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Long-term organizing groups building power in this state. Groups marked priority are a great place to start.
The Carolina Federation is a statewide organization that brings local people together across race and the rural-urban divide to build political and electoral power in their own communities and across North Carolina.
Down Home North Carolina is building multiracial power in the small towns and rural places in North Carolina. It is our firm belief that progressive policies are essential for all communities, including those in the rural South. We are committed to challenging the existing narratives and power structures that do not serve the needs of poor and working-class individuals.
Siembra NC is a grassroots basebuilding organization focused on defending our communities from abusive employers, landlords, ICE and bad políticos. Our strategy is to achieve el buen vivir and dignity for our communities by recruiting thousands of Latinos who are “on the sidelines” to fight to win a true multiracial democracy.
Organizing in poor and working-income neighborhoods across North Carolina, Action NC tackles the root causes of poverty and inequality through training and mobilization on fair and affordable housing, health care, immigration, education, women's rights, and voter participation.
North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to supporting equity and justice for all by fostering community among Asian Americans and allies in North Carolina through civic engagement, leadership development, grassroots mobilization and political participation.
The North Carolina Black Alliance addresses policy and economic issues to enhance black communities by developing and promoting systemic policy change as well as youth and leadership development.
Based in Charlotte, this group helps working people across North Carolina register to vote, learn what is on their ballot, and turn out on Election Day, with a focus on communities that are often overlooked by campaigns.
These national organizations have local chapters, hubs, or groups in most states. Click through to find the one closest to you, or to start one.
50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement. A volunteer-built, nonviolent movement defending democracy, with state and local groups organizing days of action and community.
A national network of writers, illustrators, and other creators fighting book bans and challenges. Members back local grassroots groups, speak at school board meetings, meet with legislators, and stand with librarians, educators, parents, and students defending the freedom to read.
Co-founded by LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, Black Voters Matter boosts voter registration and turnout in Black communities, mostly across the South, funds and trains local partner groups, and tours on its "Blackest Bus in America" to highlight voter suppression.
Common Defense organizes veterans and engages the military community to transform our society by advocating for progressive policies that work for all of us.
The largest socialist organization in the U.S. Local chapters organize tenants, workers, and neighbors to build an economy run for human need, not profit. Look up your chapter by zip code.
Dream Defenders is a Black-led, feminist, socialist, abolitionist, and internationalist political formation fighting for a world without prisons, police, capitalism, and imperialism. We envision communities where safety is built through solidarity, care, and self-determination rather than through punishment and surveillance. Founded in 2012 in response to the killing of Trayvon Martin, the Dream Defenders has grown into a powerful force advocating for liberation, justice, and dignity for Black and marginalized people across the United States and beyond.
A network of thousands of local groups that hold elected officials accountable and defend democracy. Use the group map to find one near you, including groups marked newcomer-friendly.
Rapid City-based and Indigenous-led, this collective backs Native communities through organizing, grants, and loans to Indigenous groups and entrepreneurs. Its campaigns include LANDBACK, which seeks the return of Lakota lands in the Black Hills, along with climate justice and education equity.
A national network organizing white people to fight racism and economic injustice as part of multiracial movements. Find a local chapter or join a regular online orientation.
A youth-led movement of local hubs working to stop the climate crisis and win a Green New Deal. No hub near you? Sunrise will help you start one.
Organizes older Americans to protect climate and democracy, through volunteer-led working groups by location and by affinity.
Building a multiracial party of working people. WFP recruits and elects progressive candidates and organizes between elections, with state parties in 18 states and volunteer actions everywhere.
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