Embolden WI

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! We raised over $20k for this year’s Big Share! Thanks to so many of you for choosing to invest in our community-driven advocacy programming and our health, equity, and justice partners. These donations are so critically needed now to support small but mighty nonprofits like Embolden WI! Please know how much your support and generosity is appreciated! ??

It’s not too late to donate: https://lnkd.in/g2trhUrc We’d love to reach 150 donors! Please give what you can now.

Never underestimate the difference you make when you invest in a small but mighty nonprofit like Embolden WI! Make a meaningful impact with a donation of any size today during the Community Shares of Wisconsin #bigshare! https://lnkd.in/g2trhUrc

Please help share this helpful cheat sheet far and wide. Because if you don’t speak out, you can’t be heard!

At Embolden WI, we believe that people already have the power to radically imagine a better future & to create community-driven systems change. It's not about those who have power empowering others. It's about creating the conditions where people can be bold and courageous. It's about emboldening community with courage, curiosity, community, and connection to foster inherent power and center the voices and lived experiences of those who have been systematically marginalized to the sidelines of democracy. Please consider donating today to invest in Embolden WI as an innovative home for programs, partners, and initiatives seeking to improve our health, equity, and justice: https://lnkd.in/g2trhUrc

On Tuesday March 4th we’re going BIG with The Big Share – 24 hours of locally-focused online giving with matching grants and prizes dedicated to supporting the incredible nonprofits like Embolden WI that improve our community and the health and lives of our neighbors. The only thing we’re missing is YOU. Be sure to save the date on your calendars now and make BIG plans to make a BIG difference through the BIG SHARE!?

If you don't speak out, you can't be heard! But first things first - you need to know WHO represents you and WHO to speak out to. We estimate that less than 7% of people are able to identify who their two state legislature representatives are. If we want an effective democracy, we need to make it easier to know who is elected to serve YOU and to remove the barriers that keep us from informing and holding our legislators accountable. Embolden WI offers this super easy site for anyone in the U.S. to look up and take note of your legislators from the federal level to city council: https://lnkd.in/gSbG4bjZ You simply cannot inform the policy making process and hold your leaders accountable without knowing who represents you. Be emboldened to have policy decisions happen WITH you rather than TO you by finding out who has been elected to serve you and your community - WhoRepresentsMe.Info Pay if forward and be sure to share this awesome tool with others today so they too can know

We're so grateful to so many of you who signed up to join our virtual open house on #GivingTuesday. For those who were unable to join us, we invite you to watch the video we captured. Unfortunately we had some technical difficulties capturing video of our speakers but their voices and powerful stories can be heard in this video. https://lnkd.in/gXWxTuwB

Embolden Executive Director Sara Finger has outlined how we can move forward - TOGETHER. Please share and add your comments/suggestions of ways we can come together in community with each other and bring light to the darkness. https://lnkd.in/gK3Tvj7G

“At our core, public health is about community”: Public Health Institute statement on U.S. elections https://lnkd.in/g24VpQ2B