A Celebration of the Feast Day Of St. Joseph, Patron saint of the Worker

Co-Hosts and honorees from the 8th Annual St. Joseph's Day Breakfast, April 13, 2005.

On April 13, 2005, The Faith & Politics Institute, Members of Congress and labor leaders gathered to honor the Civil Rights Movement's legacy of economic justice. Event hosts Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ) and AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney joined in honoring:

• Rev. Dr. James Orange, a civil rights and labor organizer who worked closely with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the sanitation workers
  strike in Memphis in 1968.
• William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, and one of the highest ranking African-Americans in the labor movement.
• The Beloved Community Center, a nonprofit located in Greensboro, N.C. that fosters King's vision of the "beloved community" through community activism and advocacy, including support for a mid-1990's community-wide resolution of a dispute between UNITE! and K-mart and a current Truth & Community Reconciliation effort to help Greensboro heal the wounds of a painful chapter in its history.
• Georgetown University students who organized the Living Wage Coalition and carried out an 8-day hunger strike to win living wages for employees of
  Georgetown University.

Participants in the Breakfast join hands while Institute President Doug Tanner and Civil Rights activist Dorothy Cotton lead the group in song.

Below, please find links to more information about the 8th Annual St. Joseph's Day Breakfast:

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Honorees - Co-hosts of the The Faith & Politics Institute's 8th Annual St. Joseph's Day Breakfast pause for a photo with this years honorees. From left: Labor Co-Host John J. Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO, Congressional Co-Host Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rev. Dr. James Orange, labor and civil rights organizer,
William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Congressional Co-Host Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ), Joyce and Rev. Nelson Johnson, members of The Beloved Community Center.

To download a copy of this photo, right click here and save. Photo is 3MB in size. Photo Credit: Grant E. Rissler, The Faith & Politics Institute.

OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS
HOSTS
President, Morton Bahr		President, Edwin D. Hill	General President, Michael J. Sullivan
BENEFACTORS
			LERACH, COUGHLIN, STOIA, GELLER, RUDMAN, & ROBBINS, LLP
SPONSORS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION | ENTRUST CAPITAL | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IRON WORKERS | INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL ENGINEERS | MIKE STEED, PALADIN CAPITAL GROUP | PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING INDUSTRY-UA | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION | UNITED MINE WORKERS | UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA | UFCW | UNITE-HERE!
CONTRIBUTORS
AFL-CIO | AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES | BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL UNION | BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN | HOUSING INVESTMENT TRUST, AFL-CIO | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS | INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMENT'S ASSOCIATION | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS | OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION | SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION | TRANSPORTATION•COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL UNION | TRANSPORTATION WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA | UNITED UNION OF ROOFERS, WATERPROOFERS AND ALLIED WORKERS