The Ohio Women’s Alliance is a statewide coalition of womxn dedicated to building community and championing a platform of issues that creates a better Ohio for all. Creating a better Ohio for women and femmes begins with engaged citizens, and developing an engaged constituency requires trusted, experienced, well-resourced community organizers.

We believe that by resourcing, connecting, and investing in womxn leading local movements across Ohio, we can create more impactful and accessible opportunities for engagement and create a cultural narrative shift that champions a better Ohio for all.

WHY WE NEED THIS ALLIANCE IN OHIO

Ohio lawmakers continue to perpetuate archaic laws and policies that strip away the power and dignity of women and femmes. Our most vulnerable community members—low-income, transgender, women of color, and immigrant women—are often the hardest hit by these dangerous policies and laws. And yet, amidst the rising inequalities, the voices of women and femmes fighting against these injustices are growing louder and stronger than ever by leading, organizing, and mobilizing within our state with many groups operating solely through volunteers. We must invest in the leaders of Ohio’s grassroots movements while fostering solidarity between our collective interests. In the absence of a sustainable, restorative community for femme grassroots leaders, the Ohio Women’s Alliance was formed.

By developing this statewide alliance, we can build a brandless, values-based movement led by women and femmes that operates year-round. 

The desire to do this work is often rooted in personal struggle and survival, forcing leaders to repeatedly revisit the trauma and oppression they have experienced over and over. Womxn of color are disproportionately tasked with the additional responsibility of formally or informally educating others about their experiences of discrimination, rarely with additional compensation. By forming a restorative community that invites repair, brave conversation, and transformation, we can build a network of supported, resourced womxn leaders in Ohio. 

If our work is truly about centering the women we fight for, then we must invest in our home-grown, locally respected organizers.

Their work ignites an engaged constituency to defend democracy and champion a platform of issues empowering womxn and non-binary folks in Ohio. These leaders deserve a statewide ally that listens to their needs, lifts their voices high, and invests back into the incredible spaces they build. The Ohio Women’s Alliance seeks to be that ally, and by supporting us, you become an ally to womxn in Ohio too.