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Fight For $15 - Rabbi Laurie Coskey of the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice
In just 3 years what was started by 200 Fast Food workers has become an international Fight 4 $15 movement that connects generations of workers, cuts through borders, unites workers from over a dozen industries. We will have the chance to speak with workers and learn about this and other campaigns in San Diego that are seeking to win better wages, benefits, a voice on the job and a step out of poverty. We will discuss how the Point Loma Democratic Party can participate in passing the minimum wage ordinance and get more involved in exciting campaigns for economic sustainability.
Rabbi Laurie Coskey is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice. The ICWJ represents clergy, churches, mosques, synagogues, faith and justice organizations, and people of faith around San Diego who, called by their respective religious traditions, work for justice and stand up for the poor and marginalized. In partnership with low-wage workers, ICWJ brings visibility to the struggle of hard working individuals and working families trying to make ends meet in San Diego County through campaigns in the workplace, with policy makers, and around critical issues such as living wage policies, immigration and affordable housing. Rabbi Laurie also led the reflection for IWJ national's action at 2011 National Conference in Chicago.
Rabbi Laurie Coskey's almost 30 year career as a rabbi has been marked by a commitment to issues of social justice. Since 2001, Rabbi Laurie has served as the Executive Director of the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice lifting up the issues of working families through activism and advocacy. As one of only four San Diegans, Rabbi Laurie gave a Tedx San Diego talk in November 2014 titled "Holy Chutzpah and Foot Washing". She is the Vice-Chair of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation Board of Directors and Rabbi in Residence at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral. Rabbi Laurie completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University, was ordained at Hebrew Union College, and earned her doctorate in Leadership Studies at the University of San Diego.
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LocationPoint Loma Assembly (View)
3035 Talbot Street
San Diego, CA 92106
United States
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