Welfare rights group reorganizes and changes name to Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights (POWER)
Posted by Web Editor on October 20th, 2007
All of us who have appreciated the work of Monica Peabody and the Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition (WROC) will be glad to know that a long period of work has resulted in a reorganized group with a new name. POWER’s board and members will hold a meeting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday October 20, perhaps at Fertile Ground, 311 9th Ave SE, Olympia, and certainly with potluck lunch and onsite childcare. The group will develop statements of its values and mission, and members will elect board members. A number of ongoing gatherings will occur in the coming weeks, and POWER will continue to hold volunteer meetings every Wednesday at 1:30 at its office in the Payne Room of the First Christian Church, 7th & Franklin, Olympia. Info: 352-9716 welfarerights@riseup.net.