Three local experts from diverse perspectives will discuss "A Living Wage? Perspectives on the Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Community Economic Development," at a conference on Friday, October 25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie. The presenters will respond to questions from panelists representing business, labor, housing, and food security concerns.
Conference presenters include: Michael J. Ditullo, executive director of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress; Shirley Johnson-Lans, professor of economics at Vassar College; and Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Statewide Emergency Network for Social and Economic Security (SENSES).
Cosponsored by Vassar College, Dutchess Outreach, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-kill (ERVK), the conference is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is requested. Attendees should notify Dutchess Outreach in advance of the conference by writing to Dutchess Outreach, Living Wage Conference, 29 North Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie, NY. 12601. For additional information, call Dutchess Outreach at (845) 454-3792.
Dutchess Outreach is an agency within the Family Partnership Center, a unique establishment that combines a variety of service providers into a single building. Dutchess Outreach promotes community awareness of hunger and the need to improve the response to human need. It seeks to meet the basic needs of low-income people, to advocate for them, and to assist them in becoming self-sufficient.
ERVK, the home of Eleanor Roosevelt, is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to Eleanor Roosevelt's belief that people can enhance the quality of their lives through purposeful action.
Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.
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