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Jenna’s Story

Jenna’s Story: My partner and I spent three years preparing financially to have a baby. We knew it would be a financial struggle and that we needed to finish our education and save as much as we could before the baby was born. We knew that even if our jobs granted any parental leave, it […]

Paisly’s Story

Paisly’s Story: My name is Paisly. I am nineteen years old, and I am a low wage earner. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. My mom and I still live at the same residence where I grew up. I graduated from Jefferson High School last June. I work two low wage jobs. At […]

Hila’s Story

Hila’s Story: My name is Hila, I work for Metro in Solid Waste.  I have been an employee here for two years, and I love my job and working for Metro. My spouse and I have a two year old and we are expecting our second baby in June.   My husband is a full time […]

When Work Works Award | 2016 Oregon Winners

We are excited to announce the 2015-16 Oregon winners of the prestigious national When Work Works award for flexible employers! Please join us in congratulating these forward-thinking employers who know that making work work for their employees is good for everyone, including their bottom line, the communities where they operate, and our state’s economy! We […]

Multnomah County Adds Paid Parental Leave Policy for Employees

Multnomah County Employees Will Have Paid Parental Leave Six weeks of paid parental leave will promote the health and economic security of County employees, their families, and their community Effective November 1, 2015, Multnomah County employees will be eligible to take up to six weeks of fully paid parental leave when they welcome a new […]

Apply by November 6, 2015 for the When Work Works Award!

  We know that creating a family-forward workplace takes courage and leadership.  That’s why we’re celebrating the Oregon employers who are operating flexibly and making work work for their employees. Every year, Family Forward facilitates the When Work Works Award in Oregon. When Work Works is a prestigious national award program that recognizes employers who are successfully building flexible workplaces that really work for […]

Film Screening | The Raising of America

  The U.S. is a can-do nation. So why is child well-being in the U.S. so much worse than in other rich countries? How does what Paul Kershaw calls “the growing squeeze” on so many young families and caregivers—the squeeze for time, for money and for resources—“drip down” on their infants and young children, literally […]

Author Event | Under the Bus: How Working Women are Being Run Over

Please join us to hear Caroline Fredrickson, author of Under the Bus: How Working Women are Being Run Over, discuss how a growing swath of working women such as domestic workers, part time workers, small business employees and farm workers get left out of U.S. labor laws – and what to do about it. Wine, beer & light […]

You’re Invited! Equal Pay Day (Un)Happy Hour

We’re very unhappy about the persistent wage gap that underpays so many Oregon women – especially mothers and women of color who experience the widest wage gaps of all. Which is why we’re inviting you to an (UN)Happy Hour on Equal Pay Day which, in 2015, falls on April 14th in Eugene (http://bit.ly/UNHappyHourEugene) and Portland (http://bit.ly/UNHappyHourPDX). Join us!

Member “Must Reads” for November 2014

As a member of Family Forward Action, we know you’re as wound up about the need for better work-family policies – and the culture change that must come with it – as we are.

Which is why we are posting this first monthly “must-read” group of articles just for members. There is so much good thinking and writing on the issues we work on these days that it’s a shame not to share it with the very people we know will enjoy it most. Plus, we think humor is an incredible messenger, so be prepared to laugh!

Meet Ashnie, FFO Outreach Coordinator

We couldn’t be more pleased to introduce you to the newest member of the Family Forward team, Ashnie Butler.  Ashnie is stepping into a new, but very needed role with us: Outreach Coordinator. What does an Outreach Coordinator do, you ask?  In our case, something incredibly important: reaching out to and connecting with Oregonians (like you!) […]