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Dec 1, 2017
2 min

Give Our Kids the Resources to Succeed

We’ve all heard that babies’ brains are like sponges—and it’s true. Our little ones watch everything we do and absorb the information aro...

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How Does Your County Rank in Racial Disparity?

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Nov 22, 2017
1 min

How Does Your County Rank in Racial Disparity?

RACE COUNTS, an initiative launched by Advancement Project California, USC PERE, PICO California and California CALLS provides a comprehe...

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Amalia Chamorro, United Way Bay Area

Nov 15, 2017
1 min

3 Ways to Fix the Tax Code

"Making the charitable deduction available to everyone would incentivize giving and provide tax relief to low and middle-income earners. ...

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Advancing movement towards fair chance opportunities

Meredith Schmitz, Rise Together

Oct 23, 2017
2 min

Advancing movement towards fair chance opportunities

Rise Together joined representatives from the business, government, and non-profit sectors at the Fair Chance Employer Summit in Contra C...

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Strategic Communications in Uncertain Times: Shifting the Narrative

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Oct 19, 2017
2 min

Strategic Communications in Uncertain Times: Shifting the Narrative

On October 6th, Rise Together hosted nearly 70 change-makers from across the Bay Area to learn with The Opportunity Agenda about strategi...

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Congress Could Miss an Opportunity to Help Workers with Tax Reform

Will White, United Way Bay Area

Oct 11, 2017
1 min

Congress Could Miss an Opportunity to Help Workers with Tax Reform

"One way congress can capitalize on the tax reform opportunity is by significantly expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for youn...

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Why job-protected parental leave is essential, how it benefits everyone, and more.

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Oct 3, 2017
1 min

Why job-protected parental leave is essential, how it benefits everyone, and more.

Rise Together co-hosted a Twitter Chat #AskLAAW #ParentalLeave with more than 20 organizations on September 28th in support of the Parent...

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Regionalization: The Next Frontier of Equity and Opportunity for California

Megan Joseph, MA, Rise Together

Sep 5, 2017
4 min

Regionalization: The Next Frontier of Equity and Opportunity for California

California is teeming with life, opportunity and diversity. We are touted as the hotbed of innovation and forward thinking. And yet famil...

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Aligning our advocacy work with core values

Zuleika Godinez, Ensuring Opportunity Campaign

Aug 1, 2017
1 min

Aligning our advocacy work with core values

"As advocates, we do our work with good intentions, but we must be willing to stop and acknowledge when our actions and policy positions ...

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Joan Catherine Braun, United Way Bay Area

Jul 27, 2017
1 min

What do you stand for?

"I realize that the ones I struggle with are the most transformative. For instance, am I able to hear the commitment behind the complaint...

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It’s not charity. It’s a commitment to equalizing opportunity.

Dr. David Grusky

Jul 11, 2017
1 min

It’s not charity. It’s a commitment to equalizing opportunity.

"Although the EITC is sometimes understood as mere income supplementation for low-earnings workers, it is just as important that it also ...

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Racial justice is not a program. It is not a person. It is an orientation.

Laura Eberly, YWCA, San Francisco - Marin

Jun 19, 2017
3 min

Racial justice is not a program. It is not a person. It is an orientation.

Cheers went up around the room. Executive directors and board chairs clutched YWCA’s freshly released manual for racial justice training....

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Brace for Impact: What Possible Federal Budget Cuts Mean for the Bay Area

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Jun 9, 2017
1 min

Brace for Impact: What Possible Federal Budget Cuts Mean for the Bay Area

The federal budget blueprint kicked off in high gear with the release of administration spending plan in March. While the President's bud...

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Apr 26, 2017
1 min

Rise Together 2017 Policy Agenda

Rise Together’s policy agenda is informed by research and the priorities of our Power of 9 Committee members, Roadmap partner organizati...

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EITCs Boost Financial Security of Working Families

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Apr 14, 2017
1 min

EITCs Boost Financial Security of Working Families

The federal and state Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) helped boost economic prosperity of low income workers with children, by reducing ...

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Leadership for Equity & Opportunity Program Launched with 78 Bay Area Game Changers

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Mar 28, 2017
1 min

Leadership for Equity & Opportunity Program Launched with 78 Bay Area Game Changers

A big Thank You to everyone who helped launch the Leadership for Equity & Opportunity (LEO) Program Cohort 1 on March 22- 24, 2017! The t...

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Want to give kids power? Join The Children’s Movement of California

Kacey Wulff, Children Now

Mar 9, 2017
1 min

Want to give kids power? Join The Children’s Movement of California

The Children’s Movement of California has connected nearly 2,000 direct service, parent, youth, business, civil rights, faith- and commun...

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County by County Planning and Response to New Federal Landscape

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Mar 2, 2017
3 min

County by County Planning and Response to New Federal Landscape

Rise Together recently convened our Power of 9 committee, made up of a diverse array of representatives from each of our 9 Bay Area count...

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Opportunity Summit Convened Thought Provoking Speakers

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Feb 18, 2017
2 min

Opportunity Summit Convened Thought Provoking Speakers

The Opportunity Summit: Activating the Power of 9 Counties for a Shared Prosperity was held on Friday, February 3, 2017 from 9:00 AM – 4:...

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Volunteer at Bay to Breakers with Rise Together!

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Feb 15, 2017
1 min

Volunteer at Bay to Breakers with Rise Together!

We are proud to announce that we are a Bay to Breaker's community partner for 2017! What does this mean? If you are over 21, you can volu...

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