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YWCA 2020 Advocacy Committee Goals & Priorities
- Eliminate policies and practices that criminalize people of color
- Protect the rights and safety of marginalized communities
- Ensure that women, children, and families seeking safety and opportunity in the U.S. can arrive and live without fear, harm, or discrimination
- Remove barriers to and expand opportunities for women’s successful workplace participation
- Prevent gender-based violence and protect survivors
- Ensure that women, girls, and marginalized people have access to quality, affordable, comprehensive, culturally competent health care, including the full range of reproductive health services

YWCA Advocacy: Driving an Inclusive Agenda for Women’s Health, Safety, Equity, & Economic Opportunity
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Federal Advocacy Legislation
- 2019-2020 Legislative Priorities
- Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act
- End Racial (and Religious) Profiling Act (ERRPA)
- DREAM Act
- Equal Pay Act/Paycheck Fairness Act
- Minimum/Living Wage
- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (VAWA)
- Gun Violence Prevention/Gun Safety
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State & Local Advocacy Legislation
- 2019-2020 Legislative Priorities
- Medicaid Expansion
- Kansas for Payday Reform
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Civic Engagement
- Advance Voting in Topeka
- Increase Voter Registration & Civil Engagement
- Support YWCA GOTV
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Field Organizing
- Notify YWCA members and constituents when to take action by posting “Action Alerts” on the YWCA Advocacy Cafecito FB Page
- Marches & Rallies & Tabling
- Lobby Day
- Stand Against Racism
- Week Without Violence
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Advocacy Training
- YWCA Book Club & Conversation
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Thought Leadership
- Women’s Advocacy Community Convenings
- Week Without Violence – Oct
- Partnerships, Coalitions & Work Groups
- Kansas Coalition for Citizen Participation
- League of Women Voters Topeka
- Topeka Center on Peace & Justice
- United Way Advocacy Committee
- iNCLUDED
- M4T (Michelle for Topeka) Community Outreach Committee
- LOUD LIGHT
- Kansas Coalition for Payday Loan Reform
- NAACP
- El Centro
- Mana de Topeka