Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Judie Mancuso of Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL) Is Helping To Change Our World

Never give up, even on disheartening days. This work is an emotional rollercoaster. We do have a lot to celebrate, but sometimes the bills are stalled for one reason or another and then we have to start again the following year. For example, AB 1282 California Blood Bank Modernization Act, is a bill we’re hoping will sail through this year, because it has already done so in 2019. It made its way to the Governor’s desk, but he didn’t sign it because “it did not go far enough”. So now we are back, incorporating the changes he wanted to see and hoping this is the year it becomes a law. But now because of Covid delays, there have been so many animals that could have been saved if it just passed into law the first time around. This is the heartbreak we feel, but it also keeps…