Just Strategy

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TRANSIT JUSTICE did outreach education on the need for investment in transit infrastructure. This included weekly briefings of 60 community based organizations.The campaign expanded the number of states it works in from 19 to 24. The campaign convened weekly educational calls with advocates that covered the federal transit policy, the state of play on transit issues the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act the Inflation Reduction Act. The campaign also generated national sign on letters, generated thousands of Green House Gas comments during rule making, organized grassroots activists to brief the Tri-caucus on the importance of funding transit, organized meetings of local groups with their Congressional delegation to drive support for legislation. The campaign set a clear goal to increase federal funding for public transit to reverse Congresss resistance to funding operations to expand public transit service ensure more racially equitable, economically robust, environmentally friendly communities. see Sched O

COMMUNITIES FOR OUR COLLEGES. The campaign organized community college students, faculty, staff and labor allies to introduce and pass SB 5194, an investment of 33 million into Washingtons Community and Technical College CTC system. SB 5194 has shifted the landscape for higher education and community and technical colleges, making progress on racial equity a requirement for Washington CTCs. The legislation includes the following changes 200 full-time faculty positions across the CTC system Changed residency requirements for undocumented students to increase access to financial aid Added funding to expanded mental health access Strengthened academic guidance centering historically disadvantaged communities and Required the 34 CTCs center racial equity in their strategic planning process. C4C packed hearing rooms, coordinated student testimony, and educated legislators, sending student stories to them three times a week.

NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND advocates supports grassroots-driven social change rooted in Native traditional practices values to advance sovereignty the health well-being of rural urban Native communities reservations across Indian Country. NOA-AF is building advocacy campaign infrastructure, data collection, building power in frontline Native communites to connect local Native communities tribal issues with state national advocacy campaigns, with non-Native allies. In 2022 NOA-AF advocated for the protection of sacred places conducted Congressional education on sacred places with tribal traditional leaders national Native community organizations. NOA-AF supported initiatives on Indigenizing National Parks online by sending over 20,000 letters to the Director of the National Parks Service to encourage the ongoing tribal enagagement in National Park management. NOA-AF hired 2 part time employees in 2 states to support urban and tribal community outreach for voter registration and voter mobilization in the mid-term elections.