Register
to vote and VOTE! Children can't vote, so they rely on us to elect leaders
who care. For information about how to register to vote vot to the League
of Women Voter's "Who's Who: A Political Directory".
Know
the Candidates and their issues that are important to children. Our elected officials
need to be held accountable for their actions that affect our children. Stay informed
so you'll know who's really for kids and sho's just kidding.
Speak out and
let your elected officials know how you want them to vote on issues affecting
children. We urge you to encourage them to support:
- Full funding of
early childhood care and education, including funding to improve the quality of
child care.
- Full funding of children's health care including
Medicaid, health care for children with special health care needs and public health
initiatives to reduce childhood illnesses and teen pregnancy.
- Initiatives
that are family-friendly and that are especially targeted at helping our most
vulnerable and low-income families...this means not reducing taxes for the wealthy
at the expense of programs like education, child care and health care, that need
sufficient state funding to keep our children safe, well-educated and healthy.
- Initiatives to improve our public education system so that it can
provide an excellent opportunity for success for our children.
- Common
sense measures to reduce children's gun injuries and deaths.
- And
we also ask you to urge the State Board of Education to adopt policies and programs
aimed at preventing bullying in our schools. ALL of our children deserve
a safe learning environmnent, free from harassment, intimidation or fear of harm.
