SWMCO is an independent, informal organization which welcomes all interested individuals to participate. The Mission is to empower citizen by organizing and supporting actions that create and sustain equitable, peaceful, and welcoming neighborhoods.
Their objectives are:
- Improve and increase cross-neighborhood communication
- Replicate the organizing process used in Meadowood in other neighborhoods
- Build leadership within neighborhoods
- Engage youth and develop youth leadership
- Provide problem-solving and other support for groups that are doing good things in the neighborhoods
- Establish a website where current activities, agendas and minutes are posted
- Support and sustain Meadowridge Library and Meadowood Community Center
- Be administratively self-sufficient by 2013
- In the long term: hire a organizer
Partnership with UW-Madison:
CUE Affiliate: Randy Stoecker