Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality (ABLE)
is hosting a lobby day in Columbus
Please join us as we meet with legislators calling for state funding for Health Care, Child Care, and Elder Care, Housing, and Food programs
When: April 23, 2009
Where: Trinity Episcopal Church
125 East Broad St.
Columbus OH 43215
A bus (or two) will be leaving from Merrick House in Tremont at 7:30 am.
Please call Amy @ 216-771-5077 to secure a space
Breakfast, lunch and afternoon refreshment will be provided
Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality is a grassroots coalition that was founded by May Dugan Multi-Service Center, Merrick House, and Organize! Ohio that is now supported by many other individuals and organizations. These include, Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese Social Action Office, The Community Partners for Affordable, Accessible Health Care, The Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland, Stop targeting Ohio’s poor, United Clevelanders Against Poverty, Neighborhood Family Practice, We are the Uninsured, Lutheran Metro Ministry, and The Cleveland Tenants Organization. ABLE is advised, provided data by Policy Matters Ohio.
ABLE is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to get necessary funding for critical health and human services that are impacting our lives. It is our mission to protect and expand public health, safety, and welfare.
ABLE is based in Cleveland and works to educate and mobilize communities across the state, to provide a citizen voice at the legislative level. ABLE seeks to bring a collective community voice around health and human services funding in the biennium budget process, budget and budget correction bills.
Links:
[1] http://www.organizeohio.org