Join us in celebrating NextGen’s 10th Anniversary! 🎉1️⃣0️⃣ In a new #LetTalkBlog post our Executive Director Arnie Sowell Jr. reflects on NGP’s beginnings, a decade of advocating for a better California, and more. Stay tuned for more 10th anniversary celebrations all year!
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NextGen WIN Highlight! 🏆 For our 10th anniversary, we’re reflecting back on the Prosper California Coalition.Over the past 10 years, alongside other members of the coalition, we were successful in expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which helps households facing poverty in California.
NextGen is proud to advocate as part of the #SchoolMealsforAll coalition on behalf of California's 5.7 million students -- delivering testimony and meeting with #CALeg to push for continued investment in School Meals for All, Kitchen Infrastructure and Training, Farm to School and the Healthy School Food Pathway program! 🍎 🥕 With the Governor’s May Revise budget coming shortly, the work continues!
Get the latest scoop on California’s food system! 🗣️ 💬 NextGen’s Tiffany Germain dives into food affordability and access Californians face daily in the state and how NextGen is addressing the issues.
🍎 Read our latest Let’s Talk Blog post. Link in bio
Celebrate the #BigDayOfGiving with NextGen! 🎁 🎊 Take your support for our team’s advocacy and policy work to the next level with a donation of your choosing. Your generosity will help us continue building a more equitable, prosperous, and climate resilient California for all. Let’s make a positive difference together, no matter how big or small. 🤝
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Say hello! 👋 The team continues to grow as we welcome Michelle Read as communications specialist for NextGen’s California Statewide Apprenticeship Hub. She will be assisting the Hub Director in amplifying apprenticeships and career pathways in California.
Visit our website and meet Michelle. Link in bio
New month, new topics! 🗞️ 🏛️ Explore NextGen’s #WhatsNext newsletter to get the latest updates on #VoterRights, gain insight on a pilot program helping veterans with housing, be in the know on recent developments in the #CapAndInvest front and more
✨ Dive into What's Next: Link in bio
NextGen along with more than 40 environmental organizations are urging the @air_resources to say NO to Big Oil handouts and strengthen the #CapAndInvest program. 🚨🛢️ Fossil fuel polluters are undermining the benefits of Cap-and-Invest and lobbying to increase pollution and take money from Californians to put it in their pockets. It’s up to CARB to make the right decision.
Read the letter to learn more about the #CapAndInvest program. Link in bio
TAKE ACTION ✍️ Changes to the federal student loan program are fast approaching and California’s student borrowers are at risk of losingvital support services!
Urge #CALeg and Governor Newsom know to fund the California Student Loan Empowerment Network (SLEN) program to continue providing one-to-one services to borrowers who need it the most.
📣 Let your voice be heard. Link in bio
NextGen celebrated #NationalApprenticeshipWeek across the board! 🔨 👷🏽♀️ 🧑🔧 From a #WORKCON panel to hosting a workforce policy activation session, our team is dedicated to advancing apprenticeship expansion in California!
The NextGen team keeps getting bigger! 🎉 👋 Join us in giving a warm welcome to NextGen’s newest Policy Fellow, Pooja Lal. We’re glad to have her onboard to support our advocacy and policy work as we continue to build a better California for all!
➡️ Get to know Pooja & the team. Link in bio.
