Equality, Individual Rights, and Social Justice
- Reproductive rights
- Advocate for reproductive rights autonomy including the right of individuals to make decisions on abortion care
- Advocate for a reproductive rights Virginia Constitutional amendment
- Maternal health
- Support legislation that requires unconscious (implicit) bias training as license requirement for health care professionals
- Support other initiatives for maternal health care equity
- Marriage rights
- Support protection of same sex marriage, including a Virginia Constitutional amendment
- Voting rights
- Support a Virginia Constitutional amendment that would ensure automatic restoration rights for convicted felons who have completed their sentences
- Public meeting access o Support legislation to permit virtual meetings for non-elective public bodies
Economic Security
- Paid Family & Medical Leave o Advocate for Paid Family & Medical Leave bill
- Paid Sick Days o Support the Paid Sick Days (PSD) coalition agenda
- Workplace equity o Advocate for a salary history ban covering all employers
- Support legislative initiatives from other organizations that champion workplace equity
- Childcare
- Support Virginia Promise Partnership legislative agenda (link when available)
- Minimum wage
- Support reenactment of minimum wage legislation to bring Virginia to $15/hour
Education
- Public school funding o Oppose diversion of public K-12 funding
- Support the Fund Our Schools (FOS) coalition agenda
- Post-secondary education o Advocate for adequate and equitable funding of Virginia colleges and universities
- Gender equity o Advocate for the rights of girls and women to equity in STEM programs and sports