FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2017 Contact: Allie Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6529 [California]- Last night, Governor Jerry Brown Signed AB 214, a bill that will make CalFresh, California’s SNAP program, more easily accessible to low-income college students, into law. In...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2018 Contact: Allie Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6529 [Washington]- This week, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the DREAM Act of 2017, a bill that would offer a path to citizenship for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 19, 2017 Contact: Allie Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6529 [Washington] – Today, the House Budget Committee and House Appropriations Committee began markups on spending bills that work together to strip funding for programs that young people need to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2017 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 New Senate Repeal Draft Makes a Broken Bill Worse, Not Better, for Millennials’ Health & Financial Security [WASHINGTON]–Today, Senate Republicans unveiled their latest health care repeal bill. Jen Mishory,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 13, 2017 Contact: Allie Aguilera, Press Secretary, 202-734-6529 [Washington]- Today, the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up a proposed spending bill that would cut $5B from the entire Labor-H portfolio, down to $156B from $161B...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 Yesterday, The California legislature passed Assembly Bill 214, authored by Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego), which addresses one our state students’ most basic and most serious needs –...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2017 Contact: Allie Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6529 FY18 Budget Deal Provides First Step in Relief for Students Today, the Illinois House voted to override Governor Rauner’s veto of the FY18 Budget, finally ending the two-year long...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2017 Contacts: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510; Allie Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6529 College Student Advocacy Results in Policy Change That Will Improve Anti-Hunger Initiatives in Higher Education Too many college students in California face challenges in meeting their basic...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 26, 2017 Contacts: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510; Allie Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6529 CBO: Senate Repeal Plan Bad for Millennials Jen Mishory, Executive Director of Young Invincibles, released the following statement following the release of the Congressional Budget...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2017 Contact: Allie.Aguilera, allie.aguilera@younginvincibles.org, 202.734.6529 Just days before sending their bill to the floor, Senate Republicans finally unveiled their secret health care repeal bill, which will hurt the health care of millions of young people...