John Edwards is still running.
The campaign trail Thursday was the Demos Celebration 2008 a progressive think tank, which honored Edwards — the former presidential candidate who recently delivered an influential endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama, and who is considered on the A-list of potential running mates. www.demos.org
Edwards spoke at the Demos fund raiser which also honored Susan Berresford former President, Ford Foundation. Demos is a national public policy research and advocacy organization with headquarters in New York City.Demos began as a vision of Charles Halpern, then the president of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.Demos opened its New York office in 2000 with Stephen Heinz as President. In 2001 Miles Rapaport was selected as the new president with Heinz becoming Board Chair.
Edwards and Berresford were honored for their lifetime of work for economic, government and social reform efforts.
During Edwards' remarks he mentioned that he has secured Barack Obama's commitment to endorse the "Cutting poverty in Half."
The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) is proud to have joined with three vitally important organizations and with former Senator John Edwards in a new campaign to turn that goal into reality.
On May 13, CHN joined with The Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) to introduce Half in Ten:
Half in Ten will seek federal and state solutions to cut poverty in half within ten years. Meeting in Philadelphia with many ACORN members as well as leaders from community action agencies, anti-hunger groups, children's advocacy organizations, labor, leaders from the faith community, and other advocates, Senator Edwards called poverty "a moral cause facing every single one of us," and the imperative of reducing poverty "a question of fundamental fairness that this country was founded upon." He has been in touch with the three major presidential candidates about making commitments to the half in ten goal and as mentioned has already secured the commitment of Barack Obama. You can read about their poverty positions at the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Drawing upon a report principally authored for the Center for American Progress by CHN's Public Policy Committee Chair and Board member Mark Greenberg, the campaign will focus on federal and/or state efforts to raise the minimum wage, expand tax credits so they reach more poor families and individuals, increase the availability of quality child care for low-income families, expand Unemployment Insurance so it reaches more low-income workers who lose their jobs, and protect people from foreclosure and other forms of predatory lending.
www.halfinten.org
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