One part of our mission is to empower women — and what better way than to keep you informed on policies directly affecting us. Our fight for equality is far from over but together, we can raise our voices to be heard and speak for those who cannot.
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The SAVE Act has been reintroduced which would require that our IDs match our birth certificates in order to vote. This bill creates barriers for trans folks and married people (predominantly women) that have changed their names. Supporters of the bill say that each state would develop a process to prove citizenship for those that have changed their names, but it's unclear language and there's concern of no additional funding to support that process.
You know what to do — contact your representative and tell them to SCRAPE THE SAVE ACT!
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Women are still making between $0.57-0.81 per every $1 men make in the state of MN. Equal pay has never been more important and we are here to fight for it! We’ve signed and endorsed the Paycheck Fairness Act which will be reintroduced on March 25, 2025.
We believe all people — regardless of their immigration status — deserve safety and security.
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In 2011, the Department of Homeland Security created the Sensitive Locations policy (aka Protected Areas policy) to deter immigration enforcement actions in places that provided essential services for people’s well-being. This policy was reinforced in 2021 only to be rescinded on January 20, 2025.
Learn more here and contact your representative and urge protection of this act!
We recognize the deep impact that the childcare crisis has on our community as a whole, and how it disproportionately affects women. After having to close our childcare center, we knew that we needed to shift our focus to policy advocacy and take the lead to support women and families in our community. We support legislative actions that make quality child care affordable.
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This bill was introduced by Sen. Grant Hauschild (Hermantown) and proposes a Great Start Affordability Scholarship Program that would provide childcare scholarships to families making under $175,000. It would allow families not to pay more than 7% of their income for childcare.
Check out bill HF1383 here and contact your representative to let them know you support this bill.
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A bi-partisan sponsored bill, this would introduce a new tax credit for licensed in-home child care providers and would also amend their current property taxes.
Read the bill here and contact your representative to let them know you support this bill.
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Rally at the capital, have a press conference and possibly meet with representatives with other passionate individuals from the Iron Range and Duluth who care about making childcare accessible and affordable for all families and obtain better wages for childcare workers. Carpools or bus, dependent on the size of group.
Register here.
People’s rights and freedoms are under attack, from state legislatures to the Supreme Court. We need to do everything we can to protect our families, our friends, our fellow Minnesotans — and ourselves. That’s why we signed onto the Minnesota ERA coalition.
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Minnesota is known throughout our country for our commitment to fairness, freedom and equality for everyone — which is why we will work to get it enshrined into the state constitution.
Find out more information about this movement here.
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, over 1/4 of renter households in MN are extremely low income households and are severely cost-burdened, spending more than half of their income on rent. We won’t stand for this and neither should you.
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As part of our fight for affordable housing, we stand by Our Futures Starts at Home, a broad coalition of advocates, community and faith leaders, and housing champions who all believe the same thing - housing is a basic human right.
Endorse Our Future Starts At Home!
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As part of the Homes for Allcoalition, we strive to create policies and provide resources to prevent and end homelessness, ensuring that every Minnesotan has a dignified home.
Check out ways to be involved with Homes for All!
