Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    PROGRAM NAME: POLICY AND ADVOCACYPOLICY ADVOCACY IS ONE OF CLRJ'S CORE STRATEGIES AND PROGRAM AREAS. CLRJ EDUCATES POLICYMAKERS ON ISSUE AREAS THAT IMPACT THE 7.5 MILLION CALIFORNIA LATINAS, SERVES AS A THOUGHT LEADER AND COLLABORATOR WITH STATE AND NATIONAL ADVOCATES, TRAINS LEADERS ON THE POLICY PROCESS AND HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS CONDUCTS STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LATINAS/XS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN CALIFORNIA. IN 2020, CLRJ CO-SPONSORED TWO BILLS AND ONE BUDGET REQUEST, AND ENGAGED IN STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY TO URGE NECESSARY COVID-19 RELIEF, AND SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER LEGISLATIVE BILLS. CLRJ'S POLICY ADVOCACY TEAM SERVED ON VARIOUS COALITIONS AND ADVISORIES AND ENGAGED FORTY-SEVEN (47) POLICYMAKERS ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN (111) TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MOST NOTABLY, CLRJ WAS SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING AB 732, THE REPRODUCTIVE DIGNITY FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE ACT, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, SUPPORT, AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN STATE PRISONS AND COUNTY JAILS BY CREATING A STATE MANDATED PROGRAM BY JANUARY 1, 2021. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT THE RIGHTS OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE EXPERIENCING PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, PARENTING, LACTATION, ABORTION, OR MENSTRUATION ARE PROTECTED WITH THE NECESSARY CARE, SUPPORT, SERVICES, AND ACCOMMODATIONS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $108.6K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    PROGRAM NAME: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTCLRJ'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZING PROGRAMS BUILD LATINAS' POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY POWER THROUGH EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, POLITICAL MOBILIZATION AND ACTIVISM. IN 2020, DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CLRJ WAS LIMITED IN OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, HOWEVER THE LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO CHAPTER MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO DO A VIRTUAL INFORMATIONAL SESSION ON COVID-19 WHERE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SPOKE ABOUT TRANSMISSION AND PREVENTION AND ANSWERED PARTICIPANTS' QUESTIONS. OUR UNION DE VECINAS DE BELL GARDENS - UNIDAS COMMUNITY LEADERS MET VIRTUALLY TWICE A MONTH TO PLAN FOR VIRTUAL AND LIMITED IN PERSON EVENTS TO INFORM THE BELL GARDENS COMMUNITY ABOUT TENANTS' RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOR THE CITY OF BELL GARDENS THAT THEY ARE LEADING AND CLRJ IS SUPPORTING. CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: A COMMUNITY FORUM ON TENANTS RIGHTS, FLYERING AT SHOPPING CENTERS, A CAR CARAVAN WHERE OVER 15 CARS/40 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED, MEETING WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND CITY OF BELL GARDENS COUNCIL MEMBERS, SPEAKING AT A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING DIRECTED AT GOVERNOR NEWSOM TO CANCEL RENT DURING THE PANDEMIC, DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN PLAN AND PHONE BANKING TO LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. LASTLY, AS PART OF OUR VOTER ENGAGEMENT WORK WE REACHED OVER A THOUSAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY DISSEMINATING OUR 2020 VOTER GUIDE VIA OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND TEXTING OUR VOTER GUIDE LINK TO BELL GARDENS COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR DATABASE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $90.9K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    PROJECT NAME: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE MOVEMENT-BUILDINGREPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE MOVEMENT BUILDING IS ONE OF CLRJ'S STRATEGIES TO UPLIFT LATINA/X VOICES WITHIN THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AND ACROSS INTERSECTING MOVEMENTS FIGHTING FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, HEALTH ACCESS, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND LGBTQIA+ LIBERATION, WHICH ENHANCES THE IMPACT OF ALL OF CLRJ'S PROGRAMS IN ACHIEVING OUR OVERALL MISSION. CLRJ COLLABORATES WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS, PROVIDES TRAININGS TO ALLIES, ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN COALITIONS, ATTENDS AND PRESENTS AT CONFERENCES, AND PARTICIPATES IN STRATEGIC CONVENINGS. CLRJ'S COLLABORATIVE WORK AROUND OUR PRIORITY ISSUES INCLUDED PARTICIPATION IN A COALITION TO GET THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO DECLARE RACISM A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AS WELL AS OUR SUCCESSFUL CROSS MOVEMENT EFFORTS TOWARDS THE CREATION OF THE STERILIZATION COMPENSATION PROGRAM. CLRJ ALSO CONTINUED TO BE A PART OF THE NATIONAL WORKING GROUP THAT IS LEADING EFFORTS TO BRING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES OVER THE COUNTER (OCS/OTC). CLRJ ALSO CONTINUED PROVIDING TRAININGS ON REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, FOR UNIVERSITIES, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND AT CONFERENCES. AS WELL, IN 2020, CLRJ CONTINUED TO BUILD AN ARCHIVE OF OVER 70 LATINA/X REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE STORIES AND HELD A VIRTUAL RJ STORYTELLING EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH SDSU STAFF AND STUDENTS, COLLABORATED AND/OR BUILT OR MAINTAINED AN ALLIED RELATIONSHIP WITH CLOSE TO 100 ORGANIZATIONS, NETWORKS, AND/OR COALITIONS. DUE TO COVID-19 AND THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER THAT EXTENDED THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR, WE WERE LIMITED WITH THE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, TRAININGS AND EVENTS WE COULD CONDUCT OR ATTEND, BUT WE DID GET CREATIVE WITH ONLINE RESOURCES AND WAYS OF BUILDING WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $17K