Press release from the Buncombe County Commission on Women:
The Buncombe County Commission on Women and the YWCA of Asheville invite women from throughout Buncombe County to the Women’s Agenda Assembly on Saturday, August 27th.
By sharing their views and learning about public policy issues of importance to women, participants will have an opportunity to guide the Buncombe County Commission on Women as it identifies ways the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners can improve the social and economic conditions of women in Buncombe County and to set priorities for proposed action by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Women’s Agenda Assemblies will take place through the state under the coordination of North Carolina Women United. Out of these assemblies will come a Women’s Agenda to be presented to the state legislature in 2017.
Participants will learn and discuss with these four themes in mind:
1. Economic self-sufficiency: (minimum wage, equal pay, paid family and medical leave, child care subsied, affordable housing)
2. Access to healthcare (expand Medicaid; protect/expand access to reproductive health care)
3. End violence against women (gun safety regulations; expand protection for sexual assault and domestic violence victims)
4. Increase civic participation and equality (establish independent redistricting commission to protect voter rights, provide fair treatment for immigrants, update non-discrimination policies to include sexual orientation and gender identity)
**Free childcare will be provided for children between the age of 1 and 12, but space is limited. Please leave a comment in your RSVP that includes the ages of your children. RSVP as soon as possible!**
WHENWHEREFirst Congregational United Church of Christ – 20 Oak Street, Asheville, NC 28801 – View
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