People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER)

1998 BRICK Award winner Steve Williams won for his work as the director of People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) in San Francisco, CA. POWER is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco committed to protecting the rights of workfare workers and helping families on welfare attain secure jobs and self-sufficiency. Steve helped 30 welfare recipients gain seats on the 180-member Mayer's Welfare Reform Task Force and won representation for six POWER members on the 18-member Labor-Management Workfare Committee.