Colorado: Engaging Stakeholders in the Half in Ten Goal

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9to5, National Association of Working Women hosted a meeting of the Colorado Half in Ten statewide coalition this month to share the campaign’s top policy priorities and begin discussing ways Colorado can build out the movement to end poverty in the state. Those attending the meeting included representatives from a wide and diverse group: service providers who run food and shelter programs, employment specialists, mental health counselors, economic justice activists, and faith leaders. They agreed to focus on three main concerns:

• Incorporating current actions and advocacy efforts into a broader campaign to cut poverty in half in Colorado during the next decade;
• Developing a plan to reach even more community leaders with the coalition’s antipoverty message; and,
• Reframing poverty by talking about how many issues intersect, including hunger, home foreclosure, faith, child care, education, and jobs.

The coalition will soon begin to conduct an online and social media marketing campaign around raising awareness of the Half in 10 work in Colorado. To get involved, email [email protected].