Women are the backbone of California’s families, workforce and economy. Yet over the past three years, California has chosen cuts-only budgets that have shredded programs critical to the health and safety of women and families. These cuts have had a devastating effect.
This can’t go on!
Help us preserve programs that protect women and families.
You can join us by spreading the word about the need for a balanced budget that includes wise revenue solutions that benefit California’s economy for generations to come.
Use #standwithwomen to tell others. Change your Facebook profile picture to the image above starting today through May 14. Get your profile picture here. (To download the image to your computer, right click on the image, then select save as (it’s especially convenient to save to your desktop.)
Our goal is to beat back any further cuts to the following programs:
- The welfare to work program known as CalWORKs;
- Subsidized childcare, which provides vital assistance so that mothers can work; and
- Community colleges.
We’re launching the campaign on May 14 in Sacramento because that’s the day Governor Brown releases his May Revise of the Budget in which he’s proposing even more cuts to these lifeline programs.
If you want to join us in Sacramento for the launch:
Monday, May 14, 2012, 11 AM
Same day that the Governor will be releasing May Revise of the Budget
California State Capitol North Steps
(On the L Street side)
www.standwithwomen.org