Coalition and Movement Building

Program
Written By Erika Radcliffe

About this Program

CEJN holds the space where members set shared priorities, decide what to take on collectively, and show up for each other's fights. Separate organizations chasing separate wins get separate results. Pooled, they build power that lasts past any single campaign.

We also sit in citywide, countywide, and statewide coalitions on behalf of members who cannot be in every room, and we bring what happens in those rooms back to the network.

Led by: CEJN

Scope: Citywide

Organizations interested in joining can start with our partnership survey.

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