On February 24, CLASP's Education, Labor & Worker Justice Director Elyse Shaw testified before the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Education & Workforce Committee. The hearing was titled, “Balancing Careers and Care: Examining Innovative Approaches to Paid Leave.”
CLASP submitted this testimony on HB 1870 HD 1, Relating to Protected Community Locations, on February 13, 2026 to the Hawai’i House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs. In the testimony, CLASP supports the bill, which would establish statewide standards limiting state and county participation…
By Suma Setty and Lynn Tramonte CLASP’s racial equity team’s February monthly meeting was led by Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, and our own, Suma Setty, senior policy analyst on the immigration team, who presented their new book, Broken Hope: Deportation and the…
Advocates and policymakers are considering state and local paid sick leave laws across the country. Yet despite the increased public dialog around paid sick leave and other family friendly workplace policies, there is no single data source out there that can be used to estimate…
On July 19, 2021, Alycia Hardy and Alyssa Fortner presented on their report Shaping Equitable Early Childhood Policy: Incorporating Inclusive Community Engagement Frameworks into Expanded Data Strategies at BUILD 2021.
On June 3, 2021, Alycia Hardy and Tiffany Ferrette presented on the American Rescue Plan and school-age child care opportunities in an Afterschool Alliance webinar series.
>>Watch Part I: Criminalization to Healing: The Movement to Decriminalize Education Our panelists painted a picture of what safety in schools looks like: Deep relationship building between students and staff Addressing root causes within schools and the larger community Providing culturally and historically affirming education Restorative justice…