1. LEARN, LOVE, ACT: The Morals of Minimum Wage Originally delivered as part of Program # 318 UUA General Assembly 2014 Providence, Rhode Island

3. What is the minimum wage?

4. 2007…2009…2014

7. Tipped minimum wage by state

8. Gender and the Minimum Wage

9. Race and Minimum Wage

10. Families and the minimum wage

11. Map of Minimum Wage: Oxfam http://policy-practice.oxfamamerica.org/work/poverty-in-the- us/minimum-wage-map/

12. What does a raise to $10.10 mean in real terms? http://www.whitehouse.gov/raise-the-wage

13. What we can do about it? Encourage Congress to pass the Minimum Wage Fairness Act Support state and local campaigns to raise the minimum wage and support workers’ rights! Use our power as consumers: speak up when you eat out!

14. Encourage Congress to Act: Advancing Human Rights is the Work of Many Joining Hands www.govtrack.us

15. Join local campaigns:

16. Be a compassionate consumer:

17. Action Planning: What is my contribution? What do I commit to do? Who in my congregation can support me? Who in our community can we join? What are my action steps?