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For years, the “woke” Left dominated culture and policy across our institutions.

Take homelessness. Their go-to solution was more “HousingFirst” policies—just put a roof over someone’s head with zero accountability and no expectation of recovery.

But what about tackling the causes of homelessness? What about a future where fewer people end up on the streets at all?

“Be realistic,” they said. “Just let the government handle it with more (very expensive) band-aids and bureaucracy.”

Or take education. As racial tensions rose, Progressives pushed divisive school curricula that didn’t just explain racial conflict—it encouraged and entrenched it. Their message? Things can’t—and maybe shouldn’t—get better.

We offer a different path.

As the “woke” moment passes away, new allies across the political spectrum have been using our resources to take this different path.

Our award-winning documentary Beyond Homeless ([link removed]) is one of our most impactful projects yet. San Francisco has long been considered ground zero of the homelessness crisis. Now San Francisco has a new mayor: Daniel Lurie.

After watching our documentary, attending our events, and meeting with our program team, Mayor Lurie has begun supporting recovery programs—the very ones we highlight in our film—for the first time in recent memory, including recovery and treatment beds, detox and drug treatment, and sober transitional housing for homeless individuals.

In the long run, non-governmental programs offer the best hope for the homeless. Nevertheless, Mayor Lurie’s policy shift is a dramatic turn in the right direction.
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We’ve also been pushing back against toxic woke ideologies infiltrating public education.

Earlier this year, the University of California Faculty Assembly voted to reject a deeply flawed ethnic studies course requirement for high schools, one designed to teach activism over understanding. This would have forced anti-Semitic and anti-capitalist ideological indoctrination on millions of high school students throughout California.

But thanks to you, it didn’t.

The Independent Institute’s resources, guidance, and support were used by leading faculty opponents of this requirement, who convinced a majority to reject this admissions requirement.

Our Comparative Cultures Ethnic Studies Curriculum ([link removed]) was used and cited in successful appeals to the Faculty Assembly. Our curriculum fosters a deep and balanced understanding of the history and experiences of diverse ethnic populations.

“Woke” activists sought to use ethnic studies to foment racialist revolution, but they failed. Instead, the UC Faculty decided to stand by our point of view: that students should know how to navigate these difficult issues in responsible ways.

And none of it would be possible without you.

Many leaders and citizens are rightly sick of “wokeism” and its policy prescriptions. We’re offering attractive, alternative paths, and your support is making that possible.

Let’s keep going.

Please consider supporting our work as we close our fiscal year on June 30th. Thank you for your kind consideration.
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Warm regards,

Graham H. Walker
President
Independent Institute
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Oakland, CA 94621
(510) 632-1366
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