Few things were highlighted more throughout 2020 than interconnection and the need to shift when something is broken. We were shown on a global scale that it is in the interconnectedness of people, of issues, and of support systems that we may find not only the source of our struggles, but also the solutions. To see how the coalition responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, view our 2019-20 Annual Report here.

Legislative advocacy is a unique and essential way we work to ensure the public policy landscape in WI is one that centers survivors and member programs across the state. This two-year agenda summarizes our advocacy stance on priorities like housing and homelessness, economic justice, the criminal legal system, prevention, transformative justice, racial equity, and dismantling white supremacy.

In the wake of recent violent acts against Black and Brown bodies, families, and communities, we recognize this horrendous displays of white supremacy and systemic racism. We say again – resoundingly, unequivocally, and until lives are no longer violently ended by systemic white supremacist violence – Black Lives Matter.

As we witness nationwide, violent attacks on Asian and Asian American individuals, we recognize the pain of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and condemn continued patterns of racist violence.