Annual Meeting January 12, 2013

Annual Meeting

Saturday, January 12, 2013

8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Dugan-Gorges Conference Center

Newman University

Public Invited

Interfaith Worker Justice Kansas is a partnership of faith communities, labor, business, community organizations, and community leaders working together to build a better future for all.

Our keynote speaker, the Reverend Michael Livingston, is a national leader in Interfaith Worker Justice’s Policy Department and a strong interfaith voice on national worker justice issues.Livingston is the former Director of the Poverty Initiative of the National Council of Churches and former Executive Director of the International Council of Community Churches. In Nov. 2010, the Rev. Livingston met with President Obama as a member of a delegation of heads of member denominations of the National Council of Churches for the 100th anniversary of the ecumenical movement to discuss a variety of issues. The Rev. Livingston is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and received his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.

 

Proposed Agenda
8:30  Gathering, coffee, rolls and fellowship
8:50  Welcoming by Dr. Michael Austin, Provost, Newman University
9:00   Introducing Interfaith Worker Justice Kansas, Rev. Dr. David Hansen, President/Organizer
9:15  Giving a national perspective, Rev. Michael Livingston
9:45   Honoring International Aerospace and Machinists Workers, Local 639
10:00 Honoring Sisters of St. Joseph and Adorers of the Precious Blood Sisters
10:15 Updating Kansas legislative 2013 agenda, Mr. Jake Lowen, Political Action Officer,
AFL-CIO   Wichita/Hutchinson Labor Federation
10:30 Introducing Sunflower Worker Center, Ms. Sulma Arias, Executive Director, Sunflower Community Action
10:45 Looking at the road ahead, Rev. Tim Lytle, Unity Church, Wichita
10:55 Benediction, Rev. Charles Claycomb, University United Methodist Church