Minnesota Poverty: Call to Action May 1, 2014

1. Minnesota Poverty: Call to Action May 1, 2014

3. A Personal LBJ Story

4. SOME Unfinished REALITIES

5. 2014 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) Guidelines for the 48 contiguous states & the District of ColumbiaPublished January 22, 2014 For families/households with more than 8 people, add $4,060 for each additional person.

6. Poverty in Minnesota 2008 506,000 2009 563,000 2010 599,516 2011 621,970 2012 598,371 (US Census Bureau)

7. Poverty and Race2012 2012 Minnesota Poverty and Median Income by Race/Ethnicity Poverty Rate All Minnesotans 11.4 percent White (non-Hispanic) 8.1 percent Black/African-American 37.8 percent Asian 15.9 percent American Indian 31.9 percent Hispanic/Latino 25.7 percent U.S. Census Bureau, 2013; Minnesota Budget Project These new numbers show that not all Minnesotans are benefiting equally from the state’s relative success.

8. Child Poverty2000-2010

9. Child Poverty in Minnesota 2010:192,000 (15.2%) 62% increase from 2000-2010 2011: 194,000 2012: 177,578 (14.6%)

10. Child Poverty Rates by Race and Ethnicity Source: American Community Survey

11. Income Inequality

12. Causes of Poverty Recognize causes of poverty: Individual Community Exploitation Structural

13. Addressing Poverty Through To Address Causes Service Individual Education Community Advocacy Exploitation Structural

14. A Minnesota Without Poverty Response We believe there is enough for all to have enough, if we all do our part.

15. A Minnesota Without Poverty • Build • Organize • Mobilize A statewide movement to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020

16. All Sectors of Society

17. A Common Foundation: Shared Principles forWork on Overcoming Poverty Originated in 2004 in the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA and signed by 35 religious leaders FIRST PRINCIPLE: We believe it is the Creator’s intent that all people are provided those things that protect human dignity and make for healthy life: adequate food and shelter, meaningful work, safe communities, healthcare, and education.

18. 2006 Bi-partisan bill to create Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020 Used the “Common Foundation” as the text for the bill

19. 2009 Public Launching of recommendations Legislative Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020

20. Legislative Commission to End Poverty recommendations: • Restore work as a means out of poverty • Refocus public assistance to streamline services • Help Minnesotans build and maintain financial assets • Revitalize communities through infrastructure • Modernize system of education • Develop ongoing structure to monitor efforts

21. AMWP WORK 2013-2019

22. GOALS: 2013-2019 • Connecting to End Poverty • Micro-Enterprise Partnerships • Public Engagement to build Public Will • Organizational Capacity

23. Connecting to End Poverty Moving the Legislative Commission to End Poverty Recommendations Forward in the Legislature

24. Connecting to End Poverty • Convenings with leaders of 50+ organizations • 13 identified issues from the LCEP • 2 Legislative priorities to work on together

25. Connecting to End Poverty 2013 Legislative Priorities • Family Economic Security Act • Raise minimum wage to $9.50 • Childcare assistance • Working Family Credit • Poverty Impact Projection (PIP) Assesses the effect that proposed policy would have on the number of people in poverty.

26. Connecting to End Poverty What happened in 2013 when the House passed a minimum wage increase of $9.50 And The Senate passed a minimum wage increase of $7.75?

27. ANSWER? WE TURNED TO KETCHUP Beginning the Ketchup to the Cost of Living Campaign

28. Minimum Wage

30. Ketchup Distribution to SenatorsFriday, May 10, 2013

31. Connecting to End Poverty Third CONVENING OCTOBER 2, 2013 Preparing for the 2014 Legislative Session IDENTIFIED 3 PRIORITY ISSUES

32. Connecting to End Poverty 2014 Legislative Priorities • Raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2015 • Implement the $110 MFIP monthly housing assistance grant that is scheduled to go into effect in July 2015 • Lead a year-long educational process on Economic Income Inequality

33. Connecting to End Poverty First Legislative Priority- Raising the Minimum Wage to $9.50

34. First Recommendation of LCEP Restore work as a means out of poverty • Ensure that work pays (raise the minimum wage to $9.50)

35. What $9.50 NOW means: • Improves economic security for 137,000 Minnesota children of low wage earners • Improves the income of 202,000 working women

36. What $9.50 means: • Improves the income of 325,000working Minnesotans across the demographic spectrum • Injects an additional $472 million a year in consumer spending into our state’s economy.

37. AMWP’s Ketchup to the Cost of Living Campaign • Ketchup to the Cost of Living t-shirts and wristbands • Ketchup Kids Save the Day Video • Ketchup to the Cost of Living Toolkits and Postcards • Ketchup to the Cost of Living Forums (14 sites) • Minimum Wage Coalition • Ketchup to the Cost of Living FLASHMOB

38. Ketchup to the Cost of Living T-shirts

39. Ketchup Kids Save the Day VIDEO

40. Ketchup to the Cost of Living FLASHMOB

41. CONNECTING TO END POVERTYFIRST PRIORITY ISSUE—DONE!!!!Minimum Wage Bill Signing—April 14, 2014

42. Connecting to End PovertyThird Priority Issue: Educational Process on Income Inequality

43. Second GOAL in our WORK Initiating Micro-Enterprise Partnerships

44. Micro-Enterprise Partnershipsaddress 3 of Legislative Commission’s recommendations: • Restore work as a means out of poverty • Help Minnesotans build and maintain financial assets • Revitalize communities through infrastructure

45. Micro-Enterprise Partnerships Congregations or other community groups • Rural communities • Immigrant communities • Communities of color

46. First Micro-Enterprise PartnershipThe Art Shoppe at Midtown Global MarketPartners: Mount Olive Lutheran Church and Jewish Community Relations Council and 7 artists

47. Micro-Enterprise Partnerships Wadena Micro-Enterprise Partnership

48. Micro-Enterprise PartnershipsR & B MEPNorth MinneapolisPartners: Redeemer Lutheran Church Bethlehem Lutheran Church Business Mentor Training—March 16, 2013

49. Micro-Enterprise PartnershipsR & B MEPNorth Minneapolis Training for business mentors-March 2013

50. Micro-Enterprise PartnershipsR & B MEPNorth Minneapolis Entrepreneur Training Training for 21 entrepreneurs began April 5, 2014