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The
Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee is a non-partisan political
action committee dedicated to furthering gender equality and feminist
values through political and social action, and education. The Santa
Barbara Women's Political Committee endorses the candidacies of women
and men who actively support our goals and promote a feminist agenda.
The Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee works on behalf of women
to achieve political Access, Voice and Power.
To achieve these goals, the
Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee is dedicated to social action
against discrimination based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, religion, age or disability. The Santa Barbara Women's
Political Committee advocates community empowerment through:
ACCESS
- accountability and accessibility of elected officials
- a participatory democratic process
- availability and dissemination of accurate information
- open democratic procedures
VOICE
- community outreach
- grassroots organizing and lobbying
- participation in community advisory committees
- campaigns to increase voter registration and turnout
POWER
- collective civic action
- coalition building
- self-determination of the underrepresented
- political equality for women and girls.
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