Community Sponsors

South Sound Outreach Washington Women’s Employment and Education Pierce County Asset Building Coalition YWCA of Pierce County Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound Tacoma Community House Children’s Alliance First Five FUNdamentals Impacts of the Great Recession: Tacoma Goodwill Industries Children’s Home Society of Washington What about the children? Sea Mar Community Health Centers REACH Center Tacoma Housing Authority United Way of Pierce County A Community Forum Habitat for Humanity Tacoma Community College Presented by Catholic Community Services of Western WA State Representative Jeannie Darneille Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound State Senator Debbie Regala UFCW Local 141 United Staff Nurses Union Tacoma Council PTA State Representative Rainbow Center State Representative Tami Green Hilltop Artists State Representative Laurie Jinkins Dr. Anthony Chen, Tacoma Pierce County Public Health State Representative Connie Ladenburg Washington Housing Equity Alliance State Representative Larry Seaquist National Organization for Women State Representative Associated Ministries State Senator Steve Conway Faith Action Network Team Child

Peace Community Center

5:30 PM Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011

Jason Lee Middle School cafeteria

602 N. Sprague Ave., Tacoma WA 98403

Welcome! AGENDA

Please help yourself to dinner, and take a seat 5:30 Spaghetti dinner at one of the round tables located throughout the cafeteria. There are sign-sheets and name 6:15 Program begins tags at each table. Introductions Please sign in if you are planning to speak. You may also record your remarks with one of “Children in the Recession” video the volunteers in Room 1216. To make sure

that everyone has an opportunity to speak, please try to limit your comments to about Kids Count Data three minutes. 6:35 Comments from children and Spanish, Vietnamese and Russian translators families are available if you would prefer to speak in your native language. 8:00 Adjourn

If you would like to sign up for Representative Darneille’s electronic newsletter, please go to Special thanks to: Jason Lee Middle School and it’s http://www.housedemocrats.wa.gov/roster/rep-jeannie- staff for hosting this event, the National Organization darneille for Women, Tacoma, UFCW Local 141 Staff Nurses Union, and Neighborhood Bistro for helping provide the If you would like to sign up for Senator Regala’s electronic dinner, Tacoma Housing Authority, REACH, Tacoma newsletter, please go to Community House, Children’s Home Society and http://apps.leg.wa.gov/subscriptions/member.aspx?chamber=s&memb Children’s Alliance for their involvement in the “Children er=regala of the Recession” video and Tacoma Community House for providing translators and translating the flyer This meeting is being recorded by TVW