Colorado: Training women to speak out on job-creation
Colorado’s Half in Ten Campaign has trained women across the country on the importance of passing legislation for job creation! Specifically, 9to5, the National Association of Working Women, has trained over 50 women at the 9to5 Annual Leadership Conference and 10 women throughout the Denver metro area about how to take action to extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund, which is slated to expire on September 30th. Women have been calling their Representatives asking for their support on legislation to extend TANF. They plan next to tell their personal stories of perseverance to the community, legislators, and over the web to gain a broad support.
Colorado’s Half in Ten coalition tried ferociously to keep the Economic Opportunity and Poverty Reduction Task Force, a legislative group dedicated to reducing poverty over the next 10 years, ongoing this summer. The coalition supported an amendment that was introduced to exempt the task force from being suspended over the summer. The Campaign met with legislators to express their concerns about suspending the task force for one year. Despite the Half in Ten Campaign’s efforts the Economic Opportunity and Poverty Reduction Task Force will be suspended over the summer. However, the task force plans on finding a way to continue to meet this summer possibly as an ad hoc committee.
