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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
expands democracy. |
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support and grow the progressive movement in the West! |
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SPRING,
2004 - VOLUME 25
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"Wedge"
starts with "W"
Progressive groups around the region are turning wedge
issues — including crime, abortion, and gay rights
— into organizing opportunities. This article outlines
the organizing tactics and the issues being used to
build power during this election season in the West. |
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What's
Love Got to Do With It? Same-Sex Marriage Strikes
Back
On March 3rd, in a move that astonished the political
establishment, Mary Li and Rebecca Kennedy became
the first same-sex couple to be legally married
in Oregon. Read about the strategy, organizing and
controversy (on both sides) behind a growing civil
rights movement. |
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Women's
Rights on the Line: Clinic Harassment Reflects National
Climate
As Views goes to print, tens of thousands of pro-choice
activists are heading to the March for Women's Lives
in Washington, DC. For Raquel Castellanos, executive
director of the Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula,
the March is needed to "shed light on the persistent
assault by the Bush administration on reproductive
reedoms and family planning around the world."
Here Raquel explains what is at stake for women in
Montana. |
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Green
on the outside, white on the inside? Anti-immigrant
Movement Movement Targets Sierra Club
Longtime organizer Jon Brier looks at an attempt by
anti-immigrant forces to enact "white" policies
disguised as "green." |
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Will
Tacoma Resign or Resist? Center of Contention
In the wake of 9/11 the Bush Administration launched
an all-out assault on immigrants and refugees, particularly
those from the Third World. Immigrant detention has
become the fastest growing segment of the federal
prison system and facilities are being built or expanded
in Texas, DC, Boston, Denver and Tacoma. Will the
Northwest resign or resist? |
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The
VOTE Project: Voter Organizing, Training and Empowerment
Western States Center's VOTE Project is working intensively
with twelve organizations across the region this election
cycle, and each sees voter mobilization as a vehicle
to build their long-term capacity to develop leaders,
hold elected officials accountable, increase civic
participation among their members, and strengthen
their organizations. Get a taste for the energy and
potential of the project in this scrapbook from the
VOTE Project convening held in Portland. |
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Oregon
Action: Developing Leaders by Registering Voters
Oregon Action's Voter Project aims to register 30,000
Oregonians to vote this year. Unlike some other voter
registration drives that begin and end with the voter
card, Oregon Action is building an army of people
who can make change happen in their community. |
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Coming
Together: The Tribal Latino Caucus Summit
In our Fall 2002 issue, Views profiled Idaho Latino
Vote: “Developing the Next Generation of Leaders.”
At the time, Idaho Latino Vote Director María
González Mabbutt said, "Registration and
Latino voter participation are just the first steps
in influencing the lawmaking process. After the election,
it is clearly our intent to be around." One of
the twelve groups in Western States Center’s VOTE
Project, Idaho Latino Vote continues its work this
year. Here, Mabbutt describes a key new partnership
with Idaho’s native communities. |
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Candidate
Forums: Building Power During Election Season
Candidate Forums are public events where candidates
running for office try to win support by making presentations
about their views on various issues. A Candidate Forum
can: Provide critical political education and increase
motivation to vote among your base; Gain political
recognition for your group and/or your community by
demonstrating that you can mobilize a constituency;
Help develop an organizational relationship with particular
candidates and elected leaders; and Inject your issues
into the political debate and get candidates to take
positions on them. Learn more in this toolkit. |
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A
Place to Stand: A Tribute in Prose to the 2003–2004
WILD Class
With the 7th class of the Western Institute for Organizing
and Leadership Development (WILD), 100 organizers
have now completed the Center's rigorous training
program. Through a series of residential retreats
combined with field work, participants develop their
skills, political analysis, and leadership. As two
recent graduates attest, they also build relationships,
have fun, and wade through personally challenging
territory. |
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Browning
of America? Emerging Racial Realities
A review of the book, "The Presumed Alliance:
The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and
what it Means for America" by Nicolás
C. Vaca. Census Bureau bean counters announced last
summer that "Hispanics" had numerically
surpassed African- Americans, thus becoming the largest
minority group in the U.S. This demographic shift
is backdrop to intense debates now raging over such
issues as immigration and citizenship, national security,
the road to the White House, and "American"
identity. |
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Leadership
for a Changing World: Award Program Recognizes Friends
of Western States
The leaders of three organizations in Western States
Center’s network have won prestigious Leadership for
a Changing World awards from the Ford Foundation.
Chosen from more than 1,300 nominations, each will
receive $115,000 to advance their work over the next
two years. The program also includes a multi-year
research initiative that works with awardees to explore
how leadership is created and sustained. Views congratulates
our region’s winners: Montana Human Rights Network,
PCUN, and Rural Organizing Project. |
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Organizers
Index
In this occasional feature, Views introduces the newest
members of the Center’s board of directors: Scot Nakagawa,
Ivan Inger and
María González Mabbutt. |
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