Advocate
Advancing the Common Good: Creating Opportunities for a Better Life for All
Everyone
deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that
leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through
retirement, and good health.
Thats why United Ways work is focused on the building blocks for a good life:
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Education Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Potential
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Income Promoting Financial Stability and Independence
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Health Improving Peoples 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. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when
families are financially stable, when people are healthy.
United
Ways goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the
underlying causes of these problems. Living united means being a part
of the change. It takes everyone in the community working together to
create a brighter future.
Give. Advocate. Volunteer. LIVE UNITED.
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Anyone can champion the cause. Whether youre speaking out to improve education, income and health,
reaching out to members of Congress, or wearing the LIVE UNITED shirt
to show your support, you can help inspire hope and create
opportunities for a better tomorrow. So go ahead and advocate in a LIVE
UNITED world. DO IT IN PUBLIC. BE VISIBLE. BE LOUD!
It
does not take much educate yourself on the critical issues within our
community and be a voice. Tell your friends or your co-workers. Pick an
issue of interest. Attend city council or county commissioner meetings
and speak for those in need. Write a letter to your Congressman or
Senator. Do what you can do to advocate for your community.
You can alsomake your
voice heard to Congress on issues related to making our communities
stronger. Below are links to current United Way national public policy
action alerts:
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Education
Income
Health
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