Hear from Christy Gleason about how advocacy works because the power of individual voices united to make change is real. It inspires people. It moves policymakers. It makes a difference for children and families.
Here at Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), we spent last week honoring moms who have been working harder than ever for their kids. Check out the results!
We launched our Have a Heart campaign this month amidst the backdrop of Congress debating the stimulus package and state legislatures addressing huge budget deficits. Here’s how our supporters showed up for kids in a big way!
Throughout 2021, SCAN will work with policymakers on both sides of the aisle to ensure they provide crucial investment to struggling families. Only then can we, as a nation, build back better.
This year, there are a lot of competing priorities facing our elected leaders. And through it all, we need to ensure that children are a top priority.
Megan and Stephanie attend an after-school program that helps with homework and offers activities that combine fitness and fun. Most importantly, it provides them with a safe place to go while their parents are still at work. But despite the overwhelming benefits that after school programs like theirs can offer to students, families and communities, the federal Fiscal Year 2019 budget would eliminate a vital after school program that benefits millions of Americans.
Parents want to do what’s best for their children, but unfortunately, not all of them have the resources or skills to do so.