Real Living Wage Toolkit

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Greetings,

During these days of economic inequality and racial strife, we call on you to join the Real Living Wage Campaign/NYC, a faith-rooted movement for racial and economic justice.  This Campaign emerging from the Micah Faith Table of the Micah Institute is being supported by many of the clergy leaders who were part of the successful 2012 campaign for a living wage for some of New York City's workers. In a city where the rent alone busts the family budget for so many as they struggle to make ends meet, we dream of a world where everyone makes a living wage and is able to return home to a hearth where they can love and be loved. That is why we are committed to fighting for a real living wage for all New Yorkers.

We warmly invite you and faith leaders in your congregation to take part in the Real Living Wage/NYC Educational Forum and Breakfast on April 23rd.  From the religious traditions, we will set the faith foundation stones of this campaign. We will explain and explore the income stats from around the city which demand action and we will define what a real living wage should be in the City.  We will distribute resources to assist you in telling the story, planning worship services, and communicating with your members. We will also begin the discussion how all together we can transform our City into a real living wage City.

   

Real Living Wage/NYC Educational Forum and Breakfast

                               

Date:       Thursday, April 23rd

Time:       8:30 a.m. to 11:00 am

Location: Community Church of New York,

                40 East 35th Street, NY NY 10016

                                                                 RSVP:  http://bit.ly/rlwapril

Thank you for bringing alive in your faith community the issues of dignity, fairness, and economic justice for all workers. As we pull together our many traditions and commitments, we become a “soul force” for love and justice that can change the world.  We hope to see you on April 23rd.

In faith and hope,

Rev. Dr. Peter Goodwin Heltzel

Director, Micah Institute at New York Theological Seminary

Rev. Dr. Raymond Rivera

Co-Convener of the Micah Faith Table &

President and CEO, Latino Pastoral Action Center

Rev. Michael A. Walrond, Jr.

Co-Convener of the Micah Faith Table &

Senior Pastor, First Corinthian Baptist Church