"Shared Prosperity" Topic of Town Hall Meeting
Contact: Gary Zuckett 304-346-5891 or Matt Wender 304-573-5980
WV United hosts next in a series of meetings in Fayette County
Fayetteville - WV, West Virginians United, a coalition of progressive state organizations, is holding the next of several state-wide community town hall style meetings at the Cathedral Café on Wednesday, October 24th at 6:30 PM.
The meetings are to promote their "Agenda for a Shared Prosperity" - a set of values and policy proposals to strengthen our middle class while creating the conditions necessary for more families to realize the "American Dream"
Speakers will outline the basic prosperity agenda with brief comments and then open the discussion up to the community members attending. The topics to be addressed are:
Health Care Reform - making health care affordable and assessable to all West Virginians;
Cost of War - connecting the extreme costs of the conflict in Iraq to the cuts in spending for education, housing, social services and other domestic spending in West Virginia;
Justice in the Workplace - how workplace issues affect quality of life; and
Economic Fairness - how public policy can level the playing field and work toward a shared prosperity.
What: Town Hall Meeting on an "Agenda for Shared Prosperity"
When: Wednesday, October 24th at 6:30 PM
Where: Cathedral Café, 134 S. Court St, Fayetteville, WV 25840
Moderator: Dan Doyle, MD
Speakers:
Renate Pore, Exec. Director, WV Healthy Kids & Families Coalition
Larry Matheney, Sec./Treas. WV AFL-CIO
Rev. Jim Lewis, WV Patriots for Peace
Ted Boettner, Mountain State Education & Research
