The Women’s Policy Institute (WPI) is a policy advocacy and leadership training fellowship for cisgender and transgender women, genderqueer and non-binary people, and transgender men who want to build their skills to influence public policymaking at the state level. Executive Director Chris Hoene presented to the WPI on the state and local budget processes.
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