NOW JOINS 1,000 IN PROTEST, LOBBY
EFFORTS
TO STOP GOP WELFARE CUTS
MEDIA ALERT CONTACT: MELINDA SHELTON
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1995 DIANE
MINOR
WHO : NOW Vice President-Action, Rosemary Dempsey; John
Dodds, director, Philadelphia Unemployment Project; Pat Reuss, NOW Legal Defense
and Education Fund; Bob McAlpine, National Urban League; Lisa Diehl, Center for
Economic Options; Father Peter Klink, Jesuit Social Ministries; Ellen Teller, Food
Research and Action Center; Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Religious Action Center for Reform
Judaism; Patrick Conover, United Church of Christ; and 1,000 low income people and
advocates for the poor from Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, West Virginia, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, New York and North Carolina.
WHAT : Will participate in a protest, followed by a lobby effort in
the U.S. Senate.
WHEN : TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1995, AT 12 NOON.
WHERE : SENATE PARK, CORNER OF DELAWARE AND
CONSTITUTION AVE., ACROSS FROM THE RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE
BUILDING.
WHY : To protest proposed GOP-designed cuts in welfare,
including food stamps, day care, school lunches and job training programs, and to lobby
all Senate members who will consider the GOP proposals.
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