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selmajames_fb_wdet_leadin_thumb.jpgAuthor Selma James: "Sex, Race and Class"
Tuesday November 13, 2012

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Mothers, Caregivers, Occupiers demand answers from candidates in protest outside California Republican Party HQ

A multiracial group of mothers, children, other caregivers, occupiers, women and men,  older people and youth, held a Speakout and Protest outside the Republican Party Headquarters in Burbank, California on Monday, October 15th, the eve of the second presidential debate. The action was part of coordinated activities in 12 US cities held October 15th to launch a campaign for recognition of and resources for caregiving work and an end to the immoral and shocking poverty of mothers and children.

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Welfare Petition Launch in the San Francisco Bay Area October 15, 2012

 We had a small but spirited gathering outside the Alameda County Welfare office in downtown Oakland.  In addition asking people passing by to sign our petitions, we decided to tape our placards on the building wall and create a display for all to read and see. But security was soon called in, they didn’t object to our presence, said we had a right to be on the sidewalk but that we had to remove the placards from the walls.

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Background to Petition, the RISE Out of Poverty Act, and WORK Act

Background

In 1911 welfare (“the mothers’ pension”) was introduced to enable mothers without income to keep their children.

In 1959 welfare was to "make it possible for a mother to choose between staying at home to care for her children and taking a job."

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