Network press contact:
Jess Eagle, Strategic Communications Manager, Equal Rights Advocates – (717) 574-2702, jeagle@equalrights.org
Press resources:
2020 legislative victories press release
2020 agenda launch press release
2019 agenda launch press release
2019 legislative victories press release
2018 agenda launch press release
2017 legislative victories press release
2017 agenda launch press release
SB3 – minimum wage increase – press release
2016 agenda launch press release
2015 agenda launch press release
Stronger California Press
Soon to be updated with 2019-2020 press.
Capitol Public Radio: Women’s Rights Advocates Call On Employers To Play Role In Closing Gender Pay Gap
San Francisco Chronicle: Stop relying on prior pay in setting salaries
Sacramento Bee: Rally presses women’s issues
Sacramento Bee: California Must Address Women’s Economic Needs
Sacramento Bee: Spend Some of California’s Budget Surplus to Help Poor Families with Child Care
Los Angeles Times: California women’s caucus pitches bills on pay equity, child care, poverty
Los Angeles Times: California equal pay bill may be toughest in nation
Huffington Post: Equality for Women of Color Means Raising the Minimum Wage
ABC Sacramento: Women’s Caucus Democrats announce comprehensive bill package on women’s economic issues
ABC Sacramento: Rally at Capitol for Women’s Equality Day
Our experts:
Fair Pay and Job Opportunities
Noreen Farrell, Equal Rights Advocates
Jessica Stender, Equal Rights Advocates
Barbara Baran, National Council of Jewish Women
Mariko Yoshihara, California Employment Lawyers Association
Child Care
Marty Ignatius, Parent Voices CA
Kim Kruckel, Child Care Law Center
Family Friendly Workplaces
Jenya Cassidy, California Work and Family Coalition
Jenna Gerry, Legal Aid at Work
Eradicating Poverty
Jackie Wong, GRACE/End Childhood Poverty California
The Stronger Calif♀rnia Advocates Network is a historic collaboration of advocate coalitions with deep experience working with communities affected by the four pillars of the Stronger Calif♀rnia Agenda. The Network capitalizes on the strengths of our members to advance the economic security of women in California. We seek to promote policy reform in order to meet basic needs and provide better income support, achieve fair pay and working conditions, support workforce development, encourage asset building, and ensure work- family flexibility and access to quality child care.
