PEOPLE'S ACTION is a powerful new force for democracy and economic fairness. From family farms to big cities, from coast to coast, we’re fighting for community over greed, justice over racism, and people and planet over big corporations.
https://peoplesaction.org
THE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE conducts research and analysis on the economic status of working America. EPI proposes public policies that protect and improve the economic conditions of low- and middle-income workers and assesses policies with respect to how they affect those workers.
www.epi.org/about
THE MIDWEST ACADEMY is a national training institute committed to advancing the struggle for social, economic, and racial justice. From local neighborhood groups to statewide and national organizations, Midwest Academy has trained more than a quarter-million grassroots activists from hundreds of organizations and coalitions in organizing philosophy, methods and skills that enable ordinary people to actively participate in the democratic process.
http://www.midwestacademy.com/training/organizing-social-change/
OUR MEMBERS, STATE PARTNERS, AND ALLIES
RESIST is a foundation that supports people's movements for justice and liberation.
THE CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions. CPD strengthens our collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice agenda. https://populardemocracy.org
OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS
Advisors:
Mel Livinton
Marty Durand
Bernice Olivas
STATE PARTNERS
ACLU of Idaho
Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii
Idaho Consortium on Disabilities
NOW, Southwest Idaho Chapter
ALLIES
Idaho Fiscal Policy Center
WELLSTONE was founded to carry forward the advocacy work of Paul and Sheila Wellstone. Based in Minnesota, Wellstone trains community organizers, student activists, campaign staff, progressive candidates and elected officials. Wellstone strengthens movement organizations and ignites change.
www.wellstone.org
Executive Director: Adrienne Evans
Associate Director: Gini Ballou
Program Manager: Angela Housley
Communications Strategist: Michelle Vincent
Data Lead: Nimi Sandhu
President: Chuck Vogel
Vice President: Ed Vining
Secretary: Jyoni Tetsuro Shuler
Treasurer: Patty Dunham
United Action for Idaho is the 501 (c)(4) nonprofit companion to UVI, advancing social, economic and environmental justice, through political advocacy.
Members:
Dick Chilcote
Tracie Roberts
Christopher Bower
Lisa Keithley
Ahniah Selene-Summers
Adam Thompson
Chris Ho
Cyndi Tiferet
MEMBERS
Idaho Education Association
Idaho AFL-CIO
Eastern Idaho Labor Council
North Idaho Labor Council
Boise Central Trades and Labor Council
Idaho Public Employees Association
Interfaith Equality Coalition
Church Women United
Interfaith Alliance of Idaho
International Rescue Committee – Idaho
Troutmouth
Southern Idaho Progressive Coalition
Sunrise Boise
CONTACT US
OUR BOARD
WESTERN STATES CENTER'S mission is to connect and build the power of community organizations; to challenge and transform individuals, organizations and systems to achieve racial, gender and economic justice.
Building Movement We strengthen the organizing capacity of often-marginalized communities, with a particular emphasis on gender justice, racial justice, and tribal sovereignty work.
Developing Leaders We provide training, leadership development, and organizational capacity support to social movements and leaders committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Shifting Culture We convene culture-makers to shift the narrative and use culture as a vehicle for base- and power-building in non-traditional social change spaces.
Defending Democracy We assist communities and civil society to effectively respond to social movements that exploit bigotry and intolerance.
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality.
Our lawsuits have toppled institutional racism and stamped out remnants of Jim Crow segregation; destroyed some of the nation’s most violent white supremacist groups; and protected the civil rights of children, women, the disabled, immigrants and migrant workers, the LGBT community, prisoners, and many others who faced discrimination, abuse or exploitation.
Our Intelligence Project is internationally known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate groups and other domestic extremists.
Our Teaching Tolerance program produces and distributes – free of charge – anti-bias documentary films, books, lesson plans and other materials that reduce prejudice and promote educational equity in our nation’s schools.
ABOUT: Moving from Vision to Action, we advocate a bold agenda, not a list of policies the establishment says we can win, but what the people of Idaho and this country must win! We are building power for a new multi-racial working class movement that centers Idaho in the local, state and national change we need, while we get the state representation we deserve. From cities to family farms, we are Idahoans committed to revisioning and remaking our democracy.
UVI is comprised of thousands of people who know it is critical to unite statewide efforts in an overarching strategy to win real improvements in people’s lives and center Idaho in the larger fights that make that truly possible. We focus on political education, civic engagement and direct action, and strengthening relationships between diverse people and organizations. We know that uniting, engaging, and mobilizing individuals and communities across Idaho requires each and everyone of us. It requires organizations that have the integrity to invest in building people power, not ours.
So we are creating a real peoples movement capable of achieving our shared goals, holding elected official and all those seeking office accountable to us. We are crafting and passing policies at the local and national level. We are centering Idaho in the larger view of America and changing the cultural narrative that has disadvantaged our state. Together, we are advocating for the change we need and working to make the things we care about real.
Nothing About US Without US:
When we say “poor and working people,” we mean all of us who are hurt by corporations and the wealthy few: poor people, low-income people, working class people, professionals, small business owners and unemployed people.
We mean Black, white, Latino, Asian and Native people.
We mean youth and students, and we mean retired people, elderly people and people with disabilities.
We mean men, women, transgender, and gender non-conforming.
We mean straight people and lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people.
We mean citizens, and we mean immigrants.
We mean All of us.
Idaho Latino Vote -- Western States Center
League of Women Voters, Idaho
Idaho Legal Aid Services
Move to Amend – Idaho
Mujeres de Unidas de Idaho
Idaho Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
LINC (Living Independence Network Corp.)
Idaho Health Care for All
Snake River Alliance
Citizens Allied for Integrity and Accountability
Idaho Residents Against Gas Extraction
GMO Free Idaho
Adrienne Evans, Executive Director Gini Ballou, Associate Director
Email: adriennesevans@gmail.com Email: Gini.uvidaho@gmail.com
Phone: (208) 861-8907 Phone: (208) 720-4347
Michelle Vincent, Communication Specialist
Email: M.vincent@uvidaho@gmail.com
United Vision for Idaho
1912 W. Jefferson St.,
Boise, ID, 83702
(208) 869-3131
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