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- Champion equal pay for women and establish a living wage.
- Promote pensions and benefits and change Social Security to reflect the time taken to raise a family.
- Launch an economic literacy campaign for women and girls.
- Increase the pool of credit and financing available to women in both small and large ventures.
- Assure comprehensive, responsive and affordable health care for all, including women’s reproductive health needs.
- Treat domestic violence as a public health as well as an economic issue.
- Increase quality, accessibility and affordability of child care and after-school activities.
- Support working families who take care of elderly relatives through insurance for long-term care and dependent care tax credits that include elder care and referral services.
- Expand the Family and Medical Leave Act to offer paid leave.
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ALTERNATIVES
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Alternatives is a publication of the Center for Policy Alternatives – a nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state grassroots leaders. Alternatives is indexed in Urban Affairs Abstracts. ISSN #1070-3047
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Tim McFeeley, Executive Director
Jane Gruenebaum, Chief Operating Officer
Linda Tarr-Whelan, Board Chair
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STATE NETWORKS
Diallo Brooks, Southeast Director
Bettye Jo Pakulis, Northeast Director
Jesse Romero, Southwest Director
John Freeman, Midwest Consultant
Jewel James, State Networks Manager
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POLICY/COMMUNICATIONS
Bernie Horn, Senior Director, Policy & Communications
Kirsten Lindquist, Assoc. Director, Policy
Liz Cattaneo, Assoc. Dir., Communications
Star Wilbraham, Communications Assistant
Rachel Balick, Intern
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PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Jen Ray, Senior Director, Program Initiatives
Helen Gonzales, Senior Manager, Work and Family Investment
John Wilcox, Senior Manager, Technology Policy
Jennifer Woolley, Senior Manager, Women and the Economy Program
Christine Broderick, Intern, Women and the Economy
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LEADERSHIP
Carolina Zumaran-Jones, Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Global Leadership Institute & Flemming Fellows Leadership Institute
Maura Hutchens, Manager, ERGLI & FFLI
Meredith Gurwith, Intern, ERGLI
Rebecca Valerin, Intern, FFLI
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ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE
Maxine G. Somerville, Senior Director of Administration and Human Resources
Tom Gilmer, Chief Financial Officer
Chantel McCloud, Manager, Payroll & A/P
John Wilcox, General Counsel
Shawn Hayden, Office Manager
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DEVELOPMENT
Chris Rutledge, Associate Director of Development
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