Parent Voices
@ParentVoicesCA
Parent Voices is a 25yr-old parent-led, parent-run #grassroots organization fighting to protect and expand access to quality, affordable #ChildCare.
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http://www.parentvoices.org 23-04-2014 20:59:13
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🩺'My dream is to become a nurse. I want an education. I want a job. I want a career. If programs like the #CalWORKs family stabilization program are cut, I can't do that.' - Parent Leader Briana Burke
#HandsOffCalWORKs #ProtectCalWORKs
🔥Rare to see strong, bipartisan support for CA's safety net programs & we are HERE FOR IT at the State Capitol!
Senator Caroline Menjivar Senator Shannon Grove bringing the ❤️🔥 to protect children & families in the #CABudget .
Let California Governor know: hands off our kids & families!
Our Child care #champions in the building taking action for thousands of families in #California Parent Voices SF Parent Voices Parent Voices Oakland #childcare #parents #changemakers #power facebook.com/10006459529356…
🔥Rare to see strong, bipartisan support for CA's safety net programs & we are HERE FOR IT at the State Capitol!
Senator Caroline Menjivar Senator Shannon Grove bringing the ❤️🔥 to protect children & families in the #CABudget .
Let California Governor know: hands off our kids & families!
End Child Poverty in California
4/11 Senate Budget Hearing
🌻 #EndChildPoverty #CABudget priorities to be heard 4/11:
🍊CalFresh
🌲CalWORKs
🍇Summer EBT
🦋Immigrant Legal Services
🛑EBT Theft
🌷Senator Caroline Menjivar Senator Susan Eggman Senator Shannon Grove Senator Richard Roth help us #ProtectOurProgress
💙Our friends at California Budget & Policy Center shouted out PV Parent Leader Briana from Parent VOICES CoCo! Briana's testimony in #Sacramento on reimagining #CalWORKs was 🔥!
📲Plz read this amazing article that speaks on the importance of getting rid of racist sanctions.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/prio…
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/prio…
Our latest with Monica Saucedo & Parent Voices!
'Policymakers can make a significant difference in CalWORKs families’ lives, like Briana’s, by eliminating non-federally required sanctions and minimizing the amount sanctioned families lose each month.'
'Even when we're not in a deficit we should be thinking about making the tax system more equitable, and making sure we have enough revenues in the long run to ensure the needs of Californians are supported,' says Kayla Kitson.
⚡ Watch more:
calbudgetcenter.org/event/a-califo…
Must read report from Network members National Women's Law Center & Center on Poverty!
The future of #childcare is a transformed system built on anti-racist principles in which equitable care is available for all & providers are paid good wages.
Read more: bit.ly/RE-CCDF #CareCantWait
☎️ Calling #community throughout #California !
🥳 Our monthly #blog is posted!
💙 Click the link and stay informed!
✅ This month we have made you a checklist of:
✊🏾 25 Things for CA Advocates in 2024
#CABudget #CALeg #ParentPower #ChildCare #CalWORKs
parentvoices.org/2024/02/07/25-…
🙏🏾We're #grateful to funders like Heising-Simons Foundation for recognizing the critical role that #parents play in effective #policy making!
💰These funds will help us strengthen #ParentPower building & ensuring systems that impact #families are more just, fair & inclusive! #Feeling #Seen #Valued
