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In 2025, 350 Wisconsin Action will focus on rural deep canvassing, youth/campus organizing, and relational voter engagement to mobilize voters for the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election. We’ll prioritize UW-Stevens Point, UW-Platteville, and UW-Madison, hiring a campus organizing fellow and conducting high-traffic canvassing. We'll continue to grow our deep canvassing program, engaging rural voters in transformative conversations. We will also support the development of youth leadership for year-round civic engagement with elected officials and leaders.
350 Wisconsin Action mobilizes grassroots power to impact crucial local, state, and national elections. We rally rural and BIPOC populations, climate activists, and youth in strategic districts using deep canvassing, relational organizing, and campus engagement. We develop leaders and empower individuals to forge a just, democratic, and sustainable future.
We mobilize concerned voters to push for bold climate action from government and elected officials by endorsing, uplifting, and electing climate champions who support the rapid change we need. We push for progressive policies that address the climate crisis in ways that center racial, social, and economic justice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
Megaphone program is a first-of-its-kind organic social media amplification network that boosts progressive messages and counters disinformation. This will be accomplished by building out an active and engaged volunteer base that is empowered to share content while also creating and sharing their own content.
A Better Wisconsin Together (ABWT) is a progressive state communications and research hub in Wisconsin. We’re an advocacy organization focused on advancing progressive public policy and serving as a center for progressive message development, testing, and communications in Wisconsin. Along with rapid response and earned media, ABWT engages Wisconsinites on issues using paid digital, television, and radio communications.
Megaphone program is a first-of-its-kind organic social media amplification network that boosts progressive messages and counters disinformation. This will be accomplished by building out an active and engaged volunteer base that is empowered to share content while also creating and sharing their own content.
A Better Wisconsin Together (ABWT) is a progressive state communications and research hub in Wisconsin. We’re an advocacy organization focused on advancing progressive public policy and serving as a center for progressive message development, testing, and communications in Wisconsin. Along with rapid response and earned media, ABWT engages Wisconsinites on issues using paid digital, television, and radio communications.
Our deep canvass centers on listening and sharing personal experiences to persuade voters based on their values. Our focus will be on New American Majority voters so they know they are more than a vote and the issues that matter most to them matter year-round, not just during elections.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is dedicated to economic, racial, and environmental justice, and achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. We believe that organizing is the only pathway to unlocking the true potential of democracy to fundamentally transform our society in the human interest and overcome structural racism, sexism, xenophobia, corporate domination, and other forms of oppression.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: By tying in democracy, healthcare, and climate justice, we have an opportunity to help voters see their stake in the 2024 elections in a new way. Wisconsinites have lived through “the most important election of their lives” for several cycles now, but have not received an explanation outside of “the oppositional threat is too much.”, , While we aim to increase voter turnout, we also aim to increase the way voters are engaged. This is a big challenge not only in the state of Wisconsin, but across the country, as voters are tired of the disinformation, the lies, and of voting for politicians that do not excite them (and are wary of false / empty promises). , , We will work to develop strategies with as many partners as possible on how to help voters not only see why their vote matters, but also why they are so much more than a vote.
Our deep canvass centers on listening and sharing personal experiences to persuade voters based on their values. Our focus will be on New American Majority voters so they know they are more than a vote and the issues that matter most to them matter year-round, not just during elections.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is dedicated to economic, racial, and environmental justice, and achieving a Wisconsin and an America where every human being has an equal opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life. We believe that organizing is the only pathway to unlocking the true potential of democracy to fundamentally transform our society in the human interest and overcome structural racism, sexism, xenophobia, corporate domination, and other forms of oppression.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000
Priority Issues: By tying in democracy, healthcare, and climate justice, we have an opportunity to help voters see their stake in the 2024 elections in a new way. Wisconsinites have lived through “the most important election of their lives” for several cycles now, but have not received an explanation outside of “the oppositional threat is too much.”, , While we aim to increase voter turnout, we also aim to increase the way voters are engaged. This is a big challenge not only in the state of Wisconsin, but across the country, as voters are tired of the disinformation, the lies, and of voting for politicians that do not excite them (and are wary of false / empty promises). , , We will work to develop strategies with as many partners as possible on how to help voters not only see why their vote matters, but also why they are so much more than a vote.
Engaging low-income Black and Southeast Asian women and queer folks in Wisconsin by tying voter registration to upcoming Bodily Autonomy campaign via mailers, tabling, house parties and cultural events, door knocking. Including content targeted at non-English speakers and focusing on same day registration and voting.
Our mission is to achieve social justice through the coupling of direct services with community organizing. Through leadership development, community mobilization, and advancing community control measures, we will bring about social, political, cultural, and economic change, resulting in the end of violence against women, gender-non-conforming folks, as well as youth within our communities.
Priority Issues: Freedom, Inc.’s (FI) Civic Engagement organizers and field team members are focused on advancing our organization’s Bodily Autonomy campaign. Our campaign is comprehensive in that it includes and fights for all of our diverse community members’ right to choose what is best for their own bodies and lives. This campaign will organize community members to address attacks on reproductive healthcare and abortion rights, anti-trans legislation, gender-affirming healthcare, affordable housing, childcare, safe education, and divestment from policing and militarization in order to invest in community centered programs and resources.
In 2025 and beyond, we see our rights to speak out against injustices, and to advocate for our communities come under attack. In the face of state repression, we will mobilize Black and Southeast Asian folx to move past fear and into the streets to challenge this oppressive administration. We will also politicize our base and enlist their help in strengthening existing mutual aid networks and community funded alternatives to government aid.
Engaging low-income Black and Southeast Asian women and queer folks in Wisconsin by tying voter registration to upcoming Bodily Autonomy campaign via mailers, tabling, house parties and cultural events, door knocking. Including content targeted at non-English speakers and focusing on same day registration and voting.
Freedom, Inc. is a Queer organization working to end violence within and against Black and Southeast Asian communities in Madison, WI and surrounding areas. We accomplish this by coupling direct services with grassroots organizing campaigns aimed at the root causes of interpersonal and state violence.
MOVE Texas plans to amplify its impact in 2025 through organizing, member-led issue education, and leadership development, empowering young Texans to engage in the democratic process. With the 89th Texas Legislative session underway, we are rolling out our "Get Sh*t Done" Agenda to guide our work around key issues like climate, reproductive rights, and democracy. Our evergreen civic engagement efforts will focus on voter registration and municipal elections, and we will be working to expand
We will operate 25 campus chapters focused on civic engagement and issue advocacy, register 13,000 new voters, expand polling access (campus polling locations, countywide polling), launch voting rights, climate, and gender justice issue campaigns to engage young issues-first voters, and operate leadership development programs to grow capacity for youth-led organizing and power building. Up until the election, we will follow up with registered voters to ensure that they are informed and prepared to vote.
MOVE Texas is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to building the power of young people in underrepresented communities through civic engagement, leadership development, and issue education. Young Texans possess the appetite and the energy to make their voices heard in the decisions and processes that impact their lives and communities, positioning them to make waves in Texas and beyond. We invest in and engage young people to become agents of change who harness their power to engage their peers in the democratic process to champion progressive values. Through intentional coaching and support, we empower young people to build a responsive, accountable, and equitable democracy.
WMCA empowers Wisconsin’s Muslim communities through nonpartisan voter education, civic engagement, and policy advocacy. Our efforts include voter registration drives, educational workshops, candidate forums, and Get Out the Vote initiatives. We equip community members with resources to make informed electoral decisions while strengthening leadership pathways. Through strategic outreach and coalition-building, WMCA amplifies Muslim voices in the democratic process, ensuring long-term civic participation and representation at local, state, and federal levels.
Registering Muslim voters through relational organizing, holding registration drives at Muslim establishments, collaborating with university groups, micro-targeted ads, postcards, mail and phone and SMS programs.
To empower and amplify the voices of the Wisconsin Muslim community through civic engagement, research, and advocacy, striving to foster a more inclusive and equitable society for all Wisconsinites.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
WMCF 2024 election programming aims to maximize voter engagement and turnout through a multifaceted approach. We will utilize targeted digital ads to reach diverse audiences online, conduct door-to-door canvassing to connect with voters personally, and organize community events to foster civic participation. Additionally, we will implementing phone and text campaigns to provide voters with critical information and reminders.
To empower and amplify the voices of the Wisconsin Muslim community through civic engagement, research, and advocacy, striving to foster a more inclusive and equitable society for all Wisconsinites.
Budget Size: Micro: Previous year budget < $20,000