Partnership for Working Families
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Dear John,

A Message From Our Board Chair:

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This week marks one year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. As I reflect on how our network rose to the challenge of advancing social change over the past year, I have never been more proud to be a part of it.

Our network was uniquely well prepared to respond to the historic challenges of the pandemic because of who we are and what we do. The visionary leaders within our network did crisis planning before the pandemic struck. Our preparedness enabled us to quickly pivot to addressing the disparate impacts the pandemic wreaked on communities of color. Our network fought for vaccinations and hazard pay for frontline workers, for protection from evictions, and sustainable childcare access for families facing economic catastrophe.

Our network was prepared for a crisis because we are a network led by women of color with deep roots within these very communities. Although the pandemic has exacerbated deep existing inequities, working-class communities of color have been in crisis well before this pandemic, and our network has long been on the cutting edge of organizing in crisis conditions. We knew how to organize in the face of this crisis because we are from the communities that are always most deeply impacted by it.

We have demonstrated extraordinary adaptability in our organizing, bringing cutting-edge innovation to how we advocate for and win policies that change lives. By contributing today [[link removed]] , you can help continue the essential frontline organizing that is making a difference in communities of color all across the country.

I am deeply inspired by the resilience and leadership our network has demonstrated over the past year, in an extraordinarily difficult time. I am confident that together, our network will continue achieving transformational changes – no matter what we’re up against.

In Solidarity,

Kyra R. Greene, PhD
Board Chair, Partnership for Working Families

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1305 Franklin St.
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Oakland, CA 94612
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