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TAKE ACTION
NOW in this issue
Sign the petition to "Raise the
Wage" in Kansas!
SOLIDARITY
EVENTS in this issue
Voter Registration Drive,
9/6
Kansas
City Jobs with Justice Start Up Committee Meeting,
10/1
MASW
Annual Conference, 10/22-10/23
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
 Saturday,
September 6, 2008
Voter
Registration Drive - Each 1 Reach 1
Bring a friend out to get registered and meet HBO's
"The Wire" actor, Michael K. Williams; NFL Star, Kimble Anders;
and KPRS DJ, Sean Tyler. The Event will be held at
the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, 1701 Paseo,
Kansas City, MO.
Brought to you by the
Urban League of Greater Kansas City, Lave Werks and Urban
America Lives of Entertainment, The Bria T Chism Foundation, and
many more...
Wednesday, October 1,
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
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.
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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. |
