Equality State Policy Center

Causes: Citizen Participation, Civil Rights, Education, Government & Public Administration

Mission: State government accountability;citizen participation in civic affairs.

Programs: Movement building campaign: technical assistance to 30 member groups and the blue-green alliance; citizen activist training and mentoring; assist in organizing under-represented communities, including latinos/latinas and native americans; assist multi-organization project to encourage women to run for the legislature and other elective offices.

wyoming working families: focus public and policy-maker attention on workplace safety and health; support public pension system; healthcare reform and medicaid expansion; minimum wage and gender wage gap; quality child care and early education support; state budget reform; pacing energy development to protect quality of life, glbtq equality; raise awareness of the struggle for economic self-sufficiency/living wage;immigrant rights.

tax system policy and accountability program: severance tax accountability; evaluate proposed severance and sales tax incentives to develop better tax policy; wind power taxation; state royalty rates and collection; media outreach and other program services.

government accountability and democracy reform; improve public access to government meetings and public records; campaign finance reform, lobbyist disclosure needs and awareness; executive branch accountability; work with member groups on governor's appointments to boards and commissions.