Community Dialogue on Welfare ‘Reform’ Reauthorization Valuing Caring Work

pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby PNN staff/p pWelfare ‘reform is now up for reauthorization in Congress. It has dismantled welfare and puts forward that caring for your own children has no value. It is low-waged recruitment, forcing mothers into a low-waged work. Welfare ‘reform’ promotes racism. As the majority of those on welfare shifted from white to women and children of color, benefits have been cut and time limits established. Mothers and their children will be left with nothing when the clock stops on their 60-month lifetime limit to receiving benefits. Welfare ‘reform’ also negates the caring work of older women, immigrant women, people with disabilities, lesbian women and has resulted in mothers being crimi- lized and a widening wage gap between women and men. Join mothers and other care’s, in a Speak Out for welfare as a care’s right, and for the value of the work mothers do to be reflected in welfare benefits. Press government to pay for caring instead of killing. Results of the Dialogue will be submitted to Congress as testimony. Let your voice be heard. Wheelchair accessible; Spanish translation; refreshments; Thursday, July 19 at 6:30pm. Crossroads Women’s Center, 333 Valencia St. Room 350, SF. Wheelchair accessible, Spanish translation, refreshments. Call ahead for child- care. Contact (415) 626-4114. Called by the Every Mother is a Working Mother Network./p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p