

| Equal Voice For America's Families Campaign |

"Individually we can make a difference, but together we can make change!" Luz Vegas, Marguerite Casey Foundation President The Equal Voice for America’s Families Campaign is a yearlong effort to build support for a national families-issues platform, created and advanced by families. North Bay families and organizations are involved in the campaign, forming a united movement of engaged families advocating for social change on policies that affect their lives. We are united around the shared belief that political change begins at home. Keeping families together is the most revolutionary act there is! SAVE-THE-DATE! JOIN US IN A POWERFUL CONVENTION IN SEPTEMBER 2008 Your Family, Your Voice, Your Future! Saturday, September 6, 2008 Los Angeles, CA Click on the links to see the documents related to the convention: Flyer (English) About The Convention - Frequent Asked Questions Registration Form (English) Click here to RSVP online Transportation from the North Bay, meals, and other support provided. Please contact us to reserve your space: (415) 451-4350 x 306. For more information about the campaign, take a look at the fact sheet , and website www.equalvoice2008.com. Locally, we hosted a town hall meeting where families voiced the issues that matter to them to be incorporated into the national platform. The North Bay Town Hall took place on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 1pm at Pickleweed Park Community Center in San Rafael. Click here to get a summary of the notes of the North Bay Families Town Hall Click here to see pictures of the event The Equal Voice For America's Families Campaign North Bay Sponsoring Committee: Grassroots Leadership Network of Marin Parent Services Project Marin Parent Voices The Equal Voice For America's Families Campaign North Bay Endorsing Organizations: Childhood Matters/Nuestros Niños EAH Housing Novato Youth Center Marin Link Marin Child Care Commission First 5 Marin Canal Alliance Marin School-Linked Services Initiative Marin Asian Advocacy Project Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County Marin City Network Next Generation of Scholars ISOJI Canal Welcome Center Canal Youth and Family Council Latino Council of Marin Concilio Comunitario del Canal Marin City Fatherhood Program Tenants Voice Council Women Helping All People Joy of Learning Centers Marin Family Action Homeward Bound of Marin Dynamic Solutions for Youth META Children Integrative Healthcare Solutions Marin Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health We hope you will join us to lift up the voice of working families! |







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