Hi John,
2025 was defined by authoritarian backlash and deep uncertainty. As we look towards next year, we’re reflecting on how SiX and our partners have nevertheless won real, durable change.
Here are just a few of the wins you helped make possible this year:
** Defending reproductive freedom at scale
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SiX’s Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council (RFLC) members introduced more than 150 bills this year to protect abortion access, maternal health, and bodily autonomy. Today, the RFLC includes 697 state legislators, nearly one in ten nationwide, working together to defend the freedom to decide.
** Turning research into real protections
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SiX-supported lawmakers helped pass or strengthen abortion access and shield laws in Maryland ([link removed]) , New York, Colorado ([link removed]) , and California, while pushing back against junk science being used to justify new restrictions, including coordinated attacks on medication abortion.
** Standing up to corporate power in statehouses
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Legislators in SiX’s Economic Power Project helped secure major wins across the country, including New York’s statewide ban on rent-collusion software ([link removed]) , Maine’s expansion of minimum wage protections to agricultural workers ([link removed]) , and New Mexico becoming the first state to offer universal child care ([link removed]) .
** Protecting workers in a rapidly changing economy
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SiX supported legislators in 43 states with research, briefings, and technical assistance on issues like AIregulation ([link removed]) , private equity ([link removed]) , worker protections ([link removed]) , and affordability ([link removed]) , helping states lead where federal leadership has stalled.
** Building rural power and backing farmers
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Through the SiX Cohort for Rural Prosperity (CROP), lawmakers organized alongside farmers and rural communities in the Midwest, Northeast, and beyond, defeating pesticide immunity bills ([link removed]) , elevating Black farmers’ leadership ([link removed]) , and advancing policies ([link removed]) for sustainable food systems.
** Growing a national, multiracial pro-democracy network with global roots
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Across all programs, SiX now works with legislators in nearly every state, supporting hundreds of lawmakers and staff with training, cross-state strategy, and long-term partnerships rooted in collaborative governance and strengthened through global ([link removed]) exchanges ([link removed]) with pro-democracy ([link removed]) movements ([link removed]) beyond U.S. borders.
These wins didn’t happen by accident. They happened because SiX invests in long-term relationships, shared strategy, and the belief that the people closest to the problem should shape the solutions.
If you’ve supported SiX this year, thank you. Your generosity helped make this work real.
If you haven’t had a chance to give yet, or if you’re able to give again as we close out the year, we invite you to do so now. ([link removed])
Your year-end gift helps ensure that, in the face of growing authoritarianism, state governments remain places where democracy can still be practiced, protected, and expanded.
Will you help us secure more wins in 2026? ([link removed])
Together, we are proving that another way of governing is not only possible, but it’s already happening.
In solidarity,
Kim Jackson
Senior Vice President, Programs, SiX
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