Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds President’s Efforts to Build an Economy that Provide Opportunities and Strengthens the Middle Class

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Washington – Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after President Obama kicked off his initiative to grow the middle class and provide opportunities for people to climb out of poverty:

“Yesterday’s speech was a beacon of hope for the millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and build a secure economic future. As the president said, true economic growth comes from shared prosperity for all, not concentrated pockets of extreme wealth and poverty.

While we have made steady progress following the calamity of the Great Recession, yesterday’s speech was a sober reminder that we have much work to do to ensure that we can have an economy that works for all of us.”

Nancy Zirkin is executive vice president of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its 200-plus member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.