December 2010 E-newsletter
In this issue: Your support creates ripple effects; An update on the Uniting Communities: National Training and Dialogue.
Your Support Creates Ripple Effects
Dear Friend,
Imagine multiplying your investment by 150 times!
A recent study found that for every dollar invested in grassroots organizations in the Northwest that organize, advocate, and use civic engagement strategies, $150 in benefits spreads throughout their communities . In other words, your support creates a ripple effect for progressive change and impacts the entire region. It also reinforces Western States Center’s core value - organizing is powerful.
Multiply your investment! Click here to donate to the Center today.
Kelley Weigel, Executive Director
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A 'Uniting' Movement
A blog post by Aimee Santos-Lyons
In November, I was excited to be in New York City to train and facilitate a dialogue on Western States Center’s Uniting Communities project. Uniting Communities focuses on proactively bringing together the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) community and communities of color because there is a need to work across communities and issues. Together, we can stand stronger. More...
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