We increased investments in natural systems such green infrastructure to help clean up stormwater pollution, and community forestry to sustainably manage working forests and provide local jobs. We stopped every attempt by Big Oil to expand their footprint in our state. Together, in collaboration with agencies and elected officials, community members, and activists, we have made major strides toward achieving our mission: We secured some of the most progressive and equitable climate policies in the nation. These gains were made possible by close coordination with our historical partners, and by working deeply with new partners including Tribal Nations, Front & Centered, and other overburdened communities. We achieved many consequential environmental gains during this Strategic Plan for the long-term future of our state (see Policy Wins & Funding Secured). Working in partnership is core to who we are - it is how we started our work in 1967 and it remains fundamental to how we get things done today. Based on the learnings from these years, we developed a vision for where WEC and our work need to take us, which we share in the final section of the report. We have had to adapt, use new tools, maximize existing ones, and move beyond the traditional boundaries of environmental advocacy to achieve the strongest and broadest coalitions possible that can address the root causes of issues we have long worked on. In the last five years, we evolved how we do our work as the problems we face grow increasingly complex, and, as with many other sectors, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This will continue to be a focus area in our next strategic plan.
We made significant shifts in our internal organizational practices as well as our external policy and advocacy work over the course of this plan. Our position and power as a historically white-dominant organization necessitate that we apply an intersectional racial justice lens to our framework for change. We acknowledge that our 50+ years of advocacy have left many impacted people and communities behind. During this time, we grew our analysis and understanding of the ties between systemic racism and environmental degradation. WEC also continued to become a more anti-racist organization.
It has been inspiring to see so many people committed to taking action for change. These tools ranged from policy advocacy in Olympia and at the local level and running a ballot measure to fight carbon pollution, to taking polluters to court, to mobilizing the sheer number of people who wanted to get engaged in response to the Trump administration. Given the scale of our environmental challenges and the limited timeline in which we are working, we knew we needed to put all our advocacy tools to work. This timeframe was bookended by the election of Donald Trump in 2016 and his unprecedented attacks on democratic institutions and environmental protections, and then in 2020, by a global pandemic, long-overdue racial reckoning, and attempts to undermine the outcome of our national elections.Īs an organization committed to societal change, these past five years have been a time of both intense advocacy and deep reflection. This statement was issued on Augby Entrata, Inc.The 2016 – 2020 WEC Strategic Plan took place over the course of arguably some of the most consequential years in American history. We will do our best to respond to your feedback within five business days. Feedback:Įntrata welcomes feedback in relation to the accessibility of this website. Entrata is proud of the efforts that we have completed and that are in-progress to ensure that our website is accessible to everyone. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has established Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for website designers and developers to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, and this website strives to be conformant to WCAG 2.1 level AA. We are continually applying relevant accessibility standards to improve user experience for everyone who visits this website. (“Entrata”) is dedicated to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities.
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