Use these communication techniques to provide background or additional information to further educate our members on issues.
Strategy 1.1.b: Respond to or initiate time-sensitive calls to action via tools such as email action alerts and targeted communication with Broadband leaders, when Broads’ involvement will have substantive impact on an issue. Strategy 1.1.a: Use tools such as the website, Broadsides newsletter, and social media to provide education and opportunities for action. OUTCOME 1.1: Effective education from the national office to activate members, the general public-and ultimately elected officials-to implement and defend key laws, policies, and funding that protect public lands Grassroots activism sources its power through building of relationships and community, uniting diverse people over time through shared learning and action. Using proven grassroots organizing techniques, Broadband chapters and members foster visibility and effective advocacy towards the Broads’ mission, through passionate volunteerism and community involvement. The engagement of the public in active protection of public lands is critically important to improve land management and planning. In rising to the challenge of playing our best role, we discover something precious that both enriches our lives and adds to the healing of our world.” – Joanna Macy, ecophilosopher and author “What helps us face the mess we’re in is the knowledge that each of us has something significant to offer, a contribution to make. GOAL 1: Strengthen grassroots activism for public lands protection by building focused and effective grassroots chapters (Broadbands) and active individual memberships, engaging the leadership of women in communities across the country. Our work is driven by a moral urgency to protect the Earth and its myriad and intricate systems, in perpetuity. We recognize that camaraderie and caring will bring us together to sustain ourselves and our work over the long haul.
As individuals, we care deeply about wild places for their capacity to create a sense of awe, connection, and renewal. When necessary to pursue legal action, Broads’ deep level of involvement and knowledge of public lands leads our members to provide legal standing (the capacity to bring suit in court) on various landscapes.Īs grassroots activists, we believe in democracy and dialogue, and encourage science-based approaches to public lands problem-solving. We collaborate with land management agencies on stewardship and monitoring, but also serve as fierce advocates, holding agencies accountable for proper management of our public lands. We are driven by a love of place and a desire to work as a community to protect wild nature.īroads takes a two-pronged approach to public lands advocacy. We welcome, respect, and commit to increasing the racial, cultural, and gender diversity of members, volunteers, and partners.īroads combines education, advocacy, stewardship, and fun-with an emphasis on humor and play as part of the organizational personality. We bond through shared values and nurture each other as we nurture the planet. Broads’ leadership by older women injects much-needed skill, experience, passion, and commitment to protect public lands.
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A small professional staff in the national office provides leadership on national issues and supports the growth and development of Broads’ chapters and members, training and mentoring an active network of public land advocates.Īs a national, women-led organization working to protect wilderness and wild lands, Broads enjoys a singular niche at a time when women’s leadership is essential and rising. Our regional, volunteer-led chapters (Broadbands), located in rural and urban communities, organize their members locally to advocate for and engage in public land issues. Discuss your favorite titles, find a new one to play or share the game you developed.Great Old Broads for Wilderness (Broads) brings grassroots power to America’s wilderness and wild land protection movement.
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