NORTH CAROLINIANS for FAIR WAGES

North Carolinians for Fair Wages (NCFW) is a campaign to increase North Carolina's minimum wage.  Please join the campaign and NCFW, which was founded by ten North Carolina groups – NC-NAACP; NC Council of Churches; ACORN-Raleigh; Charlotte and North Carolina; NC Justice Center; Southerners for Economic Justice; Institute for Southern Studies; Common Sense Foundation; NC-AFL-CIO; Working Families Win and NC Fair Share.

Press Conference

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5th, 11a.m.

WHERE: NC Justice Center, 224 S. Dawson Street, Raleigh, a gray building between Raleigh's No. 1 Fire Station and the restaurant Joe's Place

DIRECTIONS : http://www.ncjustice.org/cms/index.php?pid=156

PARKING: There is parking along all of the streets surrounding the building, especially streets behind the building, and there is a pay parking lot at the corner of Harget and West Streets, just west of Dawson Street.

WEB SITE: The NCFW web site www.ncfairwages.org will go active on April 5.  

Contacts

Jason Jenkins, Program Associate, NC Council of Churches, 919-828-6501, jjenkins@nccouncilofchurches.org

Sorien K. Schmidt, Legislative Director, NC Justice Center, 919-856-2151, sorien@ncjustice.org

Ajamu Dillahunt, Outreach Coordinator, NC Justice Center, 919-856-3194, Ajamu@ncjustice.org

Meghan K. Foulke, Legislative and Political Director, NC ACORN, 919-341-8828, ncacornleg@acorn.org