Three Living Wage Determination Group Exercises

1. A Week in the Life of the Poor
   from Steps Along the Way: Living as Peacemakers in a Violent World by Jan Arnow and Arch Taylor, published by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.

   Here is the entire Poverty as Violence session from which the above exercise is taken.

2. Determining a Living Wage

3. The following are all the resources you need to do Hunger No More: The Worker Deserves A Wage. This session can last 60-90 minutes, or you can just do the Monthly Juggle activity in about 20 minutes or so. The scripture from the Living Wage handout is a good way to start your workshop/study session or lead into the Monthly Juggle exercise. (all are PDFs less than 70KB):

   Hunger No More Monthly Juggle
   Hunger No More Living Wage Handout
   Hunger No More Session Guide
   Hunger No More Monthly Maze

4. Extra Hunger No More activities on hunger, poverty and advocacy for young and old.

More Living Wage Resources

Living Wage: Breaking the Chains of Poverty article to send people home with (photos and charts included).

Additional Living Wage Educational Resources
Additional Living Wage Educational Resources
This includes related PC(USA) policy, living wage issues guides, budget calculators, and scriptural references

Wage definitions wall chart

Poverty line guidelines from the U.S. government

If you don't find something you need to be able to lead (or teach others to lead) a Living Wage vs. Death Wage workshop, contact Andrew Kang Bartlett by email or call (888) 728-7228 x5388.