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Ricardo Valadez, Jobs With Justice: ricardo@jwj.org; (703) 340-0610 (m)

A Bold Agenda for Change
Voices from the Front Lines of the Economic Crisis
Ad-Hoc Hearing Sponsored by the Congressional Progressive Caucus

When: Tuesday, May 12, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Where: 121 Cannon House Office Building

(WASHINGTON, DC) —Representatives from poverty-fighting networks from across the United States will testify at an ad-hoc hearing convened by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Tuesday, May 12, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. a.m. in 121 Cannon House Office Building.  The people who will testify come from all over the United States: from Los Angeles to New York; from New Orleans to Boston. They include people most severely affected by the economic crisis, including day laborers, domestic workers, and people fighting the eviction of people from their homes. This event is part of an effort to forge a bold agenda that creates good jobs and advances economic and environmental justice here and abroad.

Members of the Inter-Alliance Dialogue—an emerging coalition of networks representing domestic workers, janitors, day laborers, housing activists, worker rights advocates, and others from the front lines of the economic crisis—will speak, including:

• Jobs with Justice: Sarita Gupta; Elce Redman
• Grassroots Global Justice Alliance: Jihan Gearon; Tammy Bang Lu
• National Day Laborers Organizing Network: Jacinta Gonzales
• Right to the City: Roxan McKinnon; Wanda Salaman; Melonie Griffiths
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Jocelyn Gill-Campbell

Directions:
The Cannon House Office Building is located across the street from the Capitol South Metro Station on the Orange and Blue lines.

Sponsoring Organizations:

The Congressional Progressive Caucus was established in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1990s. It reflects the diversity and strength of the American people, and we seek to give voice to the needs and aspirations of all Americans and to build a more just and humane society. www.cpc.grijalva.house.gov

For more than four decades, the Institute for Policy Studies has transformed ideas into action for peace, justice, and the environment. It is a progressive multi-issue think tank. www.ips-dc.org

Jobs with Justice (JWJ) is a national network of over 40 coalitions in 25 states across the country that engage workers and allies in campaigns to win justice in workplaces and in communities where working families live. www.jwj.org

Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ) is an alliance of 65 U.S.-based grassroots groups and networks who are organizing to build an agenda for power for working and poor people. www.ggjalliance.org

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) has over 40 affiliates across the country that are organizing to improve the lives of day laborers in the United States. www.ndlon.org

Right to the City is a national alliance of over 35 membership-based organizations and allies organizing to build a united response to gentrification and displacement in our cities. www.righttothecity.org

The National Domestic Workers Alliance is comprised of over a dozen domestic workers organizations across the country.  www.domesticworkersunited.org