Work Plan
Civic Participation: Provide greater opportunity for
civic participation to women in the City of Seattle in order to educate and
encourage them to impact the policy making process.
- Organize and co-host 2nd annual Women's Summit.
- Lend support and provide publicity to existing
civic participation programs in the city.
- Collaborate with and support organizations in
organizing, publicizing, delivering and participating in "how to lobby"
training and lobby days related to issues affecting women in the City of
Seattle.
Dissemination of Information: Gather and disseminate information relating to women and women's organizations in the City of Seattle in order to broaden the reach of currently existing resources and to continue to inform and educate women on how to impact policies that affect them.
- Gather and publish information regarding the status of women and
different issues on SWC website (such as status of women, poverty,
economic cost of domestic violence, pay equity, homelessness, women's
success stories, immigrant and refugee women).
- Gather information and maintain website as a resource and information
clearinghouse regarding events, issues and opportunities for women in
the City of Seattle.
Legislative Advocacy: Research and advocate in support of
or against issues that may affect women in the City of Seattle in order to
educate legislators on the impact of proposed legislation on women.
- Raise awareness about and respond in support of or opposition to
issues that affect women by writing letters to City of Seattle Mayor,
Council and other government officials.
- Write opinion/editorial letters regarding issues concerning women
in the city of Seattle.
- Write letters to city officials, legislators to advocate for women's
issues.
Education and Training: Provide education/training for city officials and constituents on issues that impact women in the city of Seattle in order to keep the realities of women's issues central in the development of policy and programs.
- Work with organizations to assess interest/needs/role of SWC in
developing/providing training.
- Work with existing city projects regarding domestic/dating violence
in schools.
- Explore a project where city officials and local policy makers can
share experiences with constituents.
Nominations: Establish a nominations committee to monitor
membership and fill vacancies on commission as needed in order to ensure that
the Seattle Women's Commission continues to carry out its functions at full
capacity.
- Work with City of Seattle Mayor and City Council to fill commission
vacancies with qualified women.
- Work with Executive Committee and full commission to fill officer
positions on commission in a timely manner
Executive: Establish an executive committee in order to
provide leadership and direction for the commission.
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