CHICAGO – The 2020 presidential election is happening from the grassroots up – it will be won by working class people, not by big money and wealthy corporations. This fall, People’s Action will co-host presidential forums in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, together with our member organizations in those states. We’re inviting presidential candidates to […]
People’s Action Endorses Medicare for All Act of 2019
WASHINGTON – People’s Action has endorsed the Medicare for All Act of 2019, a bill to establish a national, universal single-payer health program. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) officially announced the proposed legislation in a letter to her colleagues on Wednesday. Jayapal, the founding director of OneAmerica, a People’s Action member organization, is the bill’s lead […]
California Student Action Lead Organizer – Los Angeles
Organization: Student Action (a project of People’s Action) Location: Los Angeles, California POSITION SUMMARY: Throughout California, students have been joining the movement for free College from All. Leading up to the November 2018 midterm elections, California Student Action engaged over 30,000 students around the issue of free college, many of whom are ready to continue […]
Operations Manager
Who We Are People’s Action Institute (501c3) and People’s Action (501c4) is a national progressive organization supporting the mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an agenda that reflects people over profits. People’s Action/Institute builds the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change through issue […]
People’s Action Celebrates Grassroots People’s Wave
Nationwide organizing led to more than a million conversations with urban and rural voters, laying the groundwork for a progressive movement that will win big in 2020. CHICAGO – A people’s wave rolled across the country on Election Day as voters elected bold, progressive candidates who share their values. People’s Action is a progressive, multiracial […]
Statement: George Goehl, Director of People’s Action, on the 2018 Midterm Election
“This was a people’s wave. From the moment Donald Trump was elected, a people’s movement took root. Millions of people new to social movements joined the fray, showing up at town halls, joining community organizations, and organizing their neighbors to resist the Trump agenda. “All of it built to a midterm election that was a […]
November 6, 2018: Today We Remember
CHICAGO – People’s Action and more than a million of our members around the country are remembering the atrocities of the past two years as they cast their ballots – and we are encouraging everyone we know to remember – and to vote. We Will Remember in November – is part of the Political Healers […]
VIDEO: Iowa Congressman King Explodes When Confronted With His Own White Supremacist Quote
Des Moines, Iowa – In a forum promising “civility,” Congressman King angrily cut off a question from a constituent and had him removed from the room. Today, in a much contended candidate forum hosted by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, Kaleb Van Fosson, an Iowa State student from Iowa Congressional District 4, attempted to ask Iowa […]
It Takes a Village to Make a Hate Crime
It is the responsibility of all who want democracy and freedom to survive in this nation to vote against fascism and the agenda of hate and racism. PITTSBURGH – A year ago, Dan Doubet, executive director of Keystone Progress, Pennsylvania’s largest progressive organization, wrote that the rise of Pennsylvania’s racist right is a warning to […]
New Pennsylvania Voter Poll Shows Rural and Urban Voters Share Concerns about Trump, School Underfunding, and Minimum Wage
HARRISBURG, PA – Today, as part of efforts to fight against cultural and political divides, a coalition of Pennsylvania progressive, faith-based, education, and anti-racism organizations released a new poll, “Building Community in the Commonwealth,” shedding light on Pennsylvania voters’ values ahead of the midterm election. Poll results suggest that current perceptions of a rural-urban divide […]