With the recession still hitting many South Carolina families hard, a broad coalition of community, labor, and faith based organizations is organizing a conference called “Ties that Bind” at the SCEA Building, 421 Zimalcrest Drive January 9, 2010 from noon to 4 pm.

The conference’s keynote speaker will be Reverend Joe Darby from Morris Brown AME.The conference organizers hope to help shape a shared approach toward addressing the concerns of struggling families on a variety of issues ranging from job creation to affordable healthcare to quality education, budget reform to affordable housing. The keynote speaker at the conference will be Reverend Joe Darby from Morris Brown AME.

For more information visit www.TiesthatBind- SC.org South Carolina Working Families is a grassroots coalition formed by neighborhood activists, community organizations and blue collar workers to stand up for working and middle class families. SC Working families aims to inject issues like healthcare, jobs and education into the public debate and to hold politicians accountable for putting the needs or working families first.