Author Archives: Kathy Mulady

LeeAnn Hall’s Statement on Executive Action for Immigration

For Immediate Release November 20, 2014 Contact: Kathy Mulady, Communications director Alliance for a Just Society (206) 992-8787 Statement from LeeAnn Hall, executive director of the Alliance for a Just Society, regarding President Obama’s announcement on executive action for immigration: “This is a great step forward for everyone in our country,” said LeeAnn Hall, executiveContinue reading “LeeAnn Hall’s Statement on Executive Action for Immigration”

Only 52 percent of Full-Time Workers of Color Earn Enough to Make Ends Meet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 18, 2014 Contact: Kathy Mulady, communications director kathy@allianceforajustsociety.org Only 52 percent of Full-Time Workers of Color Earn Enough to Make Ends Meet Just 57 percent of women and 42 percent of Latino workers earn enough working full time to cover their basic needs SEATTLE — During this season of abundance, manyContinue reading “Only 52 percent of Full-Time Workers of Color Earn Enough to Make Ends Meet”

Groundbreaking Report Reveals Evidence of Economic Racism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2014 Contact: Kathy Mulady, Communications director Alliance for a Just Society (206) 992-8787 Groundbreaking Report Reveals Evidence of Economic Racism Study: Just Half of Full-Time Workers of Color Earn Enough to Make Ends Meet SEATTLE — Throughout our nation’s history, women and people of color have faced an uneven playing field. ThatContinue reading “Groundbreaking Report Reveals Evidence of Economic Racism”

LeeAnn Hall: Our Work Together is More Important Than Ever

Dear Friends, I join all of you in a sense of disappointment and outrage as I consider the changed composition of Congress after yesterday’s elections. That outrage has ignited in me a renewed determination, stronger than ever, that we must continue our fight in communities, in cities and in states where we are making aContinue reading “LeeAnn Hall: Our Work Together is More Important Than Ever”

Report Card: States Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Get Poorest Grades on Women’s Health

The Alliance for a Just Society has released a Women’s Health Report Card that reveals which states get poor and failing grades when it comes to women’s health and to ensuring access to quality, affordable and timely health care – important measures of states’ public health infrastructure. The report card is here: https://www.allianceforajustsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/50-State-Rankings-and-Grades-Table.pdf The fullContinue reading “Report Card: States Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Get Poorest Grades on Women’s Health”

Families Out of Balance: Living Wages Move Families from Survive to Thrive

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2014 Contact: Kathy Mulady (206) 992-8787 kathy@allianceforajustsociety.org   Read the Families Out of Balance report here. Low-income families are already struggling to meet basic needs. Factor in suffocating household debt, and it is clear that families not making a living wage have little chance of building for the future. AsContinue reading “Families Out of Balance: Living Wages Move Families from Survive to Thrive”

Power From the Roots Up Conference Attracts Hundreds to Seattle – “Ground Zero” of the Movement to Combat Income Inequality

For Planning Purposes: July 10 – July 12, 2014 Contact: Kathy Mulady (Kathy@allianceforajustsociety.org, 206-922-8787) or Joshua Welter (jwelter@mainstreetalliance.org, 206-383-1857) Power From the Roots Up Conference Attracts Hundreds to Seattle – “Ground Zero” of the Movement to Combat Income Inequality Author Peter Dreier joins community organizers, grassroots activists, and small business owners to discuss how grassrootsContinue reading “Power From the Roots Up Conference Attracts Hundreds to Seattle – “Ground Zero” of the Movement to Combat Income Inequality”

Consent to Search: Beyond Cell Blocks Webinar Series Continues

In 2010, after a lengthy fight, Colorado passed a state law that required police officers to inform people of their constitutional right to refuse a search of their person and/or property. The goal of the law was to reduce traffic stops, searches and intimidation stemming from from discrimination. Law enforcement officers at the time saidContinue reading “Consent to Search: Beyond Cell Blocks Webinar Series Continues”