Left to right: Lorne Needle of UWBA, Susan Jeong of UWBA, Shelley Hardeman of UWBA, Speaker Fiona Ma, and Walter Collins of United Way of the Wine Country
Tackling poverty in the Bay Area requires more than dollars – the job insists we rally together, think outside the box and leverage all our resources. That’s why United Way leaders and volunteers united in Sacramento for our annual United Way Capitol Day. We sat down with legislators Nancy Skinner, Noreen Evans, Loni Hancock and Mark Leno to discuss United Way’s top legislative priorities related to addressing poverty, including children’s health coverage and funding for 2-1-1.
Assembly ProTem Fiona Ma was all ears when hearing about Emerging Leaders, and the collective investment we make in moving Bay Area families out of poverty.
For more information on how Emerging Leaders can get involved in United Way’s policy work, contact Shelley Hardeman at shardeman@uwba.org.
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