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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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Help Western States Center
support and grow the progressive movement in the West! |
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Over
the years, Western States Center staff, trainers and
consultants have developed extensive curricula and
training tools. In this section, you will find
documents, relevant articles and links to web
resources. |
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BOARD
DEVELOPMENT - Virtually all boards raise
concerns at some time that their job is not clear and
their work is difficult and confusing. Organizations
are diverse, so the structure, responsibilities and
work boards and staff assume to accomplish together
can vary. Our board development materials provide an
overview of how boards should effectively engage in
the work of the organization and how organizations
might internally structure boards and staff. Go
to board development tools and resources. |
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DISMANTLING
RACISM - From 1998 to 2004, Western
States Center engaged in extensive dismantling racism
work as part of our Research
and Action for Change and Equity (RACE) Program.
Through training, strategizing and technical
assistance, the Dismantling Racism Project increased
the breadth and depth of racial justice work in the
West by developing anti-racist leaders; providing
training and support to organizations, and creating
resources for use throughout the region. Go
to dismantling racism tools and resources. |
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ELECTORAL
CAMPAIGNS - Electoral campaigns are a
means to an end. They can build power—but for
whom? Unless those campaigns are deeply connected to a
base of constituencies and grounded in a common set of
values and beliefs, they are unlikely to build towards
a progressive transformation of U.S. politics. For the
past decade, Western States Center has emphasized the
need for community organizations to develop electoral
organizing skills in order to defend our communities
from attack, achieve more representative governance,
and build power for marginalized peoples. Go
to electoral campaign tools and resources. |
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FUNDRAISING
- Grassroots progressive organizations struggle to
promote change with limited staff, funding and other
resources. For nearly twenty years, Western States
Center and its partner organizations and consultants
have helped community groups unravel the mysteries of
fundraising. These tools, articles and web links are
designed to help build mission-driven organizations
that are strong and financially secure. Go
to fundraising tools and resources. |
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GENDER
JUSTICE - Through our Family,
Community and Sexuality Project, Western States
Center is developing new political education tools
that help organizations break down stereotypical
patriarchal and racist notions of family, gender roles
and sexuality. Tools include handouts, film and video,
and other materials that can be utilized by
organizations interested in developing pro-active
gender justice strategies. Go
to gender justice tools and resources. |
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MONEY
IN POLITICS - This section of our site
includes essential articles, tools and web sites for
groups organizing to level the playing field of
electoral politics by advocating for fundamental
campaign finance reform. Go
to electoral campaign tools and resources. |
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ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT - Organizational development
is the process through which an organization grows its
internal capacity to be the most effective it can be
in its mission work and to sustain itself over the
long term. Since its inception, Western States Center
has supported the development of progressive
organizations, and we have created several tools
useful in organizational development. Go
to organizational development tools and resources. |
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ORGANIZING
- Western States Center has produced many tools
designed to sharpen the organizing skills and
political analysis of progressive leaders and
grassroots groups. Organizing tools include base
building and leadership development, the nuts and
bolts or recruitment, issue identification and
campaign planning and strategy development. Go
to organizing tools and resources. |
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PUBLIC
RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - Tools and articles
that increase organizations' power to build campaigns by
focusing on the importance of media relations: telling your
story in the press, building relationships with reporters,
pitching media releases and advisories, press kits and online
press rooms. Also covered are assessing communications capacity
and infrastructure, setting goals, targeting your audience,
framing and developing your message, and crafting news hooks.
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to public relations and communications tools and resources. |
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TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY - Western States Center Board
member Leah Henry-Tanner and Chuck Tanner recently
released a report on Tribal Sovereignty and efforts to
limit sovereignty. With useful strategies for
combating these efforts, this report, Living
Like Neighbors, is a useful, even
necessary, tool for anti-racist organizations and
allies. Go
to tribal sovereignty tools and resources. |
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