Thanks to committed supporters like you, the Alluvial Collective (formerly the William Winter Institute) has grown into an organization uniquely positioned to lead our communities to a better future.

More than two decades of positive results in our work with youth and communities have built buy-in from a growing number of people.
Because of the Alluvial Collective's track record, people trust us to lead them in difficult dialogues -- often with people they might not ordinarily find themselves engaging with -- that help their organizations and communities overcome obstacles to a better future.
From these dialogues, common ground, trust, and unexpected partnerships emerge, along with collaborative plans focused on a better, shared future.

As an Alluvial Collective supporter, you understand that change brought about by this work occurs in fits and starts, sometimes over years, and that changes manifest in unexpected ways.

For example, a Mississippi business leader touched by our work said: "I started to challenge myself about things I've said, things I did or didn't do." Recognizing the everybody-wins socioeconomic benefits of equity in our communities, he committed to making his organization "look more like where we live."

There are many examples of organizations and communities partnering with the Alluvial Collective to bring unexpected stakeholders together to chart a path to a better future, including:

Leaders from the Jackson Police Department & Capitol Police Force recently committed to a program developed by the Alluvial Collective in which they engage with a diverse group of community stakeholders, civil rights workers, historians, and others from Mississippi, Germany, and Philadelphia, Pa., to develop solutions to increase public safety.
The Alluvial Collective is facilitating discussions in a number of Mississippi communities about statewide educational accountability models, with a focus on the educational needs of our children and putting dialogue ahead of differences.
Leadership Greater Jackson, which "seeks to inspire a diverse community of civic leadership," invited the Alluvial Collective to preside over workshops that illustrate how, in our communities, difference can be a superpower.
The Mississippi State Legislature enlisted our team to lead a series of discussions among legislators. The respect developed in those sessions proved vital to the majority vote to replace the state flag.
The Lafayette Community Remembrance Project, which emerged from ongoing Alluvial Collective work in Lafayette County, has become a model for how communities can confront, heal, and repair a history of racialized violence and continues to attract interest from communities not only throughout Mississippi but nationwide.
Each summer, we bring a group of high schoolers from all over Mississippi to a partner college campus for the Summer Youth Institute, where they explore their power and the power of community to bring about a better future for their communities. These emerging leaders have driven positive change close to home, in higher education spaces, and as young professionals for over a decade.

Our record of positive results has positioned us to work with leaders and community members who have a direct impact on vital systems in our communities and to help them chart a course toward a better future. Thank you for continuing to support this critical work!

Please click "Donate" above today to join us in this work to create a better future!

Build a Better Future

By The Southern Institute for Peace

Build a Better Future

Help bring the work of the Alluvial Collective to communities everywhere.