With over 100 member organizations, the nonpartisan Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign is the leading faith, community, labor, business coalition committed to raising the minimum wage to a living wage at the state and federal level.
The minimum wage is where society draws the line: This low and no lower. Our bottom line is this: A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
Dr. Sherry was the President of the United Church of Christ from 1989 to 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he served as a consultant to the Center for Community Change and from 2003 to 2007 as the Coordinator of the Anti-Poverty Program of the National Council of Churches. In the Spring of 2008 he was a visiting lecturer at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he taught a course entitled "Faith Based Bodies and Social Transformation."
Sherry was the Executive Director of Chicago's Community Renewal Society from 1982 until 1989.
He speaks on a regular basis on issues of church and society and has hosted religion and society talk shows on television and radio in Chicago, New York City and Cleveland. He is the author of numerous published articles, the Editor of The Riverside Preachers, Co-author of A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our Future, and a contributor to a number of other publications.
Born in Tamaqua, a small coal town in northeast Pa., on December 25, 1933, Dr. Sherry grew up as a member of what is now St. John’s United Church of Christ. He earned a B.A. degree (1955) from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. and an M.Div. (1958) and a Ph.D. in theology (1969) from Union Theological Seminary, New York City. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the Midwest and elsewhere.
Sherry has received honorary degrees from Chicago Theological Seminary, Eden Theological Seminary, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, the Reformed Theological Academy, Debracan, Hungary, Lakeland College, Defiance College, Elmhurst College, Ursinus College.
He is married to Mary Louise Thornburg. The Sherrys are members of Euclid Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio. Previously, they were members of The Riverside Church (1965-1982) and Kenwood United Church of Christ, Chicago (1982-1989). They have two children and four.
Cathy Courtney, former AFSCME union member, Health Care For All Texas, Raising Women's Voices Campaign and health care change activist and John Herrera, CWA Union member & Houston Indy Media activist, will be talking about
Working People & Single Payer Health Care tonight on Voices at Work, at 8:00PM (Central) on KPFT 90.FM in Houston and 89.5FM in Galveston.
Audio clips of interview by reporter Luke Jones (of the KPFT Youth Show on Saturdays at 9pm) with Congress champion of universal health care, Chairman John Conyers will also be aired.
Our listeners will be invited to call in questions & comments at 713-526-5738 during the broadcast.
Some references for labor groups about Single Payer & House Resolution (HR) 676-The National Health Care Act:
This week, our guest will be Chuck Collins, a senior scholar at the
Institute for Policy Studies where
he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is a national
expert on economic inequality and the current economic crisis in the U.S.
He coordinates a number of public policy initiatives to reduce income and
wealth disparities, including Wealth for the Common Good
, a network of business leaders and high net worth
individuals concerned about inequality.
He is author of several books, including Economic Apartheid in America: A
Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity (New Press, 2005). He
co-authored with Bill Gates Sr., Wealth and Our Commonwealth, a case for
taxing inherited fortunes. His newest book co-authored with Mary Wright,
The Moral Measure of the Economy (Orbis Press, May 2007), examines Christian
perspectives on U.S. economic life. It was named as one of the Best
Spiritual Books of 2007, according to Spirituality and Practice. He
recently co-authored a comic book on the economic crisis, called the
Economic Meltdown Funnies.
Chuck will also be a keynote speaker, along with Mary Wright, at The Harvest of Justice conference in Austin on June 6th. It will be a day of prayer, connection to the gospel values regarding justice and economics, learning, and inspiration to help shape a more just economy. Participants can take an interactive role in the keynote presentations via questions and focused discussions with other conference attendees. Each person can also attend two lively, fast-paced breakout sessions on various topics related to justice and economics.
We are in fund drive, so please show your support for Voices At Work by becoming a member or renewing your membership with 90.1 KPFT FM.
Tonight our guest will be Beverly Beavers-Lyle, the Regional Administrator for the Women’s Bureau with the U. S. Department of Labor and she also serves as the Field Operations Manager of all ten regional offices. As the Regional Administrator for Region VI, she has responsibility for Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico.
The mission of the Bureau is to promote profitable employment opportunities for women, to empower them by enhancing their skills and improving their working conditions, and to provide employers with more alternatives to meet their labor needs by advocating for equitable employment standards, policies, and programs.
Ms. Lyle’s work experience spans some thirty plus years and includes working in Corporate America, non-profits, state and local government and owning her own business. Her most recent employment prior to joining the Women’s Bureau in 1999 was with Bank of America as a Senior Vice President in the Community Development Banking Group.
She received a certification in Mediation and Conflict Management from the Justice Center of Atlanta. She is also certified as a Facilitator by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. In 2001, Ms Lyle completed the Intensive Spanish Executive Program at the Center for Bilingual Multicultural Studies, Universidad Internacional, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. In 2005, she completed the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
She has served on numerous boards and received many honors at both a local and national level.
She is a member of the Dallas Women’s Council, The Links, Incorporated, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and a 2000 graduate of Leadership Texas.
