How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Homecare Workers & Janitors
This summer I thought I was going to have some free time for a change before the political conventions heated up in August. I was just starting to unwind when I got a call to help the California Statewide Homecare Workers campaign pull off some nonviolent civil disobedience at the Capitol in a fight to prevent the defunding of that program. Instead they were moving a proposal for a restructuring of the industry that would save the state more money over time. The homecare workers and their clients had mobilized for days at the Capitol talking to legislators all day and doing education and outreach at night. I had the privilege of working with an amazing group of about 60 people who had made a decision to block the Governer’s office on one day and then take over the Rotunda the next. The pictures tell the story. They prevented the worst of the cuts and won a commitment to move in a new direction.
