Women United for Justice, Community and Family

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What is our group all about?...

Women United for Justice, Community and Family is a grassroots group of women which is looking at ways to make change in the following areas: how society views and treats welfare recipients; how welfare and other services are administered; and how the needs of low-income women and single mothers are being - or not being - met by our society and in our community. We are a group of low-income and middle-class women who meet to talk about how these issues affect our lives and to strategize about solutions.

Since the group formed two years ago, we have been active. Some of the things we have been involved with include:

• participating in and presenting at a number of conferences on welfare reform;
• organizing and holding a number of protests of the federal and state welfare reform agendas;
• organizing events such as the "Other Mothers' Day" celebration
• meeting with the AFDC Administrator of Social Services in Boulder County;
• organizing a County-wide coalition of the various communities who are impacted by welfare reform to develop a community response in Boulder;
• and developing an exhibit of educational and artistic materials which has been displayed at area public libraries, the D. U. campus in Denver and the State Capitol building.

We are an open group and encourage you to attend a meeting when you can. We provide child care and dinner at each of our meetings, to make it easier for busy moms to attend. We welcome all new voices and input, so feel free to stop by a meeting or call us at (phone-number) to talk more about our group and your concerns. With changes being made in the public assistance system which our society desperately needs, now is the time to act. Hope to see you all at some point during the coming months.