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John,
Embarking on this journey of implementing our new five-year strategic plan and my vision for the Alliance has been a thrilling ride since my start as Executive Director. The Sankofa bird teaches us to go back to the past and bring forward that which is useful. So, before we look forward to 2022 and beyond, let’s take the time to celebrate all the ways the Alliance showed up and showed out in 2021 to fight for our communities, our futures, and our values.
Annual Report Highlights
Municipal Elections Matter
When it comes to elections and civic engagement, we know there’s no such thing as an “off-year.” In 2021, many of the Alliance Network organizations deeply engaged their communities ahead of important municipal elections. For example, Forward Montana worked in coalition to pass legislation that would extend the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force beyond its termination date, while organizers at Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT) fought for an end to the policing and criminalization of BIPOC students on Wisconsin’s public university and college campuses.
Building Leaders Network-Wide
Our network graduated over 200 young people from local programs that fostered leadership development and civic education! Our Executive Director Bootcamp supported the leadership transitions for five women of color at our network orgs. We also expanded our cohort offerings to include staff from our Youth Organizing Partners and launched an advocacy cohort.
Alliance Growth
To better support the ever evolving needs of our network, the Alliance grew in size and in expertise. We added positions to the Communications, Data, Development, and Operations teams and promoted five staff members!
Strategic Planning
We created a strategic plan that directs us to strengthen the network by doing what we do best — centering capacity building for youth-led and focused organizations, raising and distributing funds to the network as a funding intermediary, and expanding the network, with young Black, Indigenous, people of color organizers leading the way.
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Thank you for being a part of building youth power, organizations, and leaders in the Alliance Network. Looking back on our successes in 2021 only makes us more excited for what’s to come. Stay tuned for more updates on local organizing throughout the network and how you can get involved as the midterms inch closer!
To building youth power, organizations, and leaders in the years ahead,
Dakota Hall
Executive Director
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