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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum to hold Founder’s Day Bash
Barrow Votes to Extend
Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Judge Murray Silver & Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
The Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum “Georgia’s first
Official Civil Rights
Museum,” kicks off its
2010 Capital Campaign
with a Founder’s
Appreciation Bash on
Saturday, October 10, 2009
from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in
the Museum’s Annex on
Alice Street.
The program will
acknowledge and pay hom
age to its original Founding
Charter Members.
These founding mem
bers were the first to set
aside funds for the museum
in 1996 and 1997.
The Honorable
Murray Silver, Sr. a retired
Judge will be the featured
speaker.
Judge Silver is a dynamic
orator and civil rights
activist of over fifty years
is the author of “Daddy
King and Me” a book about
his long time close friend
ship with the Rev. Martin
L. King, Sr.
Guests will be encour
aged to mingle throughout
the beautiful new annex
and enjoy food and bever
ages served by prominent
local restaurants and cater
ers.
A limited number of
tickets at $30.00 per person
can be purchased at the
Museum during normal
business hours, or from
Members of the Board of
Directors, or by calling
231-8900.
Reserved seating for tables
of eight is also available.
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Congressman John
Barrow (GA-12) recently
voted to extend unemploy
ment insurance benefits for
American families who
have been hit hardest by the
recession.
The Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2009
will provide immediate
assistance by extending
relief to the estimated
314,000 workers who would
otherwise exhaust their
unemployment benefits by
the end of this month, and
one million more whose
benefits would run out by
the end of the year. This
will especially help Georgia
families, where the unem
ployment rate is one of the
highest in the nation.
“When a mom or dad
loses their job, the whole
family suffers,” said
Barrow. “It’s taking longer
than ever to get a new job,
and we need to take care of
those folks who’ve lost their
jobs through no fault of
their own. This money will
also help bring our local
economy back on track
because the folks who
receive these benefits will
be spending the money to
buy groceries, put gas in
their cars, and make their
mortgage payments on
time.”
The extension will pro
vide immediate, effective
stimulus to the local econo
my. The Congressional
Congressman John Barrow
Budget Office has cited
unemployment benefits as
one of the most cost-effec
tive forms of economic
stimulus. Every dollar
spent on unemployment
benefits generates $1.63 in
new demand, according to
Moody’s chief economist
Mark Zandi.
The extension is fully
paid for, and strengthens
reporting requirements to
reduce unemployment
insurance overpayments.
The legislation will
help families in at least 27
states with the highest
unemployment rates,
including Georgia, where it
is hardest for workers to
find employment. Workers
in these states who have
exhausted or will soon
exhaust their benefits will
be eligible for an additional
thirteen weeks of insurance,
up to a total of 46 weeks.
“The economy is slow
ly turning around, but the
unemployment rate is still
too high. This extension
will help millions of folks
out while they wait for jobs
to open up.”
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