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For those paying attention, the gap between the richest Americans and everyone else has widened--monstrously--since the early 1980s.  It is now WORSE than it was in 1929, and thinking, compassionate people recognize this for the massive problem--both economic and moral--that it is.

This Friday, May 5, First Unitarian Church in downtown Portland is sponsoring an Inequality Matters Forum, with four panelists providing economic, social, and moral perspectives on this issue.

From their website:
Join us for a public conversation on the growing national social-economic divide. David Smith, co-editor of Inequality Matters, Michael Leachman, Oregon Center for Public Policy, Tom Chamberlain, President, Oregon AFL-CIO, and our own Rev. Marilyn Sewell will explore this vital issue. Sponsored by our Economic Justice Action Group and the local Alliance for Democracy. 7 p.m. in the Main Street Sanctuary. Donations requested at the door; no one turned away for lack of funds.

From AFD's posting:
The Alliance for Democracy and the Economic Justice Action Group of the First Unitarian Church are sponsoring a public conversation on the growing social-economic divide in our nation. This conversation will be centered around the message of the book, Inequality Matters, the Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences. Join David Smith, the book's co-editor, the Reverend Marilyn Sewell, senior minister at First Unitarian Church, Michael Leachman, of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and Tom Chamberlain, President of the Oregon AFL-CIO, as they explore aspects of this vital issue.

In recent years many of the achievements made in ameliorating some of the worst aspects of inequality have been under attack and the social status divisions have been growing. Inequality affects not only the economic well being of ordinary Americans, but also has implications for our health and well-being, the viability of our democracy and our spiritual understanding of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.

This conversation is open to the public. Donations are accepted, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Location is at the First Unitarian Church at SW 12th and Main.
Doors open at 6:30 PM. Admission is $5-20 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Submitted by Michael Morrow....  VP for COPE, PCCFF

Fri. May 5, 2006 Inequality Matters Forum

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