WASHINGTON – Nearly a thousand progressive activists from throughout the country are gathering at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. April 28-30 for the People’s Action convention “The People’s Wave.” People’s Action is one of the largest and the fastest growing multiracial, people’s organizations in the country. We are 48 member organizations in 32 […]
Statement on Sen. Warren’s Housing and Economic Mobility Act
A statement by Tara Raghuveer, People’s Action Housing Campaign Director on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s American Housing and Economic Mobility Act – 116th Congress: “The price tag on Senator Warren’s housing bill, $999 billion, is a critical marker. After decades of Band-Aids and underfunding from the federal government, People’s Action is encouraged to see a bill […]
United Action for Idaho Demands Lt. Gov McGeachin Resign After Facebook Photo
“This escalation of hate is happening in part because actions like those of Idaho’s lieutenant governor go unchallenged and unanswered,” – Adrienne Evans BOISE – Idaho’s reputation as a haven for white supremacy and white nationalists moved out of the backwoods and into the Statehouse when newly Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin took office in January. […]
People’s Action Pledges to Make Medicare for All Act Law
WASHINGTON – People’s Action grassroots leaders from around the country joined Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) today as she introduced the long-awaited Medicare for All Act of 2019, a bill to establish a national, universal single-payer health program. People’s Action, one of the largest organizing networks in the country, with more than a million people and […]
Scathing Report: Pharmaceutical Industry Chooses Profit Over People
NEW YORK – Today, the Roosevelt Institute, a New York-based think tank that promotes progressive economic and political policy reforms, released “Profit Over Patients: How the Rules of our Economy Encourage the Pharmaceutical Industry’s Extractive Behavior,” the first in a series of issue briefs exploring an industry that values profits over patients and public health. […]
People-Led Presidential Candidate Forums Set in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada
For Immediate Release January 30, 2019 Contact: Kathy Mulady k.mulady@peoplesaction.org (206)992-8787 People-Led Presidential Candidate Forums Set in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]