UWDECATUR

United Way of Decatur & Mid-Illinois along with community leaders, subject matter experts, and agency program directors and executives, have developed a Common Community Approach to address poverty in our community. To reach our desired end state of all residents having the ability and opportunity to provide for themselves and their families without subsidized assistance or to live independently with dignity, we have developed five Lines of Effort to move our community towards self-sufficiency... At UWDMI, we recognize structural racism, ethnic discrimination, and other forms of oppression have contributed to racial disparities that have existed in the past and persist in the present. We acknowledge those inequities are the result of policies and practices that work to marginalize entire populations or people. We unequivocally denounce racism/ethnic discrimination because it undermines the well-being and vitality of our communities. Our United Way Network seeks to dismantle..

Primary location: Decatur United States