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NOW President Patricia Ireland Joins National Leaders In Call to Strengthen Social Security

December 2, 1998


"Women get a raw deal under the current Social Security system; privatization will only make it worse," said NOW President Patricia Ireland.  Ireland will join national leaders to kick-off the New Century Alliance for Social Security, a coalition committed to strengthening Social Security, at a news conference on December 3.

WHO:            Patricia Ireland, National Organization for Women
                       Dr. Jane Smith, National Council of Negro Women
                       John Sweeney, AFL-CIO
                       Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
                       Deborah Briceland-Betts, Older Women's League
                       Kweisi Mfume, NAACP
                       Hugh Price, National Urban League
                       Roger Hickey, Institute for America's Future
                       and representatives from 160 national organizations

WHERE:       Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
                       1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

WHEN:         Thursday, December 3
                       10 a.m.

"We must not allow the Republican Congress to dismantle the only safety net seniors have after a lifetime of work.  We must not only save Social Security, we must strengthen it," Ireland said.

 
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