Thanks Pam! Especially for including Mike Brune's blog concerning how minimum wage is connected to the environment. Susan On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Pamela Taylor wrote: > The Labor and Economic Justice Program at National Sierra Club has been involved in the Fight for $15 campaign. If you are in Des Moines on Jan. 28, feel free to join in the rally. Details are below. > > At 5:00 pm, we'll begin to gather at Nollen Plaza at 221 Walnut in Downtown Des Moines. The march begins at 5:30. We'll march to the Iowa Events Center, where the Republican Debate is happening and have a short program and rally. We'll leave around 7 or 7:30pm. > > 64 million Americans don't make $15 an hour at work. It's time we fight back. On Thursday, January 28, Republican Presidential candidates are holding a debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Be there with us to make it clear that low-wage workers will no longer be ignored. Iowa needs a raise. This is the year we tell candidates that we won't be taken for granted. Raise your voice to say "Come Get My Vote!" > > for a flyer about the event, see > https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/iowa-chapter/good-government/Jan28DesMoines_Rally.pdf > > To read a blog by Mike Brune on how the Fight for $15 connects to the environment: http://www.sierraclub.org/michael-brune/2015/04/fight-for-15-living-wage > > pam > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra-club-email/insider - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra-club-email/insider