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Local nonprofit describes ARPA-funded community center, youth mentorship and volunteer-run services
Summary
Representatives of Sustainability Education and Progress (SEPPO/SEPA) told the Oshkosh City Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee they opened a volunteer-run community center funded with American Rescue Plan Act dollars and are running literacy, mentorship and basic-needs programs serving roughly 50 youth and dozens of families.
Moshe Shasuguro, president and cofounder of SEPA/SEPPO, told the Oshkosh City Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee that the nonprofit opened a community center in 2025 with support from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and now runs literacy classes, a mentorship program and a small pantry for local families.
The presentation outlined the group’s history, services and volunteer model and emphasized the group’s focus on Black, brown and immigrant youth. "We are guided by anti-colonial, anti-racist principles," Moshe said, and described the center as a place for job-search help, paperwork assistance, classroom-style literacy instruction and family support.
The committee heard that the organization traces its community work to 2008 in Zambia, registered in Wisconsin in 2010, received 501(c)(3)…
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