Childcare
Childcare Is a Feminist Issue — and a Community Crisis
Childcare as economic infrastructure, the pressure on working families, provider barriers and the public investment required for gender equity.
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The Feminist Playbook
Four conversations connect lived experience, feminist analysis and public policy in Santa Barbara County. Read the voices, understand the stakes and connect the issues to public action.
Four Core Conversations
Lived experience meets public policy
Voting Rights
Voting Rights Under Siege: Voices on Democracy’s Future
Georgene Vairo + Dawn Addis
Voter suppression, gerrymandering, constitutional safeguards, legal resistance and everyday civic participation.
Read ConversationImmigration
Navigating the Immigration Crisis: Local Women, Families, and Policy
Marisol Alarcon + Monica Solorzano
Enforcement, due process, family separation, legal barriers and the effects of immigration policy on local women, children and businesses.
Read ConversationClimate Action
Fighting for Santa Barbara’s Future: Climate Action and Community Engagement
Linda Krop + Sigrid Wright
Local climate threats, offshore oil, environmental justice, coalition-building and the participation needed to protect Santa Barbara’s future.
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Four questions that shape the Playbook
Power
Who holds powerIdentify who makes the decisions and whose interests shape the outcome.
Burden
Who bears the burdenLook at who absorbs the economic, social, environmental or personal cost.
Access
Who is excludedAsk whose voice, safety, opportunity or participation is being limited.
Equality
What does equality requireMove beyond formal access toward the conditions required for meaningful equity.
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Childcare, voting rights, immigration and climate justice all connect to the organization’s adopted feminist priorities and public advocacy.
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Equal Rights Amendment
Why the ERA Matters More Than Ever in 2026
Why explicit constitutional equality remains central to equal pay, workplace fairness, education and gender justice.
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Crucial Strides in the Women’s Rights Movement
An ACLU-informed discussion of women’s economic freedom, civil-rights protections and reproductive freedom.
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Feminist Playbook
Four Core Conversations
Childcare Is a Feminist Issue — and a Community CrisisTeresa Alvarez + James KyriacoRead
Voting Rights Under Siege: Voices on Democracy’s FutureGeorgene Vairo + Dawn AddisRead
Navigating the Immigration CrisisMarisol Alarcon + Monica SolorzanoRead
Fighting for Santa Barbara’s FutureLinda Krop + Sigrid WrightRead
Issue Connections
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Childcare & Early EducationEconomic security, caregiving, workforce participation and public investmentSBWPC Priority
Voting Rights & DemocracyBallot access, representation, election protection and public participationSBWPC Priority
ImmigrationFamily unity, due process, labor, safety and equal dignitySBWPC Priority
Climate & Environmental JusticePublic health, environmental equity, resilience and accountable decision-makingSBWPC Priority