"I know that the Lord maintains
 the cause of the needy,
 and executes justice for the poor."
                      -Psalm 140:12 

 

  On February 8th, 2007, members of the Memphis Living Wage Coalition
  gathered to give thanks to God for the passage of the Memphis living wage
  ordinance. We also celebrated our volunteers' hard work on the campaign;
  made a presentation to the City Council congratulating them for their action;
  and made a presentation to the Memphis City Schools and the Memphis
  Education Association for negotiating a living wage contract for the school
  system's educational support professionals.

 Mike Scoggins of Ironworkers Local 167 presents a plaque to
 City Council members Joe Brown, Myron Lowery, Barbara
 Swearengen Holt, and Dedrick Brittenum.

       

  Deborah Clubb of the Memphis Area Women's Council congratulates
  School Board members Tomeka Hart, Patrice Robinson, and Sharon
  Webb, and Memphis Education Association leaders Stephanie Fitzgerald,
  Mildred Coburn, and Susanne Jackson on their living wage contract for
  educational support professionals.   

 

  Memphis Living Wage Coalition Steering Committee Members: Happy Jones
  and Deborah Clubb of Memphis Area Women's Council; Virginia Strickland of
  Steelworkers Local 7655, Mike Scoggins and Greg Crouse of Ironworkers Local 167,
  Earline Duncan of Church Women United, Allan Lummus of the Mid-South Peace and
  Justice Center, and Teri Craven of UFCW Local 1529.

 

  Rebekah Jordan of the Mid-South Interfaith Network thanks Memphis
  Theological Seminary president Dr. J. Daniel Earheart-Brown for the role
  MTS faculty and students played in the campaign.

 

   Rev. Andre Johnson, pastor of Gifts of Life Ministries,
  preached the celebratory sermon at the worship service.

                               

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