What is
your central mission?
The
central mission of LGBT Books to Prisoners is to send books and other
educational materials to queer people in prisons across the US. We aim to be as
direct as possible so we work with individuals within the prison system, we
don’t work with prisons directly, and we try to send them whatever they ask us
to send. We make a particular point to have LGBTQ literature on our shelves
since the population that we’re serving requests that more than anything else
but we also send general fiction and educational books--all sorts of things.
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This Week's WNPJ Member
Spotlights!
Our intern Julia has been cataloging WNPJ member
groups through interviews and photographs. We see this as a way to highlight
the important work that member groups are doing around the state, for groups
to get to know one another, and hopefully it will lead to more collaboration
between groups. If you haven't been contacted yet, please contact Julia at wnpjintern@gmail.com
to set up an interview. Be on the lookout for more interviews coming soon!
WNPJ Weekly Spotlight: 350 Madison Climate Action Team
What is 350's central mission?
Our official mission statement is, "The
350 Madison Climate Action Team is dedicated to achieving a reduction in
atmospheric CO2 below 350 parts per million (ppm). We are working in concert
with a powerful global movement that seeks to make a just transition to a
world fueled by 100% renewable energy."
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WNPJ Weekly Spotlight: GSAFE
What is your central mission?
Our core work is to create just schools for
LGBTQ youth, moving away from the safe paradigm, but really making schools
that are just, that recognize the disparities, the way that its systemically
built to not support these youth and address that proactively. We do that in
a number of different ways including youth leadership work, which is what
we’ve been doing for 20 years. Starting out with high school leaders and
really giving them the tools, the skills and the analysis to create change in
their schools. We also do educator training, recognizing that most educators
have not had the opportunity to address LGBTQ directly.
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