Impact Appalachia was birthed to empower our communities.
By working in several organizing capacities throughout the last decade, our founders have already built a large base that activates their community from within. We believe civic engagement, racial justice and representation, LGBTQIA+ rights, policy change, and environmental organizing go hand-in-hand to create the home our region deserves.
Impacting Through Civic Engagement
Impact is dedicated to having civic engagement at the forefront of all our campaigns. We understand to effectively change our culture, we must empower our communities to take action.
Our organization began last year with collective work around Ohio civic engagement
regarding the progressive ballot initiatives Issue 1 (reproductive rights) and Issue 2
(cannabis legalization). We partnered with statewide partners such as Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio and Ohio Voice to deep canvas. Both issues overwhelmingly passed and have been in peril as the Ohio extreme right threatened to limit the voter’s wishes through court and legislative suppression.
Our deep canvassing included voter registration, extensive base building, and civically minded discussions with our communities. In addition to canvassing, we also went to the Statehouse to speak with representatives honoring voter’s rights for Issue 2.
Impact will continue to activate our constituency through civic involvement on local, state, and even national levels. We also partnered with our fiscal sponsor, The Community Resource of East Liverpool, to organize the community through shared volunteerism.
We believe follow through from registration to the voting booth is what makes the difference when organizing around non-partisan voter engagement.
Our Campaigns
our Queer-focused organizing campaign...
Our Queer led and focused campaign is intersectional and long-term. We plan on building a safer and queer inclusive culture shift that provides radical acceptance through community power building.
our Black Empowerment and Black Voter Engagement campaign...
When Impact Appalachia started, we saw a great need to engage Black voters. In Ohio, our State Legislature is infamous for gerrymandering around predominantly Black neighborhoods. Through 2 years of conversations with NAACP events, barbershop visits, and 1-1s, we discovered Black people are not being met where they are...
our Young Peoples and environmental campaign...
Many youths have expressed their interest in harm reduction through increased sustainable energy for our region. We are building upon this through civic engagement for our collective futures. Because without a future, what are we really doing?
