Hunger Action / ES2 Legislative Action Day, Wed. March 7
The day starts at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut St., Albany at 9:30 AM with registration. A briefing at 10 AM, a rally / action at noon, and lobby visits from 1 to 3:30. We have buses / vans planned from NYC and Rochester and hope to have some from Westchester. Please call Mark at 212 741-8192 xt 5#.
Issues: restore the basic welfare grant hike; increase state minimum wage; access to education for welfare participants; jobs; and fair revenues / close corporate tax loopholes.
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Hunger Action Network Says Assembly Call for $8.50 Minimum Wage is not enough, Continue to Push for $10 Release | Report
An Empire Justice Center report reveals that hundreds of NYC families were improperly denied Food Stamp benefits because of the City’s fingerprinting requirement. Groups are urging Gov. Cuomo to stop fingerimaging as 48 other states have already done.
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Hunger Alert: Call Senator Gillibrand to urge her to protect the Farm Bill, including food stamps. The Farm Bill is how the US designs its food system - which results in both hunger and unhealthy diets, while not doing enough to protect family farms.
Hunger Action Alert: Farm Bill
Why we care about the farm bill | Implementation Agenda | Food and Farm Bill Principles
