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* Voter Registration and Get Out the Vote Efforts are an ongoing component of LI's work, however, beginning in June of 2008, LI will register 5,000 people to vote and target close to 40,000 Latina households in Colorado to educate, inform, and encourage them to participate and vote.
* Ya Es Hora Ciudadania! is a collaborative effort intended to inform, educate, and motivate eligible legal permanent residents to apply for citizenship and to become civically engaged.
* Serious Women, Serious Issues, Serious Action (SSS) is a yearly conference for women and girls, in partnership with 9to5 National Association of Working Women.
* Latina/o Issue Briefing and Advocacy Day is designed to provide policy briefings on education, immigration, healthcare, and economic justice/civil rights and training with professional and citizen lobbyists on how to advocate elected officals.
* Latinas Improving Political Strength (LIPS) is a year long partnership with the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) targeting young women aged 14-20 to become trained advocates to engage in the political and civic process at all levels.
* Delegate University is a year long joint effort between LI and the White House Project designed to offer women a series of events and trainings leading up to the 2008 Conventions.
* The Women's Family Action Network (Women's FAN) is a collaborative project convened by the Women's Foundation of Colorado. LI is one of 13 organizations that educate, inform, and advocate on public policy issues impacting women and girls, including the reinstatement of the State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Pay Equity.
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