Our chance to be heard

Here’s our chance to help Congress address the nation’s crisis of unemployment.

Starting at noon Saturday, July 23, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will open up a mike at the South Seattle Community College’s Brockey Conference Center.

The Congressional delegation is touring the nation to listen to the people – to hear first-hand the gritty details of what unemployment does to workers, their families and their communities – and to hear the ideas of the people on measures the government can take to create living-wage jobs.

Neighborhood activists throughout the Seattle area are spreading the word to build a turnout that reflects the severity of the crisis.

Sponsored by ProgressiveCongress.org, the forum will hear from Representative Jim McDermott and members of the touring delegation.

But the emphasis will be on hearing from their constituents – their experience and their ideas for a serious Congressional jobs program.

So line up at the mike on July 23 – or write your ideas on the postcards that will be available at the hearing. It’s our chance to speak out – and to be heard!