Living Wage Will Be Event Topic

Sun., Nov. 8, 1998

Nina Culver Correspondent

Business leaders, social service employees who work with the poor and others are invited to attend the annual “A Roof Over My Head and a Paycheck in My Pocket” conference Wednesday at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute Commons, 4000 W. Randolph Road.

Mark Yeoell, vice president of the consulting firm John Scherer and Associates, will be the featured speaker. Nancy Amidei, last year’s speaker, will discuss the Decency Principles Project, in which employers commit to paying a living wage, providing prorated health care benefits, access to child care and affordable housing.

The Rev. Peter Stimer, who also works with the project, will speak as well.

The conference, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., will include panel discussions on innovative solutions in the workplace and affordable housing.

The event is sponsored by the Greater Spokane Coalition Against Poverty, the Spokane Council of Ecumenical Ministries and the Eastern Washington University Inland Empire School of Social Work and Human Services.

Cost is $25 at the door; scholarships are available.

For registration information, call 624-5156.

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