Just Strategies

ORGANIZED SUPPORTED THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TRANSIT JUSTICE, WINNING BILLIONS IN COVID REFLIEF FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT, 39 BILLION IN FEDERAL PUBLIC TRANSIT INVESTMENT ADVANCING TRANSIT JUSTICE. SEE SCHED O

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TRANSIT JUSTICE. IN 2021 THE CAMPAIGN PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN WINNING 69 BILLION OF DEDICATED TRANSIT FUNDS IN THE 3 COVID RELIEF PACKAGES. CONGRESS PASSED A 1.5 TRILLION BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT INCLUDED A 39 BILLION HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. THE CAMPAIGN SUPPORTS A NETWORK OF OVER 60 LOCAL STATE RIDERS ORGANIZATIONS, SMART GROWTH ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, LABOR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS. THE CAMPAIGN HAS ORGANIZATIONS FROM 19 STATES CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, LA, MI, MN, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, VA, TX, WA.THE CAMPAIGN WORKED TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF ITS PARTNERS BY CONVENING NATIONAL CALLS THAT EDUCATED PARTNERS ABOUT NATIONAL TRANSIT POLICY WORKED WITH ORGANIZATIONS INDIVIDUALLY TO BUILD OUT THEIR CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED MATERIALS THAT EMPOWER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ACT. THESE INCLUDED SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL KITS, TOWNHALL TOOL KITS, MESSAGING MEMOS, FACT SHEETS REPORTS. THE CAMPAIGN COORDINATED THE DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRONG CAMPAIGN PLAN INCLUDING CONTINUED SCHEDULE O

COMMUNITIES FOR OUR COLLEGES C4C. C4C IS A WA STATE CAMPAIGN TO REVERSE THE TREND OF DECLINING PUBLIC FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES THE RESULTING POOR STUDENT COMPLETION RATE. THE CAMPAIGN INVESTED IN OUTREACH TO LABOR, COMMUNITY, FAITH, RACIAL JUSTICE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, RECRUITED INVESTED IN A CORE OF 50 STUDENT LEADERS, MOBILIZING OVER 1300 INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS. THE C4C COALITION DECIDED TO PURSUE AN EFFORT TO INSTITUTE A COST-FREE COLLEGE PROGRAM IN WA STATE. C4C PUBLISHED A REPORT OUR COLLEGES OUR FUTURE 2021-22 LEGISLATIVE STORYBOOK AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ALLIANCEFORAJUSTSOCIETY.ORG. THE REPORT USED RESEARCH STUDENT STORIES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CREATION OF A COST-FREE COLLEGE SYSTEM. C4C ENDORSED TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF HB 1659 FOR CREATING GRANTS FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES INCREASING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR TUITION AID. EVEN THOUGH THE BILL PASSED BOTH HOUSES, IT EVENTUALLY DIED. ITS PROVISIONS WERE PARED DOWN INCLUDED AS A TEMPORARY PROGRAM IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. C4C SUPPORTED HB 1835 SB 5789, CONTINUED SCHEDULE O

NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND NOA-AF. NOA-AF ADVOCATES AND SUPPORTS GRASSROOTS-DRIVEN SOCIAL CHANGE ROOTED IN NATIVE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AND VALUES TO ADVANCE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF RURAL AND URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND RESERVATIONS ACROSS INDIAN COUNTRY. NOA-AF IS BUILDING ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGN INFRASTRUCTURE, DATA COLLECTION AND BUILDING POWER IN FRONTLINE NATIVE COMMUNITIES TO CONNECT LOCAL NATIVE COMMUNITES AND TRIBAL ISSUES WITH STATE AND NATIONAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, AND WITH NON-NATIVE ALLIES. IN 2021, THROUGH A SERIES OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, NOA-AF ADVOCATED FOR THE PROTECTION OF BEARS EARS, AN INTERTRIBAL SACRED PLACE. NOA-AF SUPPORTED URBAN AND TRIBAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN 9 STATES ON THE INDIGENOUS FUTURES SURVEY, THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FIRST-EVER NATIVE SURVEY OF NATIVE COMMUNITIES. NOA-AF PARTNERED WITH BRAVE HEART SOCIETY, ON THE YANKTON SIOUX RESERVATION, SD TO SUPPORT VOTER REGISTRATION AND VOTER MOBILIZATION IN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.