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According to a recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center 82 percent of Americans feel that an increase in the minimum wage is an important priority. Raising the minimum wage and other economic justice campaigns provide the progressive movement with one of our clearest opportunities to connect the public with our values, broaden our base, and win real victories for working people. Together we will explore how donors can support short- and long term strategies to broaden economic opportunity and increase the power of progressive movement.
Gihan Perera is co-founder and Executive Director of the Miami Workers Center, a dynamic organization working to develop on-the-ground power in South Florida. Perera is also one of the co-founders of the Right to the City—a national alliance of over 50 grassroots organizations, legal service providers, academics and policy groups seeking alternatives to gentrification and urban displacement of poor and working class communities of color. He is a nationally recognized progressive movement leader, organizer, and strategist. He is a frequent public speaker and has been published in both local and national media outlets, addressing everything from the politics of natural disasters to the impacts of free trade on low-income communities of color within the U.S. Perera worked in the labor movement as a lead organizer throughout the South with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union and as the recruitment director for the AFL-CIO's Organizing Institute.
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