Engage Winona

Engage Winona drives equitable civic action and social change by working to ensure everyone has access, voice and power in community planning, decision-making and changemaking.

Our vision is of a community where everyone is welcomed, heard and included; sees themselves as community leaders and changemakers; and has the tools and resources to create change that supports a resilient, inclusive community.

Program areas

• Community engagement
  • Inclusive conversation design and facilitation
  • Creative engagement gets the full community involved
• Capacity building
  • Amplify and support change-makers in the Winona area
  • Project management for groups and coalitions
• Storytelling
  • Reflect the voices and ideas of our community
  • Feature local changemakers to seed + spread good ideas

Engage Winona strives to make community engagement inclusive, generative — and joyful — for all.

Our community impact in 2022

Community engagement

• 1100+ community members engaged in public listening projects for City of Winona and other partners
• 17+ public events

Capacity building

• 26 changemakers supported in Lived Experience Leaders
• 40+ WSU students trained in our Changemaker Lab 
• 5800+ community members participating in Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Storytelling

• 7 stories celebrating local changemakers published at Spillway.xyz
• 4 podcast episodes launched celebrating Neighbors Helping Neighbors and other Engage Winona programs
• Find the stories at engagewinona.org/voice