[GPRI] 3 Upcoming Wiley Center Community Forums

[John Gallagher]

1)

WOONSOCKET-PAWTUCKET

Community Forum-Legislative Platform
Jobs with Good Wages for All!
Where: Woonsocket Senior Center
84 Social Street, Woonsocket, R.I. 02895
When: Sat., March 10 2007 from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Keynote Speaker: Rev. Gene Giguere
Pastor, Harvest Community Church
Workshops: Jobs/Income & Energy Assistance

Why: Be informed, get active & make changes!
• S-0169 – Increase the R.I. Earned Income Tax Credit
refund.
• H-5302 – No Utility Shut-offs for kids under 6!
Energy law changes.
• Support Universal Free Breakfast for all Rhode
Island Children.

Contact: HenryShelton at GeorgeWileyCenter.org or
Call the George A. Wiley Center at 401- 728-5555

Cost: If you CAN, bring a CAN 
or more than one to
Support the Feinstein $1 million Hunger Challenge!!
Doorprize: Valued at $50
Event sponsored in part through a donation from
Working Rhode Island
George A. Wiley Center, member, The Fund for Community
Progress and Coordinator of the Rhode Island Campaign
to Eliminate Childhood Poverty

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2)

PROVIDENCE- CRANSTON – WARWICK

Community Forum - Legislative Platform
Affordable Energy for All!
Where: R.I. Community Food Bank
200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI
When: Sat., March 24, 2007 from 1 pm – 4pm
Speakers: Jean Rosiello, Esq., Legal Consultant
to the George Wiley Center
John Howat, National Consumer Law
Center, Energy Policy Expert

What:
• Economic Justice: Amendments to the new Energy Law!
(S-0384, H-5909 )
• No Utility Shut-offs in households with children
under 6! (H-5302), S-0546)
• Universal Free Breakfast for all Rhode Island
Children
• Tax break for workers! Increase to the R.I. Earned
Income Tax
Credit, so everyone gets the 25% credit refunded.
(S-0169, H-6042)
Why: Get informed, get active & join us to make
changes

Light refreshments and door prizes will be offered
Contact: Julie Silvia at hotmail.com or Wiley Center:
728-5555
Cost: If you CAN, bring a CAN
or more than
one !!
George

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3)

NEWPORT—SOUTH COUNTY—EAST BAY

Where: Florence Gray Center Newport RI
When: March 31st 9am—2pm
What: Public Discussion of Food & Nutrition Issues
Keynote Speaker: TBA
Why: Get Together to Create Change!
Additional Speakers & discussion on:
• Universal Free Breakfast for all Rhode Island
Children
• Energy Legislation to cover working low-income homes
(S-0384)
• Protecting children from shut-offs (S-0546)
• RI Earned Income Tax Credit Increase to 100%
refundable (S-0169)

Admission: If you CAN, bring a CAN 
 or more than one
to join the Feinstein $1 million Hunger Challenge!!
If you need child care or a ride, call Pauline at
Newport Housing 849-7243!

For more info, contact
George Wiley Center
728-5555 or
HenryShelton at GeorgeWileyCenter.org
Funded in part by Mazon Foundation and Working RI




 
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