Race & Immigration at the State level

Women, children, and families

Racial disparity

Health, education, jobs, housing, economic empowerment

Their Advocacy Committee meets monthly to discuss priorities guided by YWCA's advocacy policies and policy directions.
They have a 501(h) expenditure which allows them to spend time and money on advocacy and still be a nonprofit.

Why it Matters

The YWCA works with a wide range of issues, making them a great resource for staying up-to-date.
They are very accessable both through Facebook and a newsletter which you can recieve by signing up on thier website.
They organize their advocacy work into annual spread sheets like these:

The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (D.R.E.A.M. Act) is a bipartisan legislation which would allow young undocumented people who arrived in the U.S. at a young age to pursue their higher education and provide a path to citizenship once the following requirements are met.
The D.R.E.A.M. Act has four basic requirements which are:
- You entered the country before the age of 16;'
- You graduate high school or obtain a GED;
- You have good moral character (no criminal record); and
- You have at least five years of continuous presence in the US.

Everyone deserves an education and equal access to it. Undocumented students get a chance to attend a higher education institution and follow their dreams.
It would bring our country economic benefits for example, D.R.E.A.M. Act could add from $1.4 to $3.6 trillion in taxable income.
It will bring immigration focus and border security to the serious threats to our nation and not people with good moral character
Our country will be more competitive in the global economy because we will have more students in our universities which will bring more innovative ideas.