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ORGANIZING FOR A GOVERNMENT THAT MEETS PEOPLE’S NEEDS

FRIDAY, MAY 3rd, 2013TOURO LAW CENTER

CENTRAL ISLIP, LONG ISLAND

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OPENING PLENARY

A Call for a Responsive Government

Invocation

Welcoming:

Patricia E. Salkin, Dean, Touro Law Center Charlene Obernauer, Executive Director, LI Jobs with Justice

John Durso, President, LI Federation of Labor

Opening Speaker:

Sr. Margaret Smyth, Executive Director, North Fork Spanish Apostolate

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Workshop #1: The LI Bus Riders’ Union: Organizing for Affordable and Accessible Public Transportation on Long Island

Bus riders need public bus service that is affordable, accessible, safe and reliable. This workshop will profile why LI Jobs with Justice formed the Long Island Bus Riders’ Union and how you can work with us to keep Nassau’s NICE bus system responsive to the public’s transportation needs.

Presenter: Ana H. Giraldo, M.P.A, Organizer with Long Island Jobs with Justice

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Workshop #2: Justice for Immigrants: Organizing for Immigration Reform

Elected officials are finally recognizing the critical need for real, comprehensive immigration reform and will likely pass—but we need your help! This workshop will provide a menu of advocacy actions for you to help secure fair and workable federal immigration reform legislation. We will also outline advocacy strategies for enactment of a New York State DREAM Act

Presenter: Anita Halasz, Organizer with Long Island Jobs with Justice

Workshop #4: Charity is Not Enough for Struggling Long Islanders (I): The Prophetic Voice of Faith

People of faith often shy away from political advocacy, preferring works of charity to help people in need. This panel discussion will assess why public-policy advocacy must be linked to charity if we are to get at the root causes of poverty on Long Island. This is the prophetic role and voice of religion in modern life.

Moderator: Rev. Ken Graham, LI Jobs with Justice AMOS Steering Committee

Panelists: Habib Ahmed, First Vice President, Islamic Center of Long Island,

Westbury Rev. William Brisotti, Pastor, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church Rev. Charles Coverdale, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Riverhead Rabbi Judy Cohen-Rosenberg, Community Reformed Temple of Westbury Richard Koubek, PhD, Community Outreach Coordinator, LI Jobs with

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Workshop #3: Workers Need Family-Sustaining Wages: The Union Difference

Family-sustaining wages through unionized jobs are the best antidote to poverty. Yet, anti-union policies over the last several decades have contributed to an alarming decline in American union membership. The less union members, the smaller our middle class, since unionized workers earn 30% more than their non-union counterparts. This workshop will provide an overview of “the union difference” and what we must do to create pro-union government policies.

Presenter: Lillian Clayman, Adjunct Professor, SUNY Old Westbury and Dowling College

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Programs that serve low-income Long Islanders are always the first cut when governments face deficits. This panel will explore severe cuts made in Nassau County to youth programs and in Suffolk County to subsidized childcare for working families.

Moderator: Angela Zimmerman, Molloy College

Presenters: Sergio Argueta, BSW Director, Adelphi University and Founder of

S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, Inc. Dr. Joe Smith, Executive Director, Long Beach Reach Kathy Liguori, Welfare to Work Commission of the Suffolk County

Legislature Brian Lahiff, Assistant Director of Child Care Council of Suffolk

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Workshop #6: Charity is Not Enough for Struggling Long Islanders (II): An Action Plan for the Faith Community

This workshop will help you train your congregants to utilize our Jobs with Justice toolkit, Organizing to Fight Poverty on Long Island to educate and advocate for public policies that serve poor people. The toolkit will draw from the Suffolk Legislature’s Welfare to Work Commission 2012 report, “Struggling on Long Island: Meeting the Challenges of Poverty in Suffolk County.”

Presenter: Richard Koubek, PhD, Community Outreach Coordinator, Long Island Jobs with Justice and Chair, Welfare to Work Commission of the Suffolk County Legislature

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Workshop #7: Getting Our Money’s Worth: Organizing For Responsible Corporate Tax Breaks on Long Island

Corporate subsidy programs are Long Island’s main tools for job creation and economic development, but a lot of these programs give public money to large private businesses in the form of tax breaks that often don’t create good jobs, and sometimes don’t create jobs at all. In New York State, these subsidies total $3 billion dollars. This workshop will discuss how to ensure that our tax dollars go to creating good jobs for Long Island.

Presenter: Charlene Obernauer, Executive Director, Long Island Jobs with Justice

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Lunch has been provided by Culin Art at Touro Law Center and is 100% Glatt Kosher

Certified. Vegan and vegetarian options are available. If you have any questions, please

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The 2013 Long Island Jobs with Justice Good Jobs BlueprintCharlene Obernauer, Executive Director – Long Island Jobs with Justice

Keynote Speaker:

Sr. Simone Campbell, SSSExecutive Director of Network: A Social Justice Lobby, organizer of the 2012 “Nuns on the Bus” campaign and speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention

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