Trying Again, Trying Forward – Our 2022 Affect Report
For transparency, yearly non-profit organizations like ours publish an annual report back to share our monetary place after auditors have accomplished their evaluate. Our 2022 Affect Report is now right here, and it tells an excellent story about our progress, our strengthening monetary place, and the impressed work of walkability advocates.
After I joined in 2020, America Walks had a robust basis and file of accomplishment. With our board and workers, we started work on a brand new strategic plan to amplify the rising public demand for walkability. That plan requires us to dedicate extra of our time and power into supporting grassroots organizing and assist channel that power into significant victories with nationwide affect. All of that knowledgeable by our values round neighborhood, inclusion, and racial fairness.
After I look again at 2022 (our first full 12 months beneath the brand new strategic plan), I can see the clear connection to our efforts in 2023. Let me clarify:
In 2022 we highlighted the Week With out Driving marketing campaign in Washington state. In 2023 we partnered with Incapacity Rights Washington to take it nationwide. Over 300 elected and company officers pledged to expertise the challenges confronted by their constituents with out vehicles. 142 state and native organizations participated, making the primary ever Nationwide Week With out Driving succeed past our expectations.
In 2022 we turned co-hosts of the Freeway Fighters Community. In 2023 we hosted the primary ever nationwide convening of grassroots freeway fighters, serving to construct a nationwide motion to reverse the injury attributable to highways by way of our communities. We have now additionally partnered with Transportation for America to assist ship technical help to native coalitions engaged on acquiring Reconnecting Communities grants from USDOT, or different funding for his or her tasks…
In 2022 we partnered with the League of American Bicyclists and Protected Routes Partnership to pool our sources to help native efforts on lively transportation, which led to the Intersections Initiative, a joint mission in 2023 offering technical help on easy methods to win federal grants.
In 2022 we pushed USDOT to implement new guidelines for safer automobiles. USDOT responded and this 12 months we rallied hundreds to touch upon proposed new car security requirements.
All of this whereas persevering with to develop our coaching of native advocates by way of our nationwide and state strolling schools, persevering with our profitable webinar collection, and incorporating Walk2Connect as a program of America Walks.
Taken collectively this makes up our idea of change. We work with native advocates on their most urgent points and we prepare extra advocates to take up the trigger. Collectively we’re constructing a motion that may have an effect at each stage of policymaking, whether or not native, state and federal. This method has allowed us to develop our workers, {our relationships} with companions and native advocates, and our affect.
It’s with great gratitude that we share our 2022 Affect Report with you, and plan for the way forward for our motion. Our best asset as a corporation is the fervour and dedication of individuals, throughout our nation, prepared to get out into their neighborhood to work for a greater future. We sit up for working with you on safer, more healthy, and extra equitable communities.