Colorado: Educating low-income women about Half in Ten
Colorado’s Half in Ten campaign has been working closely with the state legislature’s economic opportunity and poverty reduction taskforce to make gains for low-income families. Half in Ten’s state partner 9to5: The National Association of Working Women’s Colorado chapter has already trained dozens of members to contact their state representatives on the eight bills introduced to the state legislature to fight poverty.
Colorado organizer Bridget Kaminetsky will be meeting with 9to5 members across the country this weekend to educate them about the Half in Ten campaign. Kaminetsky spent March and April holding meetings with organizational leaders across the state to educate them about the Half in Ten goal, and together they are developing a plan to reach out to members via email, the web, tabling events, and trainings on specific legislature goals such as the reauthorization of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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