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The WFC is excited to announce our 2024 Annual Conference September 18th-20th in Wenatchee, WA Bridging the Gap
 Scholarships Available - Please contact Kellie McNelly, [email protected] to inquire about scholarships. For member programs only.
Hotel block is in place and active so if you want to go ahead and reserve a room. Be sure they know you are part of our room block. Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel Hilton Garden Inn Conference registration through WHOVA: Now Open! https://whova.com/portal/registration/wfcac_202409/
Keynote: Stephanie Land - Best Selling Author, Memoirist and Economic Justice Advocate
Book Club: Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive will be our Book Club book for this year's conference. Her book is available on Amazon for about $12 or at your favorite book store. Land’s memoir offers a unique and essential perspective from the frontlines of struggle, but the deeply personal, intimate details of her story paint a larger picture. The physical pain of her own poverty–like the mold in her apartment, and the “constant burn” and “shooting pain” from cleaning houses–clarifies systemic class inequalities, dispelling the myth that poor people are responsible for their own predicament and just need to try harder. Instead, she reveals the real culprits of her situation: domestic violence, untenable minimum wages, high housing costs, and government assistance programs that fail the people they ostensibly serve. “Land nails the sheer terror that comes with being poor, the exhausting vigilance of knowing that any misstep or twist of fate will push you deeper into the hole.” – The Boston Globe Tours: A conference favorite! Each year we offer local tours in the city we are in. This year's tours will include:
     Hope to see you in Wenatchee!
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The Netflix show, Maid, is based on her life story and is set on Kitsap Peninsula. To view the series, link here: 
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Our work is generously supported in part by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Food Assistance programs. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, the Washington Food Coalition as an institution is prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age.
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