustice - The Increasing Divide and Rising Economic Insecurities" will explore the complex intersection of economics and policy, and how we might work to even the playing feidl in combating social stratification in America.  The Conference will feature speakers Robert Kuttner, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the American Prospect and Candace Iveson, Founder of Policy Works.

Special student rates, and scholarship applications are available. For more information call MASW at 1-888-634-2901 or email citizenvoice@masw.org. 

JOB OPENINGS/INTERNSHIPS

Advancement Project Seeks Local Voter Protection Advocate in Kansas City, MO
Advancement Project (DC), a non-partisan national civil rights and racial justice action organization with a Voter Protection Program in Missouri, sees a temporary, part-time, local Voter Protection Advocate for Kansas City, Missouri.  Through non-partisan voter protection work, the job will focus on sustained pre-election activities in order to permanently break down barriers to voting in the 2008 election cycle and beyond. 

The Kansas City Local Voter Protection Advocate will be Advancement Project's on-the-ground eyes and ears in the Kansas City area, including Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri. 

Qualifications:  Candidate must have strong written and oral communication skills, good interpersonal skills, and a proven commitment to racial justice.  A college degree required.  Coalition experience, and familiarity with voting rights and/or civil rights laws and pluses.  Salary based on experience. 

To Apply:  Applicants should send their resume with a list of references and the phrase "KC Local Voter Protection Advocate" in the subject line, to Denise Lieberman, Missouri Attorney and Voter Protection Advocate at dlieberman@advancementproject.org or by fax to (202) 728-9557. 

Deadline:  Applications will be accepted until position is filled - position needs to be filled as soon as possible. 

The Jobs with Justice Solidarity News and Events keeps you informed about NEWS, ACTIONS, EVENTS and other opportunities to work for economic justice.

Member organizations can submit event info to katrina@stl-jwj.org.  The calendar will publish information every Monday. Information is due in by the Friday before the Monday publishing date.

Jobs with Justice is a coalition of progressive labor unions, community, student, and religious organizations committed to fighting together for economic justice.

Thousands of members of these organizations, as well as individuals from the community-at-large have taken the Jobs with Justice Pledge to "Be there five times a year for someone else's fight as well as my own". 

To support this important work financially, visit our secure online donation site.

To find out more about Jobs with Justice including a list of our 90 member organizations, visit www.stl-jwj.org.