This week: UAW agreements, combating food insecurity
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
November 30, 2023
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What We Can Learn from the UAW Agreements
Building on a successful series of strikes over the summer in other industries, the United Auto Workers (UAW) recently finalized landmark agreements with the Big Three automakers after a months-long strike. And just this week, the UAW announced efforts to unionize many other auto factories.
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Harvesting Change: Transforming Thanksgiving into a Feast for All
As we gathered with loved ones to celebrate Thanksgiving, a day synonymous with family and feasting, and look forward to the holiday season, it's crucial to reflect on the stark reality faced by many in our communities.
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ICYMI: It’s Not Too Late to Give
While Giving Tuesday was November 28th, there’s still time to give! With your support, CLASP stays at the forefront, developing visionary strategies to fight poverty and promote racial and gender equity.
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New Deal for Youth Week of Action
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Earlier this month, our Youth team staged the second annual New Deal for Youth Week of Action. This successful event included a grassroots festival, a celebration of the Youth team’s 20th birthday, a teach-in, and IRL and virtual advocacy. The events provided young people with a chance to hone their advocacy skills here in D.C.
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CLASP and other leading child care advocates estimate our nation’s already fragile child care sector needs at least $16 billion to maintain the progress achieved with COVID-era child care relief resources and raised the need for an urgent investment. The White House answered the call by sending a request to Congress to include at least $16 billion in additional child care funding.
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CLASP in the News
NOVEMBER 28, 2023 | PROPUBLICA
Biden Administration to Overhaul Welfare Following ProPublica Reporting [[link removed]]
NOVEMBER 21, 2023 | THE HILL
AI is supercharging child surveillance and the school-to-prison pipeline [[link removed]]
Upcoming Events
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December 1: Alycia Hardy and Rachel Wilensky will present at a session called “Inequitable Access to Child Care: What it Looks Like and What Can be Done” at the 2023 BUILD Initiative conference in Los Angeles.
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December 5: Indi Dutta-Gupta will be a panelist at a Capitol Hill briefing entitled “Family Economic Mobility: Finding Bipartisan Pathways to Support Pro-Family Policies.” The event is sponsored by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, the Doris Duke Foundation, and American Policy Ventures. Register here [[link removed]] .
Recent Events
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November 29 : Alycia Hardy, Alyssa Fortner, and Tiffany Ferrette presented at the 2023 BUILD Initiative conference in Los Angeles on their report “Centering Black Families: Equitable Discipline through Improved Data Policies in Child Care.”
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