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The Center's affiliate organization,
Western
State Strategies, is continuing our traditional work
on campaign finance reform, supporting voter-owned elections
and promoting a more transparent election system that
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Help Western States Center
support and grow the progressive movement in the West! |
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CSTI 2009
July31- August 2, 2009
Reed College
Portland, Oregon
The Community Strategic Training Initiative is a unique three-day training and networking event for community- based leaders, staff, and volunteers of groups organizing for justice in the West. Registration for 2009 is now closed. More information for registered participants will be available here in the coming weeks.
Registration is closed, but it is not too late to join us in recognizing fabulous organizing efforts on the ground at
5:15 pm, Saturday, August 1, 2009 Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland. Click here to purchase ticket (choose "$25 CSTI Saturday Dinner Ticket" under Program)
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Working
for the Future, Today
Watch how Western States Center is helping to build a progressive movement in the west. Hear about the success stories of Partnership for Safety and Justice and Salem Keizer Coalition for Equality and what activists and organizers in the region are saying about our work.
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WILD 2009- 2010 |
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The Western Institute for Organizing and Leadership Development (WILD) is Western States Center's intensive, year-long organizing and leadership training program. Through residential training sessions and field work, participants develop critical skills and lasting relationships with a network of colleagues that crosses constituencies, issues and geography. |
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WPLN 2008 |
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Thanks to the over 100 leaders from around the West who took time out of their busy schedules to share their experiences and strategies for building for sustainable policy victories in 2009. Thanks also to Social Justice Fund NW, Pride Foundation and General Service Fund who supported this event with special contributions. Thanks to the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, the Western Organization of Resource Councils, Progressive States Network, Center for New Community and the Win-Win Network for their help in making the event happen. |
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To celebrate we are collecting your stories and greetings. Go to www.TheCenters21stBirthday.org to submit yours. Tell us your most memorable Western States Center story, and if we have influenced your life, tell us how we have done that. See what others are saying. We want to hear from you!
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2008/2009 VOTE Project
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The 2008 / 2009 Voter Organizing, Training, and Empowerment (VOTE) Project kicked off in January 2008 with 12 organizations from Oregon, Washington, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming. The VOTE Project provides support, training, and technical assistance as these groups register and educate voters, boost capacity and build leadership among members, and define and lead policy issues critical to their communities.
VOTE Project organizations have met three times, in February, June, and July, for skills building, work planning, and information sharing. Together, VOTE Project groups have registered over 10,000 new voters and engaged hundreds of volunteers. With the election right around the corner, VOTE Project groups are hard at work to reach the goal of 143,500 voter contacts – all the while looking beyond November to upcoming legislative advocacy and grassroots organizing.
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Base Building in Communities of Color |
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Building off of the success of the first Base Building Project, which worked with six community based organizations in Oregon and Washington for over 18 months, in June 2007 the RACE program began its work with another six community based organizations led by and serving communities of color in Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. Participating Organizations include: Center for Intercultural Organizing (Portland, OR),Oregon Action (Portland, OR), Seattle Young People’s Project (Seattle, WA), Unete (Medford, OR), VOZ Workers Rights Education Project (Portland, OR), and Wind River Alliance (Ethete, WY). |
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