FIFTY FOUR days until the election on November 4th!
Thank you for reading the whole update below.
OUR CONTACT INFO: info@fairwages.org , (707) 442-7465
Facebook- Fair Wage Folks , Eureka Fair Wage Act (Page)
Website: fairwages.org
Blog: eurekafairwageact.wordpress.com
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VIDEO
Check out these two new videos (motion graphics) for Measure R!
Eureka! Raise The Minimum Wage! Vote YES on R
http://youtu.be/eSSmzHtGEpo
Eureka! Raise the Minimum Wage! Volunteer to Help Pass Measure R http://youtu.be/oe25FY01Lz4
Please watch and spread around. They are identical, except for the endings. Each is less than two minutes long! Please choose one and send it to your Eureka contacts, share on your social media, tweet about them, ‘like’ them on your you tube channel!
PRIDE
The Fair Wage Folks at Humboldt Pride festival, Sept. 13!
WHAT: Humboldt Pride Rainbow Revolution festival (cocktails and beer, two stages of entertainment, children’s area )
WHEN: Saturday, Sept.13th, 12noon – 5:00pm
WHERE: Halvorsen Park, Eureka
WHO: Open to all, All ages
We will have a table set up about the Eureka Fair Wage Act / Measure R all day at the Pride festival. Dedicated Fair Wage folk, Sarah Torres, with her amazing voice and guitar skills, will perform her original songs on stage with BeTHIsBell. It will be a collaboration not to be missed! Both Sarah and Beth have consistently shared their music at the Fair Wage Cafes, Arts Alive, and many street concerts in support of the Fair Wage Act.
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FAIR WAGE CAFE
11th Fair Wage Cafe September 27, 2014
The Cafe is family-friendly, community building, relaxing, and fun event. All free! A large buffet of delicious, nutritious food and sweets with coffee, tea, and juice; fabulous live local music; games for kids (plus a playground and a large grassy area for running around); guest speakers; space for informational tables about your projects or organizations; ways to help raise the minimum wage; and an open setting where you can be social or just eat, listen to the music, read the materials, relax.
WHAT: Fair Wage Cafe
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 27th, 12noon – 5:00pm,
WHERE: at Cesar Chavez Park (also know as Hammond or Candy Cane Park) 14 & F Streets, Eureka
WHO: Open to all, All ages
Link to flier: https://app.box.com/s/1znq9o2rfhayih370dza
We have lots of handbills for the cafe if you want a stack to pass out.
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ARE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS REGISTERED TO VOTE?
Only 54 days until the election on November 4th!
Please make sure you are registered to vote for Measure R in the city limits of Eureka. Check your registration status here:
https://co.humboldt.ca.us/election/voter-status/
If you need to register or know people who do, please call or email us. (707) 442-7465, info@fairwages.org We will bring you a registration form. It only takes a couple of minutes to fill out. We all can win this if we vote for higher wages.
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YARD SIGNS for Measure R are available. Please contact us if you want one. (707) 442-7465, info@fairwages.org
VOLUNTEER Volunteer any evening to help pass Measure R.
(707) 442-7465, info@fairwages.org Knocking on doors and talking with Eureka residents continues every evening. Please find some time to join us for a couple of hours. We will do a short preparation and you will go out with an experienced person, so don’t worry if you’ve never done anything like this.Also, if you can help us put information into a spreadsheet, from your own home, that would be super helpful!***
DAILY BANNER ACTION
Stand with the Fair Wage banner! We have a beautiful YES ON R banner that we can display every day to thousands of passers-by on Broadway. Don, one of the drafters of the Fair Wage Act (Measure R) and a proud Fair Wage Folk, needs one person every weekday to accompany him in sitting or standing with the banner at Wabash and Broadway. Please contact us if you would be willing to hold the professionally made banner (donated by Jim Signs) for two hours with Don. Don will provide transportation to and from the spot on Broadway. Guaranteed laughs with Don, too!
$$HELP
Help get the last money together for PARC rent! PARC has been the main organizing space/office for the Fair Wage Folks. PARC still needs $150 for September rent. Please donate if you can.parc.2truth.com click on “Give Now”
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Write a letter to the editor in support of Measure R. It would be good to see one every day in the Times-Standard and North Coast Journal. A letter does not need to be complicated- could simply say why you support Measure R.
Eureka Fair Wage Act, Measure R 