Many of us are working towards the Global Goals without knowing that we are a part of a much larger movement. Here are organizations working toward each of the Sustainable Development Goals. There are many more who are not named here and we wish we could list them all because they all do great work. However, this tour is meant to highlight how organizations are apart of the Global Goals.
#1 No Poverty: Community Advocates – Public Policy Institute
“The Public Policy Institute targets poverty in a number of ways – we try to reduce it through nonpartisan changes to relevant public policies and laws; we try to prevent its effects through public health efforts; and we work to increase opportunity and wellness for low-income people by fostering factors related to success, resilience, and well-being.”
#2 No Hunger: Hunger Task Force – Free & Local
“Hunger Task Force believes that every person has a right to adequate food obtained with dignity. We work to prevent hunger and malnutrition by providing food to people in need today and by promoting social policies to achieve a hunger-free community tomorrow.”
#3 Good Health and Well-being: Milwaukee Global Health Consortium
” The Consortium develops and connects the global health programs and activities of Wisconsin’s organizations in the health, education, research, and government sectors, and improves global health through partnerships that benefit people and communities locally and globally, generating meaningful learning opportunities that produce the next generation of global health leaders.”
#4 Quality Education: Milwaukee Succeeds
“Milwaukee Succeeds was founded on a simple idea: the City of Milwaukee can improve educational outcomes for every child, in every school, when we move forward together. Our partnership, an education initiative made up of over 300 cross-sector organizations, is changing the way adults work together to improve educational achievement spanning cradle to career.”
#5 Gender Equality: Cream City Foundation
“Cream City Foundation mobilizes philanthropic resources by harnessing the pride, passion, and commitment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their allies to advance the human rights and respond to the human needs of LGBTQ+ people in Southeastern Wisconsin.”
#6 Clean Water: Milwaukee Water Commons
“Milwaukee Water Commons is a cross-city network that fosters connection, collaboration and broad community leadership on behalf of our common waters. We promote stewardship of, equitable access to and shared decision-making for our common waters.”
#7 Affordable and Clean Energy: Milwaukee Shines
“Milwaukee Shines, the City of Milwaukee’s solar program, works to expand solar energy use through a comprehensive, citywide approach. Milwaukee Shines helps create cleaner air for our community and helps reduce energy costs for the City and the community at large.”
#8 Decent Work and Economic Growth: Employ Milwaukee
“Employ Milwaukee is the local workforce development board serving Milwaukee County. By convening leaders from business and industry, economic and workforce development, education, and training as well as community partners and policymakers, our vision is to develop workforce solutions that promote regional economic growth and employment opportunity for all job seekers.”
#9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure: The Commons
“For the past five years, we’ve been working with Milwaukee-area high schools, colleges, businesses, and community organizations to build a vibrant ecosystem of the most driven talent in our region. We partner with local companies and community organizations to craft unique innovation experiences that develop skills, inspire curiosity, celebrate diversity, produce meaningful impact, and build professional connections. We use the entrepreneurial mindset and design thinking process to create the perfect environment for people of any age, background, or skill set to collaborate and grow.”
#10 Reduce Inequalities: Urban Underground
“Urban Underground is promoting the next generation of leaders committed to building safe and sustainable communities. We advance our mission through youth-led social justice campaigns in the areas of health, education, public safety, and juvenile justice reform.”
#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities: Groundwork Milwaukee
“The mission of Groundwork Milwaukee is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses and organizations to promote environmental, economic and social well-being.”
#12 Responsible Consumption and Production: Alice’s Garden
“Alice’s Garden provides models of regenerative farming, community cultural development, and economic agricultural enterprises for the global landscape. We recognize the cultivating, preparing, and preserving of food, and food traditions, as cultural arts to be reclaimed and celebrated fully in urban agriculture.”
#13 Climate Action: Citizens’ Climate Lobby
“We are laser focused on a specific piece of legislation and a proven strategy to gain its passage. We are working for the passage of Carbon Fee and Dividend, the climate change solution economists and climate scientists alike say is the “best first-step” to preventing the worst impacts of a warming world.”
#14 Life Below Water: Milwaukee Riverkeeper
“Our mission is to protect, improve and advocate for water quality, riparian wildlife habitat, and sound land management in the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic River Watersheds. We envision a future in which people from all walks of life can enjoy the healthy waterways of the Milwaukee River Basin”
#15 Life On Land: Urban Ecology Center
“We connect people in cities to nature and each other. Our vision is to inspire generations to build environmental curiosity, understanding, and respect. We restore hope and heal our urban natural world, neighborhood by neighborhood.”
#16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: Wisconsin Voices
“Wisconsin Voices envisions a Wisconsin where every person has the means, motivation, and freedom to fully participate in a just democracy that provides opportunities for all people to thrive. We unify a dynamic network of progressive nonprofits in Wisconsin around achieving shared goals to build a better democracy.”
#17 Partnership for the Goals: Youth in Action
Us, of course! We believe in strengthening the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnerships for sustainable development. The more people and organizations we can connect with, the stronger the partnership in Milwaukee to strive for the achievement of the global goals. Interested in working with us to promote youth in action with your students or peers? Contact us here.