Advocate
| Advancing the Common Good: Creating Opportunities for a Better Life for All |
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***Scroll down to see how YOU can advance the common good today*** |
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Everyone deserves the opportunity to have a good life: to have a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. That's why United Way's work is focused on the building blocks for a good life. |
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Education - Helping children and youth achieve their potential
Income - Promoting financial stability and independence
Health - Improving people's health |
| Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. Everyone wins when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, and when people are healthy. |
| The United Way's goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the problems that prevent people from realizing these building blocks for a good life. Living united means being part of the change. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. |
| Become an advocate today! |
| If you're interested in advocacy, check out these opportunities: |
| (3) Contact the Alaska Legislature's Leadership |
| SENATE |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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Senate President
Gary Stevens
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House Speaker
Mike Chenault
Contact |
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Senate Majority Leader
Johnny Ellis
Contact |
House Majority Leader
Kyle Johansen
Contact
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Senate Minority Leader
T.B.D. |
House Minority Leader
Beth Kerttula
Contact |
| (4) Contact Key Committee Members in Alaska's State Legislature |
| (5) Contact State Legislators from Southeast Alaska |
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