Building democracy from the ground up by putting our people — Black, brown and white, immigrants and lifelong locals — at the center of the political process. Building democracy from the ground up. We are a progressive organization of working class, multi-racial, and multi-ethnic people working together to build political and economic power to improve the quality of lives in our communities. As members, we lead the change ourselves through education and training, issue and electoral organizing, policy advocacy, alliance building, community-controlled economic development, and holding decision-makers accountable.