Montana Women Vote, Missoula, MT: One of the organizations leading the change that is tipping the balance of power in Montana politics, Montana Women Vote is a coalition of ten state-level organizations that share a common goal of educating and mobilizing low-income women, many of whom have never voted, to participate in the democratic process. Montana Women Vote is requesting support for their effort to increase the long-term impact of the organization through leadership development, base building, and incorporating more effective systems for tracking and mobilizing their constituency on an ongoing basis, including between major election years.
The Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality, Salem, OR: The Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality is a multi-racial/ethnic community organization formed in 1999 to address unequal access and quality of education, and unequal administration of justice facing low-income and minority children and their families in Salem and Keizer. SKCE empowers students, parents, and the community by giving them a voice in the institutions that affect and represent them. SKCE is requesting support to help them deepen their financial management and fundraising skills, strengthen administrative systems, and develop new leaders from their core constituency.
CAUSA, Salem, OR: CAUSA is Oregon’s statewide, Latino-led, grassroots immigrant rights coalition. CAUSA was founded in 1995 to defeat anti-immigrant ballot measures modeled after California Proposition 187. CAUSA defends and advances the rights and well being of immigrant workers and families while countering the growing right wing anti-immigrant agenda in Oregon and nationally through campaigns, policy advocacy, and community organizing. CAUSA is requesting support to continue their effort to win legalization, immigrant labor rights, and civil rights.
Equality State Policy Center, Casper, WY: The Equality State Policy Center is Wyoming’s progressive, statewide coalition of 30 organizations. ESPC conducts research, public education, and policy analysis and advocacy to encourage citizen participation in efforts to hold Wyoming state government accountable to all of the people it represents. ESPC is requesting general support to continue their work of promoting civic participation and policy leadership of under-represented and unrepresented low-income residents of Wyoming.
Idaho Hispanic Caucus Institute for Research and Education, Caldwell, ID: Idaho Hispanic Caucus was founded in 1991 to influence the 1992 Idaho reapportionment plan. Since then, the Caucus was become a leader in promoting the social welfare of the Latino community of Idaho through policy research, community education, voter registration, and grassroots lobbying and direct action. The Caucus is requesting support of their continuing civic participation and issue education and advocacy work.
Jefferson Center for Education and Research, Portland, OR/WA (terminated): The Jefferson Center was founded in 1994 as an agent of popular education and organizing among rural, working people in the Pacific NW. JC brings people together across languages and cultures to engage in a peer education process that starts with stories and experience, and builds a structural analysis facilitating the creation of statewide networks, relationships, and collective capacity to move towards transformative action to achieve environmental, economic and social justice. The Center is requesting support for their Rural Worker Empowerment Program that is organizing diverse immigrant and low-wage workers and their families in Western Washington and the northern Oregon coast.
Montana Human Rights Network, Helena, MT: The Montana Human Rights Network is a grassroots, membership-based organization that organizes local human rights groups; monitors and reports on the activities of right wing groups in Montana; develops and pursues public policy initiatives; and holds public officials accountable in the area of human, civil and political rights. MHRN is seeking general support of their effort to strengthen their grassroots organizing and coalition building work.
Partnership for Safety and Justice, Portland, OR: The Partnership for Safety and Justice was originally founded as the Western Prison Project in 1999. Safety and Justice unites people convicted of crime, survivors of crime and the families of both to advance approaches that redirect policies away from an over-reliance on incarceration to effective strategies that reduce violence and increase safety. Safety and Justice is requesting general support for their effort to organize their constituents in Oregon.