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Roberto Barraza
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21 years, easy to say but... Escribir en español entre organizadores del NW es un gran logro obtenido gracias al apoyo de ustedes. I will never forget how comfortable all the Western States Center staff made me feel back on 1996.
Kayse Jama
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I had the pleasure to work at Western States Center through New Voices Fellowship from 2005-2007. I credit Western States Center and my New Voices Fellowship for giving me the United States context for community organizing.
Stephanie Stephens
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Western States Center has connected the Center for Intercultural Organizing to so many incredible activists and organizations across the region - and the nation. The Center truly is the hub on the wheel of social justice in the West. Happy 21st, y'all!
Brian Hoop
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As a younger environmental, higher education and GLBT rights activist Western States Center's ALMP program helped to focus my organziing skills and political work to better incorporate a race and gender analysis. Now 15 years later as a government employee I continue to incorporate lessons learned from Western States Center to advocate for equity and inclusion in public governance.
Sharon Gary-Smith
In 2007, after several terms as The Center's board chair, and more than 10 total years as a board member, I was able to retire, and was moved up to Board Emerita. I am proud of our excellent trend-spotting, coalition building, issues analysis, and organizational engagement– work that continues to be pertinent, current, leading edge and critical to building real community in the West.
