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April 6, 2005 - Statewide Lobby Day
Join JwJ, the Interfaith Partnership, CWA
and others as we travel to Jefferson City calling on our
legislators to live up to their responsibility to
provide a safety net for Missourians most
vulnerable. Email
JwJ to reserve your spot on the bus to Jefferson
City. Buses will be leaving from St. Louis, Springfield,
Columbia and Kansas City. For more information, please
contact: Cathy (800) 575-6355, cathy@cwa-mswu.org
or Audrey (314) 644-0466, audrey@stl-jwj.org.
Other Actions you can take on health care
cuts﾿
- Sign
the online petition to Stop Missouri's Health Care
Cuts
- Then download
a printable petition to fill at your workplace,
congregation, neighborhood or campus.
- Finally,
take just a moment to send
emails & faxes to your legislators through JwJ's
E-Advocacy tool.
Friday, April
1
Living Wage Rally at Washington
University at noon on the steps of Brookings Hall (at
Skinker and Lindell), sponsored by the Student Worker
Alliance. This rally is part of the Student Labor
Week of Action. For a full schedule of the week’s activities
at Washington University visit the JwJ website.
Contact SWA at 314.518.5582.
April 1-3
Missourians for Single
Payers Annual Health Care Weekend
- April 1
– April Fools’ Day Street Theater on the absurdities of
rationing health care in a nation of abundance.
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April 2 – Citizen & Congressional Hearings: “Our
National Health Care Crisis” from 9:30 am to 1 pm at
“The Heights”, 8001 Dale Avenue in Richmond Heights
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April 3 – Talk on Health Care Ethics by Ohio Congressman
Dennis Kucinich from 11 am to noon, followed by a
reception from noon to 1pm at the Ethical Society, 9001
Clayton Rd, 63117.For more information contact MOSP at
314.862.5735.
Tuesday, April 5
Election
Day – General Election Don’t Forget to
Vote!
Wednesday,
April 6
Statewide Health Care
Lobby Day See
above.
Black & Green
Wednesday a viewing of the film Venezuela
Bolivariana at 7 pm at Fort Gondo, 3151 Cherokee,
63118.
Saturday, April
30
Hershel Walker Peace & Justice Awards
Breakfast hosted by the MO/KS Friends of the
People’s Weekly World at 9:30 am at the APWU Hall, 1717
South Broadway in Soulard. Tickets $12 at the
door. Contact 314.776.7732.
Position
Available
St. Louis Area Jobs with
Justice seeks a Program Assistant for our
Bread & Roses Arts Exhibition. We are
accepting resumes for this temporary contract position
through April 1, 2005. A full posting is on our
website at www.stl-jwj.org.
JwJ Leadership Training
2005
Sign Up Today The 2005
schedule for the St. Louis JwJ Leadership Training
series has been finalized. Read the details by
downloading the brochure or by visiting the JwJ
website: http://www.stl-jwj.org/leadership_training/ltindex.html
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 The Jobs with Justice Solidarity
Calendar lists upcoming actions, events, and
other economic justice related activities.
Member
organizations can submit event info to
info@stl-jwj.org. The calendar will publish information
every other Monday and cover events for the next week
two weeks. 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". You can join them by taking the pledge
on-line.
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 75 member organizations, visit
www.stl-jwj.or
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