Social Justice Day 2018 Document

Community Works Social Justice Day October 18, 2018
City of Boston Proclamation 

PROCLAMATION

Whereas:
Community Works, Inc. was founded in 1982 by two of Boston’s most committed social justice advocates, Fran Froehlich an Kip Tiernan; AND

Whereas:
For more than 35 years, Community Works Inc. has organized workforce payroll campaigns to support some of Boston’s most impactful nonpro?t social justice organizations; AND

Whereas:
These social justice organizations have provided support and services for thousands of the most vulnerable residents of the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for more than three decades; AND

Whereas:
These social justice organizations have forged innovative collaborations to promote workers’ rights, environmental justice, racial and gender equity, and neighborhood empowerment; AND

Whereas:
These services have been supported through the generosity of individuals in Massachusetts who have donated funds directly out of their paychecks; NOW

Therefore,
I, Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of the City of Boston, do hereby proclaim October 18, 2018 to be:

Community Works Social Justice Day
in the City of Boston

I urge all of my fellow Bostonians to join me in recognizing this unique organization and all it has done to support social justice in our city.

MAYOR OF BOSTON
September 27, 2018