Three program priorities where adopted for concerted education and action during the next two years. These priority programs are presented here in detail.
- CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFER WORLD
This campaign will enhance the security of the United States and promote a safer world through:
-responsible economic policies to reduce federal deficit; -measures to reduce the risk of war.
League education and action will focus on:
-effecting federal action to achieve and uphold arms control agreements;
-reducing the deficit by changing federal fiscal policy; -creating public understanding of the links between U.S. national security and fiscal policies and the need for redirecting government resources from military spending to domestic program needs.
- CHILD CARE AND HOUSING: MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS
This campaign will strive to prevent and reduce poverty through:
-increasing access to employment by expanding the supply of affordable, quality child care;
-increasing the supply of affordable housing.
League education and action will focus on:
-building community awareness of and support for expanding the availability and affordability of child care and housing;
-encouraging federal, state and local government action to increase the supply and quality of child care;
-increasing the supply of affordable housing through government and private initiatives.
- TACKLING TOXICS
This campaign will push to prevent the contamination of ground and surface water and air by toxic, radioactive and hazardous pollutants, in order to:
-protect public health;
-preserve the physical, chemical and biological integrity of the ecosystem;
-supporting measures to encourage source reduction, recycling and detoxification of toxic and hazardous materials.
League Education and action will focus on:
-achieving effective federal, state and local government action to prevent, regulate and control toxic radioactive and hazardous relases;
-increasing public understanding and community awareness of the risks posed by toxics, radioactive and by hazardous pollutants;
-promoting effective public participation in environmental decision making.
May 1988
July 1988
Reaching New Heights