Posted December 19, 2024 in Weblog
As a younger pup a yr out of school, I headed to D.C. in 1983 to work for Congressman Jim Weaver (Oregon). Since then, I’ve labored in and round politics as a neighborhood volunteer, as a non-profit chief, or as an elected official.
Some issues are at all times altering – the most recent coverage difficulty, the fitting message, the most recent communications platform, or, critically, who’s in workplace. Penalties change too – and I consider that these are extraordinarily consequential occasions.
Here’s what endures. Values endure. Root your self in values and there’s a foundation for confronting each problem. And organizing endures! If you happen to simply depend on cash or mates in authorities, affect will wax and wane, or you’re going to get clobbered by these with more cash. Root your self in neighborhood aspirations and there’s a foundation for impression irrespective of who’s in workplace.
That’s the reason I really like working at America Walks. We’re rooted in values and neighborhood, which positions us to proceed creating change whatever the challenges of the second.
Let’s check out what we now have to work with within the coming yr:
70 % of People agree that “offering folks with extra transportation choices is best for our well being, security, and economic system than constructing extra highways.”
Over 500 organizations, 700 elected officers and hundreds of people joined October’s Week with out Driving
Over 200 organizations joined in our name to prioritize upkeep, security, well being and local weather over roadway enlargement
Over 400 Strolling Faculty Fellows skilled throughout the nation, plus hundreds of extra attendees at our workshops, webinars and Walk2Connect packages.
We all know that this motion generates wins. We have fun Walkability Wins in a weblog submit each month. In 2024, 19 out of 26 state or native poll measures supporting strolling, biking and transit handed.
Possibly another organizations post-election are their newly empty rolodex (oops, did I simply date myself?) However we’re spreadsheets of individuals and organizations raring to go. And people spreadsheet entries have been constructed with individual to individual contact and actual relationship constructing. We don’t should pivot to native – as a result of we’re already there!
So would you like extra responsive elected and company officers? Would you like higher democracy? Give us a hand, we’re not stopping. And along with your assist we are able to construct an everlasting motion, irrespective of the circumstances of the second.
