September 13, 2012

Join Appleseed for the

Pillars of Justice Awards Reception

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

at the Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.

Come early at 5:15 to tour the Newseum!

We will be honoring Appleseed Board Member
Dr. John Johnson, President, CEO and Co-Founder of
Edgeworth Economics
and
Appleseed’s D.C. Pro Bono Partners

For more information and/or to RSVP,
please contact Nakia Kelly at 202.347.7960
or at nkelly@appleseednetwork.org

Click here for sponsorship opportunities!

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Victory! A Health and Disability Fund
for NYC Taxi Drivers:

New York taxi drivers work 60 to 70 hours a week and serve over half a million riders a day, yet the majority are members of the working poor. The 50,000-person workforce is insured at less than half the rate of other New Yorkers–a tough problem that Appleseed has been working on with the New York Taxi Workers’ Alliance.

This past July, the project reached a key milestone when the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission approved a permanent source of funds for a Health & Disability Fund for taxi drivers. New York Appleseed and Arent Fox will continue to work with the Alliance to make the fund a reality for drivers.