Leadership and Advocacy
The Leadership & Advocacy Program provides educational training and mentorship for communities of color in Washington County to mobilize and become civically-engaged leaders.
Program Strategies
The Leadership and Advocacy Department combats the lack of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) representation in local and state politics by creating and expanding BIPOC leadership empowerment through educational training, workshops, and mentorship on the policies and procedures of county governance with a focus on the policies that impact the immigrant and communities of color populations.
Our Leadership and Advocacy Department is an organizational priority. Supported by government grants, private foundations, corporations, as well as individuals.
Leadership and Advocacy is grounded in racial justice. At Adelante Mujeres, we believe that racial justice is a human right.
Rooted in community advocacy with a collective effort to change how systems, institutions, and people interact for a just and healthy environment. To achieve our racial justice, we must be accountable to our Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities by advocating for policy change at the local, state, and federal level and building power among BIPOC community members.
Address intersecting oppressions to join together across issues and identities.
The past year:
46
Promotores (leaders) graduated from the Immigrant Solidarity Training.
47
Civic Leaders graduated from the Washington CountyCivic leaders Training.
6,827
Community Members served by the Leadership and Advocacy Team's outreach.
Why Leadership & Advocacy?
Washington County is the county with the highest number of Oregon Latines and with a growing diverse immigrant population. Adelante Mujeres, alongside community partners, county stakeholders, and community members, is addressing a long overdue systemic problem: the lack of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) leadership representation at the local and county levels that fuels ongoing discriminatory and racist practices. Collective power is built through strong collaboratives across the county with the diverse representation of the community. Our program is led by Adelante Mujeres' Leadership & Advocacy Department. Additionally two advisory councils made up of community members, partners, and graduated participants oversee and guide the Leadership & Advocacy Department's priorities and activities.