Apano

We developed and co-lead the child care for Oregon coalition, which led to a major victory in the 2022 Oregon short session with the passage of hb 4005 - a historic $100m investment in child care for Oregon families and providers. This created another steering committee opportunity in creating the process to distribute the funds through seeding justice.

During the Oregon short session, Apano endorsed bills related to education, immigration, childcare, mental health in the workforce, emergency heat relief for renters, restoration of voting rights, and lobbied elected officials regarding their passage.

Apano took on it's 8th election cycle for the 2022 primary election and opened our endorsement process. We followed 17 priority races including or governor's race, multiple city and county races, and our priority race to elect jackie leung in a newly redistricted "purple" district. We made over 30,000 phone dials to registered voters to get out the vote.

Apano organized and activated communities through our integrated voter engagement cycle which is comprised of community building opportunities, policy feedback, listening sessions, and other advocacy and civic engagement opportunities.