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Albany| March 5-7 | Worker Justice
Contact Rev. Joy Perkett, jperkett@labor-religion.org
March 7th | Interfaith Service and Fast Breaking| Join us at St. Vincent’s Church at 11:00 AM for an interfaith service reflecting on the need for farm-worker justice and a raise in the minimum wage, followed at 12:00 PM by the closing of the fast. We will be joined by special guests Kerry Kennedy (RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights), Arturo S. Rodríguez (UFW), Dick Iannuzzi (NYSUT), and Bishop Howard Hubbard (Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany).
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Binghamton | March 13-15 | Worker Justice
Contact Rev. Fred Brooks, fbrooksjr@stny.rr.com
March 11th, 3 p.m.| Press Conference Announcing 40-Hour Fast and Call for Justice for Workers| Broome County Council of Churches, 3 Osteningo Street, Binghamton
March 13th, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.| A Call of Fast, Pray and Act Justly, at conclusion of study session on Prayer and Social Action | Nimmonsburg United Methodist Church, 918 Front Street, Binghamton, New York
March 15th, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.| Breaking the Fast Luncheon | Denny’s Restaurant, 4024 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal. Speaker: Peter Meyers, Tompkins County Workers Center, Ithaca.
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Ithaca | March 14-16 | Food Justice “From Farm-to-Fork”
Contact Laurie Konwinski, LKonwinski@dor.org
March 14th | Fast Opening | Discussion “Why We do Social Justice Work,” letter-writing, op-ed writing, etc. Details coming soon!
March 16th | ”From Farm to Fork” Closing Potluck | You must know where the ingredients of your dish came from! Including discussion and reflection on Food Justice, worker’s rights, and Farm-worker Justice. Details coming soon!
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NYC | March 5-7 | Justice for Low-Wage Workers
Contact Michael Feinberg, Labrelig@aol.com
A series of events supporting various low-wage worker campaigns in NYC, details coming soon!!
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Want to get involved but can’t get to any of the events above? Want to do even more? Check out these statewide actions that you can do from home!
March 5th | Activist Briefing Call | CALL-IN at 5:00 pm for a state of play briefing on current efforts to raise the wage and immediate actions needed to win the raise this legislative session.
805-399-1200, code 489470
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March 6th | Minimum Wage Call-In Day | Call-in all day and tell Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Senate that NY needs to raise the minimum wage THIS legislative session. New York’s low-wage workers don’t deserve to suffer the effects of stagnant, poverty level wages.
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Wherever You Are, Right Now! | “Fasting Faces” Photo-Blog Campaign | Follow the link to download the poster ”I am a…“, print your own, fill-in the blanks, and send us your photo! Who are you, and what are you fasting for?
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