|
Leader Biographies
Earline Duncan is the President of Workers
Interfaith Network
. She is the
past Citizen Action chairperson of the Memphis
chapter
of Church Women United.She is a member of St. James
A.M.E. Church, the
Public Issues
Forum, and the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center.
Earline believes that one of the key principles
people of faith must
live by is social justice. Being involved
with WIN
“gives you an opportunity to put your
Christian
principals in action," she says.
"As people of faith, God calls us to act justly,
and there is
nothing just about poverty wages.”
David Dortch
has been the vice-president of the Mid-South Interfaith
Network board
since the organization's founding. He is
president of United Steelworkers Local
9-0771.
He also serves on the executive board of the Memphi AFL-CIO
Labor Council, and is active in the Memphis Chapter of the A.
Philip Randolph Institute.
"There is so much power in the faith-based
community in this city, and Mid-South Interfatih has brought up
together to improve life for working people here," David says.
 K.C. Warren is the secretary of the board of the Mid
South Interfaith
Network and has coordinated the
Faith
and Labor Picnic for the past three years. An elder at First
Presbyterian
Church, KC became interested in justice for
workers after reading the book
Nickel and Dimed: On Not
Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich.
She wanted
to help low wage workers and found out about Mid-South
Interfaith
Network through the minister at her church.
“I’m seeking justice for workers
because it’s what the
Bible tells us to do.” She enjoys working at Mid-South
Interfaith Network because of the people she has met,
who are diverse and
inspiring.
 Jerry Bettice
is a board member of Mid-South
Interfaith
Network for Economic Justice. Jerry is active in St. Patrick
Catholic
Church, Pax Christi, the Mid South Peace and
Justice Center, and the
Catholic social justice lobbying
organization Network.
“”The Mid-South Interfaith Network is
advocating for
people who need a voice and we can help amplify their
voice”,
says Mr. Bettice. “If you want to do the work of
justice, this is a great
way to get involved in doing more than just talking.”
Clayton Bullard is a
board member of the Mid-South Interfaith Network and the Vice- President of
the UNITE HERE Local 2537. A worker at the Fred’s distribution center,
Clayton served on the negotiating committee that won the workers’ first
contract, which community support organized by the Mid-South Interfaith
Network also helped the workers win. Clayton believes that the workers in
this country are not thought about enough. “Ever since I started working,
I’ve seen how are mistreated.,” Clayton says. He really enjoys working with
different faiths through the Mid-South Interfaith Network because “no matter
what our faith is, we need to work together because we serve the same God.”
 Amy Jones
is a member of the Mid-South
Interfaith board
and is the director of the Memphis Interfaith Hospitality
Network.
She began learning about poverty issues, from working with
Habitat
for Humanity and came to realize that the clients were
low wage workers.
“Workers are the foundation of our society.
Every person deserves the same
respect and dignity and a fair
wage.” She enjoys working with the Mid- South
Interfaith Network because the organization digs deeply into underlying
causes of
poverty and works to change these conditions.
Sam Morris is a labor attorney with Godwin,
Morris, Laurenzi, and Bloomfield, and serves on the board of the Mid-South
Interfaith Network. Sam’s began a career focused around justice for workers
by organizing with the Teamsters union, and later became an attorney
representing workers and labor unions. He understands how hard people work
and wants them to be treated fairly. “Mid-South Interfaith has been very
successful at breaking through common misconceptions and prejudices about
working life in the Mid-South and has helped accomplish goals consistent
with those that our law firm stands for and it is an honor to be a part of
that.”
| 
