economic justice
Bob Fulkerson
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Western States Center incubated PLAN in 1993-4, and we've been close allies ever since. The Center's success in building leaders in Nevada and throughout the west has been a huge boost to our movement. Thanks for all you've done and happy 21st!
Howard Watts III
I have many good memories and stories that I could share in relation to Western States' amazing trainings and programs, but the one I will focus on is my very first community organizing. It was a 2 or 3 day introduction to social change organizing led by the Western States staff. I was at that time a volunteer doing assorted odds and ends for the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.
Alysha Goheen Jannotta
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Being in Montana doing the kind of work we do has the potential of feeling isolating. Coming into contact with Western States Center and CSTI really opened my eyes to all the amazing organizing happening around the west. Every year when I am feeling a bit tired, without fail CSTI reinvigorates and inspires me.
Kim Fellner
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A number of years ago, the Western States Center asked me to join Eric Ward to do a workshop at CSTI on the Arab/Israeli conflict. As a Jew who opposes the Occupation and the Israeli settlements, but who was also concerned about apologists for antisemitism among progressive colleagues, I found it a really scary prospect.
Terry Kendrick
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The first CSTI I went to left a lasting impression. I was used to going to conferences where a broad range of issues were covered with perfunctory analysis but I had never been to one in which the presenters dealt with the provacative depths of the issues. I felt that showed a fundamental respect for CSTI participants. I remember that Scot Nakagawa was on the panel of a morning plenary.
