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Advocacy Budget Wins

While the NYS budget was almost a month overdue, patience and broad coalition advocacy brought some significant continued incremental funding to improve child care access, affordability and compensation for educators. Child care is an essential workforce support for working women who most often assume the majority of child-rearing care. Click the button below to view the advocacy budget wins that were achieved through our work with the Empire State Campaign for Child Care and support from other coalitions.

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Important Paid Family Leave Update

The WNY Women's Foundation was a major advocate for the passage of NYS Paid Family Leave (PFL) in large part to provide this vital benefit to the lowest wage employees (significantly women). This chart demonstrates that this policy has been invaluable to providing essential leave to these lowest wage workers who likely otherwise would have none. We continue to recognize and advocate for increased compensation in this program which is based on NYS state-mandated disability insurance.

Updates to PFL for 2023

DEI in Early Child Care

Members of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund collaboratively identified elements within early child care that are fundamental to protecting civil rights and advancing gender equity. Click the button below to read through these essential principles.

Read the Civil Rights Principles

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Buffalo Votes:

DAY OF ACTION

Open Buffalo, PUSH Buffalo, VOICE Buffalo, and the New York Civic Engagement Table are partnering for a Day of Action on Saturday, June 10th to share with voters the importance of participating in this year's June Primary!

No experience with canvassing? No problem! The day begins with a 10am training, so volunteers of all experience levels are welcome! Click the link below for more information and to sign up. Every voice matters!

Are YOU registered to vote? Click the button below to check your status. Voter registration deadline for the 2023 primary is Saturday, June 17th. Don't wait!

Day of Action Sign Up

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Juneteenth Volunteer Opportunity

Open Buffalo has a call out for volunteers to join them for an epic Juneteenth celebration. There are three ways to volunteer: join the float decorating group, walk in the parade with Open Buffalo, or sign-up to table. Each volunteer will receive a t-shirt designed by Stacey Robinson (an artist from Albany, NY) to wear in the parade! To sign up or learn more, click the button below.

Juneteenth Parade/Tabling Registration

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