A time for reflection and generosity

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“You often say, ‘I would give, but only to the deserving.’ The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.” 

—Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet.

What can we do together that we couldn’t do alone?

by Dr. Somava Saha

Yesterday, 35 federal agencies announced their whole of government approach to advancing the vital conditions across agencies as part of a coordinated, long-term strategy to advance equitable recovery and resilience.  

We wouldn’t be here without you–whether you contributed to the writing of the original Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience that led to this moment or have been making intergenerational well-being and equity a reality in your communities.  Through WIN, we can do so much more together than any one of us could do alone. 

When you give to WIN, you invest in all of us who are working across sectors to create a thriving, equitable, multiracial democracy.  Join me in giving to WIN through WE in the World/ Heluna Health, which is serving as our fiscal sponsor.  Please remember to write in WIN in the comment box to direct your donation to WIN.

Tools for moving policy forward

Brightspots

How steady advocacy and stewardship created an equitible childcare system in New Mexico

CNN - New Mexico in May became the first state to offer free child care to most of its residents. Now, after a November referendum, it’s also the first state to enshrine childcare funding in its constitution, effectively making the service a universal right – and perhaps offering a model for how other states could serve their youngest residents and working parents.

Using oil and gas revenues to help kids

There has been a strong will in New Mexico to improve its slice of the widely broken US child care system, mainly because it is one of the poorest states and consistently ranks among the worst for child well-being, state officials and child advocates say.

Child advocates some 12 years ago sparked the movement to get a permanent funding source for child care enshrined in the state’s constitution. It was a long-game strategy for a coalition of non-profit, grassroots groups, including New Mexico Voices For Children.

“It was years’ worth of op-eds, blogs and letters to the editor, TV and radio interviews to raise public awareness,” Wallin told CNN. “It was working with policymakers to educate and have them understand just how important early childhood years are and then, when it came down to it, was really hundreds of thousands of contacts with voters.”

End of year self-care and reflection

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Funding Opportunities

Native American Library Services Basic Grants (Native American Tribes)

Type: Federal

Due Date:  March 1, 2023

Match Required: No Cost Share

Overview: The purpose of this program is to assist Native American tribes in improving core library services for their communities. Funding will be issued as non-competitive awards available to eligible applicants to support existing library operations and to maintain core library services.

The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust - LOI

Type: Foundation

Due Date: April 27, 2023

Match Required: In-Kind

Overview: The purpose of this program is to provide support for nonprofit organizations responding to the ever-changing needs of targeted populations, especially under-resourced individuals. This program will support projects that address the funding agency's primary focus area of education. Education projects must provide educational opportunities or academic assistance to individuals that demonstrate an intellectual aptitude and a financial need, including scholarships; fellowships; academic tutoring; and/or counseling, literacy, and journalism.

Projects that fall under one of the following secondary focus areas will also be considered:

Arts and culture: promoting arts education and appreciation, particularly for young adults, via the development of educational curricula and professional instruction, including visiting artists and performance support for targeted populations

Community initiatives: providing programs or services that directly improve the quality of life within the core geographic regions that the funding agency serves, including support for libraries, food pantries and shelters, and neighborhood revitalization

Youth programs: providing character education or enrichment opportunities via mentoring or after-school programming

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation: New ERA Women Writers Program (Florida)

Type: Foundation

Due Date:  Rolling

Match Required: No Cost Share

Overview:  The purpose of this program is to support nonprofit organizations and accredited institutions with nonprofit arms to inspire women and girls to learn to write or to be supported in improving their current abilities. Supported projects will provide women and girls with the knowledge and skills to express themselves through the art of writing and to encourage higher levels of training designed to assist women in delivering clear and persuasive arguments for change and equality.

All areas of writing will be supported, including journalism, fiction, poetry, prose, blogging, novels, autobiographies, book reviews, comic strips, diaries, essays, and fables. Projects may be in the form of workshops, writing clubs, curriculum-based programs, after-school programs, summer programs, retreats, and others. Non-English language projects are also supported.