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Our Mission
Protecting Worker Rights
Seeking a Living Wage
Educating Congregations
Our Staff and Board
Our Mission
The Mid-South Interfaith Network for Economic Justice is a
coalition of members of the faith community who seek justice in the
workplace. Our mission is to partner with people of faith in order to
improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for the hard-working people
of the Mid-South, especially those who earn low wages. We believe that every
person has God-given dignity that must be respected in the workplace. We
honor our Creator by seeking to assure that workers are able to live decent
lives as a product of their labor.
Our members are clergy and laity from a variety of faith
traditions and
denominations who care about working people in our community. We
invite you to
join us. We welcome your voice.
Seeking a Living Wage
Despite hard work, many Mid-Southerners can't make ends meet on their
wages alone. The Mid-South Interfaith Network is partnering with other faith,
community, and labor organizations in a
living wage campaign that will raise the
wages of significant numbers of Memphis workers.
Protecting Worker Rights
Too often, Mid-South workers who are organizing for positive change at their
workplaces face opposition and even retaliation for their efforts. The Mid-South
Interfaith Network
partners with workers seeking decent wages, family benefits,
and safe and respectful working conditions, knowing that the presence of the
faith community can make a critical difference in whether workers' rights are
respected by employers.
Educating Congregations
The Mid-South Interfaith Network offers education that will motivate and
sustain long-term action against economic injustice in our community. We
provide worship and other educational resources, workshops, and a
Labor Day speakers' program for congregations and clergy and lay leaders
who want to keep up to date on issues workers are facing and how to take action.
Our Staff and Board
Staff: Executive Director:
Rev. Rebekah Jordan
Workers' Center Organizer:
Alfredo
Peņa
Seminary Intern:
James Luvene Board: President:
Earline Duncan:
Church Women United
Vice-President:
Jerry Bettice, St. Patrick Catholic Church
Secretary: K.C. Warren, First Presbyterian Church
Treasurer: Mr. Samuel Morris, Godwin, Morris, Laurenzi, and Bloomfield
Fundraising Chairperson: Ms. Gail Tyree,
UNITE HERE Southern Region
Mr.
Clayton Bullard, Fred's Warehouse Worker
Rev. George Coleman,
Cleaves Memorial C.M.E. Church
Mr. Greg Crouse,
Ironworkers Local 167
Rev. Daisy Diaz, Nueva Direccion Church
Rev. Renee Dillard,
St. John's United Methodist Church
Rev. Ivan Herman,
Balmoral Presbyterian Church
Dr. Martin McCain, Grace United Methodist Church
Ms.
Amy Jones,
Catholic Charities
Rev. Joe Porter, Grace St. Luke's Episcopal Church
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