Childcare Is a Feminist Issue — and a Community Crisis
Teresa Alvarez + James Kyriaco Childcare as economic infrastructure, the pressure on working families, provider barriers and the public investment required for gender equity.
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.
Lived experience meets public policy
Voting Rights Under Siege: Voices on Democracy’s Future
Georgene Vairo + Dawn Addis Voter suppression, gerrymandering, constitutional safeguards, legal resistance and everyday civic participation.
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.
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.
Four questions that shape the Playbook
Who holds power
Identify who makes the decisions and whose interests shape the outcome.
Who bears the burden
Look at who absorbs the economic, social, environmental or personal cost.
Who is excluded
Ask whose voice, safety, opportunity or participation is being limited.
What does equality require
Move beyond formal access toward the conditions required for meaningful equity.
Go deeper into the policy
Childcare, voting rights, immigration and climate justice all connect to the organization’s adopted feminist priorities and public advocacy.
Childcare & Early Education
Economic security, caregiving, workforce participation and public investment
Voting Rights & Democracy
Ballot access, representation, election protection and public participation
Immigration
Family unity, due process, labor, safety and equal dignity
Climate & Environmental Justice
Public health, environmental equity, resilience and accountable decision-making
Read. Connect. Act
Move from feminist analysis to one real next step
Use the Advocacy Priorities page for policy direction, the Civic Action Center for practical participation and SBWPC committees for sustained involvement.