TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEWS COVERAGE ON THE THE CHILD CARE PROVIDER ACTION AT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE! OUR CHILDREN SHOWED UP IN FULL FORCE, STANDING STRONG FOR CHILD CARE!!!
TO SEE NEWS COVERAGE CLICK HERE:
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS TAKE ACTION ON JULY 21ST, 2009 AT 9:30 AM
ATTENTION COMMUNITY VOICES MEMBERS:
THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION FOR
MONDAY, JULY 21, 2009 AT THE GOVERNOR’ OFFICE
200 S. SPRING STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
Meeting place in LA: On Main St. NE corner of Ronald Reagan building (behind building, away from security). Providers and kids bring banners and signs with questions for the governor, noisemakers for picket. Community Voices will bring megaphones.
General outline of event:
Meet at 9:30
Begin action at 10am:
Walk over to office; send delegation of mostly kids with artwork and letters ahead and up to office. If introduction/explanation to security is needed, say: “we have a message of hope from children for the governor”
In office (hopefully), children ask 5 questions (e.g., who will take care of me if CalWORKs ends? How will I be able to go to the doctor if the governor cuts Healthy Families? How can my provider pay her bills if she only gets an IOU? Will you make oil companies pay their fair share instead of cutting child care and health insurance for kids like me?) We will put together questions on 1 sheet of paper with big font for children to read. Artwork will also include questions like these.
If delegation doesn’t get answers from the staff or don’t get up to the office, have them ask the staff or security guard to call the governor? Say: we came down here on our summer vacation and we’re here to get answers.
Assuming they will not get the governor on the phone with answers, have kids come down to address the rest of the group that has already been walking in a picket formation, chanting. (draft chants attached from previous events—suggest others/changes).
Have children say to group/media: we went up there looking for answers and we got none. Go through questions. Then say: “so we’re going to make our voices heard on this.” Resume picket.
Have flyer to pass out to passers by.
If you cannot attend this action, please call the Governor’s Office and let him know that you oppose any cuts to CalWORKS and Child Care. Call the Governor at Phone: 213-897-0322 or fax a letter to Fax: 213-897-0319
Our children thank you for your valuable support!
Dawn Kasey Lovelace
Community Voices
Project Coordinator
323-421-2602 phone
dlovelace@crystalstairs.org
THIS IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION FOR
MONDAY, JULY 21, 2009 AT THE GOVERNOR’ OFFICE
200 S. SPRING STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
Meeting place in LA: On Main St. NE corner of Ronald Reagan building (behind building, away from security). Providers and kids bring banners and signs with questions for the governor, noisemakers for picket. Community Voices will bring megaphones.
General outline of event:
Meet at 9:30
Begin action at 10am:
Walk over to office; send delegation of mostly kids with artwork and letters ahead and up to office. If introduction/explanation to security is needed, say: “we have a message of hope from children for the governor”
In office (hopefully), children ask 5 questions (e.g., who will take care of me if CalWORKs ends? How will I be able to go to the doctor if the governor cuts Healthy Families? How can my provider pay her bills if she only gets an IOU? Will you make oil companies pay their fair share instead of cutting child care and health insurance for kids like me?) We will put together questions on 1 sheet of paper with big font for children to read. Artwork will also include questions like these.
If delegation doesn’t get answers from the staff or don’t get up to the office, have them ask the staff or security guard to call the governor? Say: we came down here on our summer vacation and we’re here to get answers.
Assuming they will not get the governor on the phone with answers, have kids come down to address the rest of the group that has already been walking in a picket formation, chanting. (draft chants attached from previous events—suggest others/changes).
Have children say to group/media: we went up there looking for answers and we got none. Go through questions. Then say: “so we’re going to make our voices heard on this.” Resume picket.
Have flyer to pass out to passers by.
If you cannot attend this action, please call the Governor’s Office and let him know that you oppose any cuts to CalWORKS and Child Care. Call the Governor at Phone: 213-897-0322 or fax a letter to Fax: 213-897-0319
Our children thank you for your valuable support!
Dawn Kasey Lovelace
Community Voices
Project Coordinator
323-421-2602 phone
dlovelace@crystalstairs.org
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
YOU TRY TO BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET! It is not as easy as you think.
Hello All!
I found this on the L.A. Times website. I just tried this and thought it was a lot of fun. Here is your turn to take a stab at balancing the state budget. Give it a try. It is really not as easy as I thought it would be.
Click here to try and balance the state budget:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-statebudget-fl-2,0,6957202.htmlstory
I found this on the L.A. Times website. I just tried this and thought it was a lot of fun. Here is your turn to take a stab at balancing the state budget. Give it a try. It is really not as easy as I thought it would be.
Click here to try and balance the state budget:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-statebudget-fl-2,0,6957202.htmlstory
STATE BUDGET UPDATE #24
July 9, 2009
Budget Update # 24
What’s New at the Federal Level
On May 8th, the Administration announced a new initiative that would help recently unemployed workers receive technical and higher education training while receiving unemployment benefits.This initiative was developed as an opportunity to give folks who have lost their jobs the chance to go back to school and train for the jobs of tomorrow. Currently, you cannot receive unemployment benefits while receiving Pell Grants for school. This would change. Pell Grants cover tuition at almost every community college in the country, and unemployment benefits can
help those studying to gain new skills to support their families at the same time.
The President said that our most unappreciated asset in this country is our community college system. More information can be found at www.opportunity.gov.
What’s New at the State Level California still does not have a signed budget. We have passed our constitutional deadline and the state is now beginning to issue out IOU’s to state vendors and recipients of tax refunds. The state is expected to run out of cash by the end of July. The state has also seen its credit rating drop from A- to BBB, making it one of the lowest rated states in the nation. The Governor, just yesterday, released a new proposal that outlines reforms for CalWORKs, which includes child care. It is unknown whether or not these proposals will eventually get integrated into the larger discussion around closing the state deficit
gap.
Budget Update # 24
What’s New at the Federal Level
On May 8th, the Administration announced a new initiative that would help recently unemployed workers receive technical and higher education training while receiving unemployment benefits.This initiative was developed as an opportunity to give folks who have lost their jobs the chance to go back to school and train for the jobs of tomorrow. Currently, you cannot receive unemployment benefits while receiving Pell Grants for school. This would change. Pell Grants cover tuition at almost every community college in the country, and unemployment benefits can
help those studying to gain new skills to support their families at the same time.
The President said that our most unappreciated asset in this country is our community college system. More information can be found at www.opportunity.gov.
What’s New at the State Level California still does not have a signed budget. We have passed our constitutional deadline and the state is now beginning to issue out IOU’s to state vendors and recipients of tax refunds. The state is expected to run out of cash by the end of July. The state has also seen its credit rating drop from A- to BBB, making it one of the lowest rated states in the nation. The Governor, just yesterday, released a new proposal that outlines reforms for CalWORKs, which includes child care. It is unknown whether or not these proposals will eventually get integrated into the larger discussion around closing the state deficit
gap.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
ATTENTION Community Voices Parent / Provider Community:
Phone Action on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Here is an opportunity to take action regarding the State Budget Cuts without having to leave work!
Stop and take the time to read the attached flyer then…
CALL THE GOVERNOR AND LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: Phone: (916) 445-2841
Be sure to make your call anytime between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
Encourage your friends, family and parents to call too!
If you cannot open the attached flyer, scroll down for direct phone numbers.
Phone Action on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Here is an opportunity to take action regarding the State Budget Cuts without having to leave work!
Stop and take the time to read the attached flyer then…
CALL THE GOVERNOR AND LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: Phone: (916) 445-2841
Be sure to make your call anytime between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
Encourage your friends, family and parents to call too!
If you cannot open the attached flyer, scroll down for direct phone numbers.
Action ALERT - Make Our Voices Heard
July/2009
As you well know, June 30th has come and gone and the state is no closer to having a signed budget than we were two weeks ago. This madness must stop. Below is a video message that has come from the office of the Speaker of the Assembly. Community Voices wants to share it with you!! Let's take action and remind this Governor that our voices count!
Governor Just Doesn't Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYyB34qh6E
View this Assembly Access video to learn how to contact the Governor.
(Sacramento) - Governor Schwarzenegger is full of contradictions. He's making misleading claims about "massive waste, fraud and abuse" in state social services programs for publicity purposes but has admitted his own claims are wrong, telling the L.A. Times the problem is "not rampant." And, it does not seem he cares about the pain and suffering the state's financial crisis is inflicting. He told the New York Times, "Whatever happens, I will sit down in my Jacuzzi tonight. I'm going to lay back with a stogie." Tell the Governor to stop the CONTRADICTIONS. Tell the Governor it's time to care.
Call Governor Swarzenegger's Office at (916) 445-2841
Let him know you will not take this lying down!
July/2009
As you well know, June 30th has come and gone and the state is no closer to having a signed budget than we were two weeks ago. This madness must stop. Below is a video message that has come from the office of the Speaker of the Assembly. Community Voices wants to share it with you!! Let's take action and remind this Governor that our voices count!
Governor Just Doesn't Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsYyB34qh6E
View this Assembly Access video to learn how to contact the Governor.
(Sacramento) - Governor Schwarzenegger is full of contradictions. He's making misleading claims about "massive waste, fraud and abuse" in state social services programs for publicity purposes but has admitted his own claims are wrong, telling the L.A. Times the problem is "not rampant." And, it does not seem he cares about the pain and suffering the state's financial crisis is inflicting. He told the New York Times, "Whatever happens, I will sit down in my Jacuzzi tonight. I'm going to lay back with a stogie." Tell the Governor to stop the CONTRADICTIONS. Tell the Governor it's time to care.
Call Governor Swarzenegger's Office at (916) 445-2841
Let him know you will not take this lying down!
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