Shirley
Backed4 projects
Joined 06/24/2017
- SuccessfulOceti Sakowin & Beyond at General Assembly 2018$5,355 RaisedSTRETCH GOAL ADDED: $5,000 Standing Rock prayer camp Elders and friends will share stories, videos and music in a General Assembly workshop called, “Oceti Sakowin & Beyond: Creating Transformative Collaboration”. Your Support is needed for their travel and related expenses to attend General Assembly.
- SuccessfulOpen FirstSteps Re-entry House for People Returning Home From Prison to Champaign Co, Illinois$8,495 RaisedSTRETCH GOAL $9,000. Please help open the doors of FirstSteps, a transitional house for people returning home from prison to Champaign County, Illinois. The house will prioritize men who would otherwise return homeless, a critical need in the community. FirstSteps will offer a program for success. FirstFollowers peer mentors, who have all been through the criminal justice system themselves, will support each resident on their journey back into the community.
- SuccessfulThe Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist State Action Network$2,100 RaisedGOAL $2,000 For almost three years members of several congregations throughout Wisconsin have been meeting and forming a Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist State Action Network. The UU congregations throughout Wisconsin are engaged in noble efforts to advance social justice The Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist State Action Network envisions itself as a means for the congregations to share their efforts, coordinate efforts and enhance their efforts. To be effective it its goal the Wisconsin Unitarian Universalist State Action Network needs social media. The funds from this Faithify project will be used to pay the cost of designing and maintaining a website.
- EndedRoundtable Revival Mentoring Program for Persons Who are Reentering the Community$575 RaisedGOAL $5,000 Our vision is to bring everyone to the table to create positive, supportive, recovery and reentry solutions. The Mentoring Program partners a person who has recently returned to the community after incarceration with a trained community member. All our programs are based on peer support from people with lived experience who have become Certified Peer Specialists.