Call to Action: 4 Ways To Impact Immigrant Justice and Child Care Funding during the 2026 Legislative Session
Oregon State legislators are hurrying through the current 35-day “short session” in Salem. Among the bills before the state House and Senate are those that support keeping families together and protecting immigrant rights in the face of ICE and Border Patrol incursions on our cities. And early learning funding is on the budget chopping block.
Right now, MultDems can urge legislators to support progressive measures:
1. Take action with PCUN, Oregon’s farmworkers union:
2. Visit Salem with Oregon Worker Relief for the Immigrant Justice Day of Action in Salem on Thursday, February 12, 9 to 5 pm.
- Register to visit Salem next Thursday: Sign up to lobby now.
3. Email your legislators today through Child Care for Oregon to urge them not to let Oregon’s Employment Related Day Care program run out of money in 2027.
Legislators are also considering 5% budget cuts to agencies that support early learning and care. Read more about these cuts and what they mean for working families.
- Take Action here: Write to your legislator about early learning funding.
4. Join the lobby days in Salem with the Child Care for Oregon Coalition on Monday, February 16. Tell your legislator to choose babies over billionaires!
- Visit Salem February 16: Register here.