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2023 Policy Priorities

by Laura Monn Ginsburg, NCJW Minnesota Advocacy Co-Chair and Past President

December 22, 2022

Full steam into a new year (and new legislative session)!

Earlier this month, our team of advocacy leaders met to discuss NCJW MN’s policy priorities for the coming year. Given the shifting power dynamics at the MN Capitol, our historical areas of interest and advocacy, and our capacity to show up as the allies and advocates we want to be, we landed on four familiar and important topics:

  1. Reproductive Justice – Protecting access to abortion and ensuring all Minnesotans can safely receive the affirming and validating care they deserve. We look forward to continuing our work with the UnRestrict MN to lessen barriers and burdens to those seeking abortion services.
  2. Menstrual Equity – Ensuring all students who menstruate have the items they need to stay in school. From grassroots work to deliver items likes pads and tampons to area schools to grass-tops work advocating for subsidized menstrual products in all Minnesota public schools, we’re excited to continue this work.
  3. Gun Violence Prevention – Working to keep all Minnesotans safe from gun violence. We’ll continue our work with key partners—including Mothers Against Community Gun Violence (MACGV), Protect MN Interfaith Alliance, and Moms Demand Action MN—to advocate for commonsense gun laws and protections that ensure Minnesotans can live without fear of gun violence.
  4. Fair and Independent Courts – #CourtsMatter is a longstanding NCJW MN priority to advocate for judicial appointments that uphold a fair and independent rule of law.

You may not be surprised to see any of these on our list. NCJW MN has actively advocated for all four of the issue areas listed above. However, we come to each new year (and each new legislative session) with fresh eyes and open minds as we consider where we can be most useful and successful.

If any of these sound like an issue you’d like to support, join us! Contact sam@ncjwmn.org and we’ll be happy to get you on the team. We all have the ability to make a meaningful difference, especially when we bring our voices together.