Hello, 

I hope you all are doing as well as you can be during these trying times. I hope you are staying rested, protecting your mental health, and fighting for justice in every way you can. I undertsnad it is easy to feel like there is nothing you can do right now, so I wanted to provide some resources for you all. Tomorrow, the Wisconsin team will be hosting a Digital Hub with guest speakers and a phone bank. Join us to meet organizers from across the region! Additionally, on Thursday the Illinois team will be making calls into Illinois to demand the Govenor keep violence intervention funding in his next budget. Join us here.  

In some lighter news, I am THRILLED to introduce our new class of State Directors! I am so excited to work with them and you all to continue buildiing this movement acorss the Midwest. The SDs will be reaching out to all of your chapters later this week. They are: 

Iowa: Andrew Dunn and Esha Bolar

Minnesota: Ciara Johnson 

Wisconsin: Karly Scholz and Siena Perna 

Illinois: Peyton Arnes and Alissa Vance 

Indiana: Charlotte Olsen 

Ohio: Arianna Kelawala and Chloe Dawson 

Michigan: Claire Robinson and Jayanti Gupta 

I can't wait to get started with the new team and all of our amazing members. I hope to see you on the Hub and Phonebank this week! As always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I would love to talk about how your chapter can continue to be active during this time. 

In Solidarity, 

Linnea Stanton 

Midwest Regional Organizing Director