Budget Size:
Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
States Engaged:
MI
Geographic Density Focus:
Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
Black, Multi-racial (including white), Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Leadership Diversity:
Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Priority Issues:
Climate change, Environment, Voting rights/access
Contact:
Suzanne Van Dam, Grants Manager, svandam@michiganlcv.org
SOWEGA Rising will be focused on training the next generation of youth leaders in rural communities. We are working to build leadership pipelines for youth and hiring youth in roles in our organization. Currently, 75% of our staff are youth 18-30. We will continue to take large groups of youth with us on advocacy day trips to the state capitol annually, engage youth in organizing trainings and develop youth leadership programs.
Prioritizing communities of color that have a low voter registration/turnout count but high opportunity to shift political power in local elections. Will host engaging actions and bring voter registration to community events. In addition, team will be rolling out a digital VR Campaign to increase online voter registration engagement and Civics for Lunch Campaign focused on graduating seniors.
SOWEGA Rising mobilizes people and resources to improve the quality of life, well being and political power of marginalized Southwest Georgians.
Budget Size:
Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
States Engaged:
GA
Congressional Districts Engaged:
GA-02Geographic Density Focus:
Rural
Core Constituencies:
Black, Youth and Students (aged 17-35), Adults (aged 35-65)
Leadership Diversity:
BIPOC-led, Women-led, Youth-led (aged 15-35)
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Priority Issues:
Civic engagement, Economic justice, Racial justice
Contact:
Sherrell Byrd, Executive director, sbyrd@sowegarising.org
Community Engagement Actions
Content Creation
Mailers
Social Media Campaigns
Digital Ads
State Wide Indivisible Michigan is a grassroots coalition of Indivisible groups who work in collaboration to amplify our voice and increase our power through collective actions and shared resources. SWIM stands in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Our mission is to actively protect, defend, and promote the principles and institutions of democracy for all people. The statewide organization will act as a resource to local groups to support this mission.
1. Support local groups in building member engagement for local, state and national actions.
-Provide structured events for local groups to tap easily into through Democracy Action Working Group and other working groups.
-Provide a network of resources and connections with other Local Indivisible Groups and outside partner organizations.
2. Support progressive candidates in statewide and local races of importance; help identify good candidates to support.
3. Assist in voter education efforts & amplify support or opposition to citizens’ initiatives & legislation.
Budget Size:
Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
States Engaged:
MI
Congressional Districts Engaged:
MI-01, MI-02, MI-03, MI-04, MI-05, MI-06, MI-07, MI-08, MI-09, MI-10, MI-11, MI-12, MI-13Geographic Density Focus:
Rural / Suburban / Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city or suburb of large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies:
Adults (aged 35-65), Federal Legislators, Other
Leadership Diversity:
Volunteer-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance:
All volunteer - there are no paid staff involved in the organizations
Priority Issues:
Federal policy advocacy, Local policy advocacy, Gun violence
Contact:
Terri McCormick, CORE Team member, info@statewideindivisiblemi.com
Community Engagement Actions
State Policy Advocacy
Local Policy Advocacy
Warm List Texting
Other