Robyn Finnicum: Organizer Spotlight
Robyn Finnicum is an organizer in Nevada advocating for higher standards in recovery housing. Check out her journey below! 1) What are you working on now—the change you are feeling the most urgency around making in the world through your organizing? I am working with a team of organizers in Nevada to advocate for standards in recovery housing in the state. Through group and individual listening sessions, we identified one of the biggest barriers to recovery in Nevada is the lack of safe and inclusive recovery homes. Women and men shared a need for family housing. The LGBTQIA community shared [...]
Sean Wilson: Organizer Spotlight
This week's spotlight goes to Sean Wilson, an activist who grew up in Milwaukee. As someone with 17 years of lived experience and direct involvement with the criminal legal system, Sean has made it his mission to help others and make progress for real reform in a system that is broken. 1) What are you working on now—the change you are feeling the most urgency around making in the world through your organizing? We are working and collaborating with 13 leaders who have been directly impacted by the issue of mass incarceration in 13 of our priority states and [...]
Aaron Kucharski: Organizer Spotlight
This week’s organizer spotlight features Aaron Kucharski, an organizer based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 1) What are you working on now—the change you are feeling the most urgency around making in the world through your organizing? In my own personal organizing I am working to move a bill through the SC statehouse that would put Narcan in every high school across the state. In my own community I am working with my local Recovery Advocacy Project team (RAP - GrandStrand!) to do direct outreach with people who are experiencing housing insecurities or struggling with substance use by organizing [...]
Cassidy Conley: Organizer Spotlight
This week’s organizer spotlight features Cassidy Conley, a youth organizer from Detroit, Michigan (and participant in the 2023 YEP Winter Summit): 1) What are you working on now—the change you are feeling the most urgency around making in the world through your organizing? There are so many issues to be addressed, and it is impossible to solve them all on my own; this is why creating a safe environment for BIPOC, Women, and LGBTQIA+ youth to actively participate in this movement makes all the difference. I am currently working on a few different projects including ensuring youth turnout to [...]
5 Ways to Keep Your Team Motivated
Motivation. What typically comes to mind? Is it getting the strength to lead a team, clean your kitchen, or write a blog post? Motivation can be hard to muster, but well worth it in the long run. The science behind this comes from the extrinsic and intrinsic need to find a solution to a problem, creating a drive that pushes us to achieve that. We’ll dive into this more in a bit, but keep it in mind. This understanding will help you coach your team to success in both ways–and, most importantly, keep it sustained. Let's dive in! 1. [...]
70 Youth Leaders Trained in Detroit
Wild Fam, We're still feeling the fire after returning from Detroit, MI where we held Wild’s first Youth Empowerment Project Winter Summit with 70 emerging leaders from 16 states centering organizing at the heart of it. Participants recruited in teams developed organizing campaigns back home impacting youth including: access to affordable housing, transportation and food security, workforce development, uniform policy, and criminal justice reform to name a few. We are now half-way through our pilot year-long journey of co-creating this transformative space for young leaders ages (14-30) who are planning to put it into practice through their local organizing [...]
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