Alliance for a Just Society

ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY. National Campaign for Transit Justice did outreach education around the need for investment in transit infrastructure. Built capacity by investing in network groups ability to promote transit as a public good flex federal dollars to win local campaigns. AJS supports a network of over 60 local state riders organizations, smart growth advocates, community-based organizations, labor environmental groups. Included hosting a 3 month-long Transit Justice Academy for 15 BIPOC transit organizers grassroots leaders. AJS developed released the Invest in Equity, Invest in Transit Workers report. Supported over 10 events around the country, from a pancake breakfast in NC to a meeting with workers at the bus yard in Los Angeles. Events reports generated 41 press stories includingin Mass Transit, from the AFL-CIO Sierra Club. AJS also sent letters to 12 state DOTs to ensure infrastructure money was spent equitably sustainably. AJS demanded action on the DOT Greehouse Gas rule. Led public pressure on Administration to release the rule Sch O

EASTSIDE FOR ALL EFA launched a Housing Justice community organizing project. Activities included base-building within BIPOC communities in East King Co. organizing events in English Spanish. Together we did outreach, education mobilization to address key issues facing renters in the cities of Kirkland, Redmond Issaquah, including hosting 15 events with 252 participants 12 partner organizations/groups, and sharing info with an additional 416 people who registered but werent able to attend. Eleven impacted community members provided public comment at City Council meetings in Redmond Kirkland. In the summer we increased our visibility community support following the launch of our communications initiatives to build awareness about anti-hate bias services, build our Housing Justice email list. EFA sent out action alerts generated calls to protect renters. We reached nearly 14,000 people on Facebook had over 900 engagements with posts, resulting in 52 community members reporting hate/bias incidents receiving support. see Schedule O

NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE. NOA works with tribal and Native communities in 10 states with the largest Native populations and land base. NOA is a capacity building network working with tribes, tribal entities and Native community groups. Our issue areas are protection of sacred places, land and water rights, non-partisan integrated voter engagement and Native leadership development. NOA continues to grow a national ecosystem of Native leaders and organizers by leading statewide and national trainings on organizing strategies rooted in traditional values and belief systems. Two national weeklong trainings were conducted with 65 participants from urban and reservation communites. The 6-day Native national training engages participants in the history of community building rooted in values, origin strories and spiritual beliefs as guides to grassroots power building in the 21st century. In WY, AZ, NM, MN, ID, WA, UT and SD, NOA helped organize events to support tribal engagement in co-management of land, water and protection of public lands. see Schedule O