(WASHINGTON) – Tomorrow - in Rayburn House Building Room 2226 the National Jobs For All Coalition will host a forum entitled “Reaching Full Employment: A Strategy Discussion on Job Creation” at 10:00 am- 12:30pm. Leading members of the Congressional Full Employment Caucus, including Rep. Conyers, Rep. Wilson, and Rep. Kaptur will be speaking at the forum. The event will focus on what national organizations and grassroots activists are doing to parallel efforts of Members of Congress to address the extended unemployment and underemployment crisis effecting millions of American.
This event will be moderated by Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, Chair of the National Jobs For All Coalition, and will feature Members of the Congressional Full Employment Caucus; Rev. Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. Ph.D, a leader in North Carolina’s MoralMonday Movement; Debby Szerdey, Executive Vice President of the American Postal Workers Union; Josh Nassar, Legislative Director of the United Auto Workers; Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs; George H. Lambert, Jr., President & CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League; Professor Philip Harvey, Professor of Law & Economics at Rutgers School of Law; Kevin Bradshaw, President of the Bakery, Confectioners, Tobacco, Workers & Grain Millers Union, Local 252G; and Chris Horton, Worcester Unemployment Action Group.
This meeting will kick off two days of dialogue among national and grassroots job creation advocates for the purpose of developing a coordinated national strategy for job creation. For further information about the Congressional Full Employment Caucus, or its members’ participation in this forum, please contact Erik Sperling (Conyers) at 202-225-5126 orerik.sperling@mail.house.gov or Jenny Perrino (Kaptur) at 202-225-4146 or jenny.perrino@mail.house.gov .
If you are unable to attend in person, the event will be live-streamed at the following link: Jobs For All: Building a Movement for Full Employment .
What:
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“Reaching Full Employment: A Strategy Discussion on Job Creation”
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Who:
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Ø Sponsor - The National Jobs for All Coalition and other nonprofit organizations
Ø Moderator - Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg – Chair, National Jobs For All Coalition
Speakers:
Ø Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.)
Ø Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.)
Ø Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)
Ø Featuring Additional Members of the Congressional Full Employment Caucus
Ø Rev. Rodney S. Sadler, Jr. Ph.D. – Leader in NC Moral Monday Movement
Ø Debby Szerdey – Executive Vice President, American Postal Workers Union
Ø Josh Nassar – Legislative Director, United Auto Workers
Ø Deborah Weinstein – Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
Ø George H. Lambert, Jr. – President & CEO of the Greater Washington Urban League
Ø Philip Harvey – Professor of Law & Economics at Rutgers School of Law
Ø Kevin Bradshaw – President, Bakery, Confectioners, Tobacco, Workers & Grain Millers Union, Local 252G
Ø Chris Horton – Worcester Unemployment Action Group
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When:
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TOMORROW - Wednesday – July 9th at 10:00 am- 12:30 pm
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Where:
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2226 Rayburn House Office Building
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