"WISE (Wellbeing through Inclusion Socially and Economically) is a grassroots group of citizens whose mission is to organize, represent, act on behalf of, and join together with persons in British Columbia whose lives are negatively affected by policies of exclusion. The Policies of Exclusion, Poverty and Mental Health: Stories From the Front project aims "to expose the effects of policies of exclusion on women living in poverty in the Cowichan Valley by providing a vehicle for joining together, building a strong voice for themselves and other marginalized peoples, mobilizing and ultimately effecting policy change."