CONTACT: Bryan Kennedy (414) 517-3864 (Milwaukee) – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn today made the following statement regarding problems in Walker’s approach to addressing the needs of our communities of color. “For too long, politicians have come into communities they’re not part of, made promises, and implemented their own solutions. They pat themselves on the back, but rarely do the solutions make any profound changes. I am not going to be that governor. “As governor, my primary focus will be to show respect and to listen to what communities are saying. I will work with them as a partner and collaborator. “The

CONTACT: Iris Riis 608-256-7549 x2132 iris.riis@ppwi.org MADISON – On Thursday, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) submitted its application for continued funding through Title X, the nation’s family planning program. This application would extend funding until the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) chooses the next grantee in September 2018. “PPWI remains focused on providing high quality, affordable health care to our patients funded through Title X, other grants and insurance reimbursement for those who have it.” said Tanya Atkinson, President and CEO of PPWI. “Planned Parenthood has been a good steward of the Title X funds for more than 40 years

CONTACT: Catoya Roberts, WISDOM Associate Director 414-264-0805 catoya@micahemke.org MICAH will celebrate 30 years of work for social justice in Milwaukee in 2018. During those years, MICAH has done influential work around Criminal Justice Reform and now they will be working to expand to work directly with women who are incarcerated, those who are formerly incarcerated, and families of people affected by incarceration. Women are the fastest growing demographic of our jails and prisons.  Through this grant MICAH will not only work with women who have been directly impacted by incarceration, the women will be central to our work all across the

CONTACT: Jared Leopold, 202-772-5600 leopold@dga.net Today, as Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker heads to New Mexico to fundraise with gubernatorial candidate Steve Pearce, the Democratic Governors Association and New Mexico and Wisconsin Democratic Parties called on Pearce to say whether he would bring Walker’s damaging education agenda to New Mexico. In Wisconsin, Walker has been a disaster on education. As governor, Walker slashed nearly $1 billion for public education, the largest cut in state history. Walker also spent his time antagonizing educators and created a statewide teacher shortage. Meanwhile, New Mexico already ranks 49th in education under Gov. Susana Martinez’s failed leadership. Just a week after Governor Walker professed