MLK Day Justice Program and March
Join us at the MLK Community Program that will be featuring “King’s Last Year,” a dramatic reading of King’s words during the last, difficult year of his life.
Voting is your right, take advantage of it!
In my work as 9to5 Organizer for our Ban the Box campaign, I have been given the task to register people to vote. I find this to be the most discouraging thing I have had to do in a long time.
Left at the Station: A Civil Rights Perspective on Transit Justice in the Front Range
In 2013-2014, 9to5 Colorado conducted surveys, canvassed, held community meetings, petition drives, and organizing campaigns with residents along the West Corridor in an effort to prioritize community needs and advocate …
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“Atlanta Can Hear My Voice!” 9to5 Members on the Radio
9to5 intern lifts up her voice on WRFG Radio to talk about lifting up the wages of restaurant servers through the Fair Eats Campaign.
Make a Difference this Fall: Intern with 9to5 Atlanta
9to5 Atlanta is proud to announce its 4th annual Community Internship Program (CIP). The CIP is an opportunity for members to learn how to organize around issues central to 9to5’s mission: ending employment discrimination, raising workers’ hourly wages, and passing flexible workplace policies.
Media Coverage: Yes: Women deserve pay fairness
In Milwaukee recently, low-wage workers, union members and community activists joined a National Day of Action to raise the minimum wage.
Event: 9to5 Movie Night Presents “Sicko”
You are invited to attend screening of a documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations and HMO horror stories
Cleveland Day of Action
For the Day of Action I talked to people in my community about 9to5 and about the importance of everyone having access to paid sick days. I also got them to sign pledge cards to support candidates who will fight for working families.
Media Coverage: Please, President Obama and Gov. Romney, no lip service on family values
Jessica Smith started a petition to get President Obama and Governor Romney talking about paid sick days and family leave insurance. Jessica knows a little something about the need for these policies. She suffered a stroke when she was 3 years old.
Mother and Son Making a Difference with Just One Pen
9to5 held its third annual National Day of Action on August 26, Women’s Equality Day. In Atlanta, chapter volunteer Nicole Corley blogs about her experiences helping register voters at the Five Points MARTA Station.