Current marijuana enforcement policy is failing children and families. Decades of study have proven the unequal treatment of communities of color in the criminal justice system, especially in enforcement of marijuana policy. Washington’s kids pay a terrible price for these persistent racial disparities: children are separated from their parents, and families are trapped in poverty when adults are denied access to educational and economic opportunities. Read more about our position on Initiative 502.
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Vote YES on Initiative 502: A New Approach to Marijuana
Created on: Monday, September 10, 2012 - 3:39pm
Hungry in Washington: September 2012
Created on: Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 10:42am
Since the beginning of the recession, the number of Washington state families struggling with hunger has increased sharply. Between 2008 and 2011, 75,000 new households joined the ranks of the hungry, and the rate of hunger in the state is the highest it has ever been. Read our new report.
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Licensed Dental Practitioners: A new idea for Washington’s unmet oral health needs
Created on: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 9:33am
Dental disease is the most common disease Washington’s children face. Six in 10 third-graders have some form of tooth decay.
Early Learning: Close the opportunity gap before it starts
Created on: Monday, August 20, 2012 - 4:45pm
It’s our constitutional duty to provide our children with a basic education. It’s also in everyone’s best interest.
End Childhood Hunger: Hungry kids can't learn
Created on: Monday, August 20, 2012 - 4:41pm
One in four of our state’s children is struggling with hunger. We have effective tools to fight childhood hunger – food stamps, school meals, summer meals, afterschool meals and Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
How can you help?
Act now!
Washington State Legislators are faced with a choice: Kids, or outdated tax breaks.