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Rhizome was co-founded by 90 young people in 2021. Our purpose is to build collective power for young people to create the safer, happier, healthier world they want to live in. We're engaged in voter registration, GOTV work, and student-led narrative change around youth voice and representation in 2024.
Entity Type: c3
Mission Statement
Our mission is to activate young people's identities into action and help youth treat civic service as the work of a lifetime.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
CaPA States Covered: CA, CO, GA, IL, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI
Geographic Focus: Rural Suburban / Ex-urban Urban - Small city (<100k) Urban - Large city (>100k) Other
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+ Multi-racial (including white) Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Organization Leadership: Youth-led (aged 15-35)
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Lead Contact: Jacob Merkle CEO, one of 90 Co-Founders jacobm@werhize.org

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Virginia Organizing’s base-building and issue campaigns are integrated with c3 civic engagement and GOTV work. All 18 chapters will do restoration of rights work, making hundreds of calls to returning citizens and identifying people willing to share their stories at press events, in letters to the editor, etc.
Entity Type: c3
Mission Statement
Virginia Organizing is a non-partisan statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. Virginia Organizing especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. By building relationships with individuals and groups throughout the state, Virginia Organizing strives to get them to work together, democratically and non-violently, for change.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered: VA
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged: VA-02, VA-07, VA-03, VA-05, VA-03
Geographic Focus: Rural, Suburban / Ex-urban, Urban - Small city (<100k), Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black Multi-racial (including white) Latinx
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led Queer-led Youth-led (aged 15-35) Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Volunteer powered - >50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Lead Contact: Brian Johns Director bjohns@virginia-organizing.org

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