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Please join The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and our partners on October 18 at 3 PM for a briefing, “Our Ground, Our Voices: Policy Priorities for Young Women of Color.” This briefing will feature remarks by Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) as well as a panel discussion with young women of color who'll shed light on the systemic barriers they face, what Congress can do to dismantle those barriers, and the federal policies they consider most helpful to their communities. Registration is nearly full. Please register to attend here.
We hope to see you there!
Panelists will include:
- Bao Lee, Co-Founder and Board Member, Transforming Generations;
- Brenda Perez, Youth Organizer, Many Languages, One Voice;
- Isabel Coronado, Champion for Change, Center for Native American Youth and Policy Entreprenuer, Next 100;
- Nala Toussaint, Founder, Reuniting of African Descendants; and
- Marlén Mendoza, Consultant, CLASP (Moderator).
Presenters will include:
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07);
- Nia West-Bey, Senior Policy Analyst, CLASP; and
- Monique Miles, Deputy Director, The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions.
Partners include:
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07),
- The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions,
- Center for Native American Youth, and
- Frontline Solutions.
Please help us promote the event with these sample Tweets
On October 18 @CLASP_DC & @RepPressley are hosting a Capitol Hill briefing to hear from young women of color about the structural barriers they face. Join the conversation on Twitter using #YWOCbriefing! Register here: http://ow.ly/PH9z50wGZTG
Young women of color are often forgotten in policy & practice discussions. How do we change that & what are their policy priorities? The first step is visibility and sharing their experiences. @CLASP_DC will livetweet their #YWOCbriefing with @RepPressley on 10/8 at 3 PM EST
#YWOCbriefing will touch on the structural barriers YWOC are facing: #mentalhealth, #educationequity, #unjustice, #violence, #financialstrain, #lowwagework, #housing. Read #OurGroundOurVoices to learn more. https://bit.ly/2L8gh2W
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