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NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
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BETHLEHEM, PA
Founded in 1981, Touchstone Theatre is a professional, not-for-profit theatre dedicated to the creation of original work. At its center is a resident ensemble of theatre artists rooted in the local community of Bethlehem, the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and the international community of Ensemble Theatres.
Oppos Atlas DC is a grassroots non-profit organization and community coalition formed by local citizens and parents fighting a 410-acre data center built across from their children’s high school, so we started a non-profit organization to fight back.
September 18, 2026 Talkback
PITTSBURGH, PA
Our Water Campaign is a coalition of community, faith, labor, and environmental organizations that grew out of the 2016 Water Crisis to fight to ensure safe, clean, publicly controlled drinking water in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh’s Public Source is an independent nonprofit newsroom dedicated to accountability and public-service journalism. Founded in 2011, our team produces fact-checked local journalism on local government, community development, education, health and the environment, among other issues.​
Since its founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table.
Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) uses a scientific approach to achieve equitable lives free of environmental hazards through advocacy and community-based programs. We envision a world where everyone has access to a healthy environment.
September 24, 2026 Talkback
September 25, 2026 Talkback
KENOSHA, WI
Kenoshans United Against Microsoft Data Center is working to protect Lake Michigan and the community from Microsoft’s proposed hyperscale data center. We are America’s Dairyland, not Dataland.
Hands Off Kenosha is a nonpartisan, grassroots community group committed to civic engagement, mutual aid, and peaceful protest. We believe that accountability is not partisan—no matter who you vote for, we all share responsibility in defending democracy and demanding better from those who represent us in congress. Together, we organize, educate, and mobilize to protect our neighbors, strengthen our community, and ensure that power remains in the hands of the people.
October 2, 2026 Talkback
MADISON, WI
The André de Shields Fund was founded in recognition of the outstanding achievements of the indomitable UW–Madison alumnus and Broadway star André De Shields, the André De Shields Fund honors his 50-plus-year career as an artist and activist and offers seed grants of $1,000-$3,000 to allow students to develop, design, produce, and perform artistic works that inspire transformation. Grantees will also have access to mentors and other professionals to support them
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All proceeds from our Madison shows will benefit the André de Shields Fund.
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using journalism to make the communities of Wisconsin strong, informed and connected. As a nonprofit investigative news organization, they expose injustices, listen to the everyday problems in the community and shine a light on issues that too often go unnoticed. Every story they publish is rigorously fact-checked to ensure accuracy, fairness and impact. Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using journalism to make the communities of Wisconsin strong, informed and connected. As a nonprofit investigative news organization, they expose injustices, listen to the everyday problems in the community and shine a light on issues that too often go unnoticed. Every story they publish is rigorously fact-checked to ensure accuracy, fairness and impact.
October 8, 2026 Talkback
October 9, 2026 Talkback
DE PERE, WI
Stop the Northeast Wisconsin Data Centers started as the "Stop the Greenleaf Data Center" group, WHICH THEY DID! It is now a centralized group to organize, support, educate, communicate and take action to fight against Data Centers that are being proposed in Northeast Wisconsin.
Moms Clean Air Force is a group of moms working in Wisconsin to fight for clean air and a stable climate. They host events, share information about what’s going on, and create opportunities for mothers to talk to their legislators about their concerns.
Clean Water Action Council is an environmental advocacy group that has fought for environmental protection in northeast Wisconsin since 1985. Our organization is led by a board of directors and composed of hundreds of eco-minded members.
KALAMAZOO, MI
The André de Shields Fund was founded in recognition of the outstanding achievements of the indomitable UW–Madison alumnus and Broadway star André De Shields, the André De Shields Fund honors his 50-plus-year career as an artist and activist and offers seed grants of $1,000-$3,000 to allow students to develop, design, produce, and perform artistic works that inspire transformation. Grantees will also have access to mentors and other professionals to support them
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All proceeds from our Madison shows will benefit the André de Shields Fund.
The Great Lakes PFAS Action Network (GLPAN) is a coalition of impacted communities and environmental organizations dedicated to preventing and cleaning up toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals," across the Great Lakes region.
DETROIT, MI
Flint Rising was formed in 2016 in reaction to the response (or lack thereof) to by the then 2 year-old Flint Water Crisis by Government Agencies and Organizations. Flint Rising grew into a coalition of grassroots, community organizations and allies working to ensure that directly impacted people are building the organizing infrastructure and leadership necessary for this long-haul fight for justice and creating the future that Flint families need and deserve.
The People’s Water Board Coalition is a group of grassroots organizations, advocating for water access, protection, and conservation. We believe water is a human right, and our fight won’t stop until impacted communities state-wide have equitable access to safe and affordable water. Water is life.