SDARJ News & Announcements
SDARJ awards Cape High students
April 26, 2021
Cape High students and twin sisters Amaya and Aya Daisey were recognized April 15 with the African American/Black Achievement Award from the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.
The students were chosen because they demonstrate leadership, improvement, effort and excellence for both their peers and staff, teachers said.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
Eradicating poverty hurts the economy. Really?
CAPE GAZETTE – LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Charlotte King |April 19, 2021
Senate Bill 15 already passed by the Delaware Senate, would raise the minimum wage in Delaware from $9.25 per hour to $15 per hour by 2025. Here it is important to note that the bill would gradually increase the minimum wage by just over $1 each year starting next year. Specifically, $10.50 by 2022; $11.75 by 2023; $13.25 by 2024 and $15 by 2025.
Nonpartisan groups have provided detailed analyses describing the benefits of raising the minimum wage for Delaware’s diverse population and for the economy, as well. According to David Cooper, senior analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, with the minimum wage at $15, SB 15 would increase the wages of almost “122,000 Delaware workers or approximately 28 percent of the state’s wage-earning workforce.” Yet, one of Sussex County’s representatives, Ruth Briggs King, 37th District, Sussex County, opposes SB 15 because she believes the bill will hurt business more than help.
To read the entire Letter to the Editor click here.
SDARJ Awards Rehoboth Elementary School students
The Cape Gazette | April 15, 2021
Rehoboth Elementary students Serenity Lamb and Elijauh Whaley were recognized March 22 with the African American/Black Achievement Award from the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
Application deadline extended for the 2021 Charlotte King Scholarship Program
Important update about the 2021 Charlotte King Scholarship Program. We have extended the application deadline to May 3rd. Click to view the eligibility and criteria information. Download the application.
Civic Action Alert
Check out the summary of this week’s actions from Network Delaware that can be done in just a few minutes or less. You can download the entire document here.
