by Sulma Arias | Oct 15, 2023 | Democracy, Featured
"This is what is possible with good government that works for people. This is what happens when people are put closer and closer to decision-making power." - Carrie Santoro, Pennsylvania Stands Up Country singer Jason Aldean recently sparked a firestorm with his song...
by Sophia Cheng | Oct 9, 2023 | Blog, Climate, Democracy, Environment, Featured
Fossil fuels are killing our planet and our communities. Michael Witten, who used to mine coal in West Virginia, has seen this up close, and that’s why he’s demanding change now. Witten worked in coal mines for more than eight years in West Virginia’s Boone County...
by Sulma Arias and Eboni Taggart | Sep 16, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Organizing
Here at People’s Action Institute, we feel the way Jill Murphy, a Michigan schoolteacher who is now a full-time organizer for one of our affiliates, felt when she first joined a deep canvass in her home state four years ago. A light bulb goes on in our heads when we...
by Sulma Arias | Jul 3, 2023 | Democracy, Featured
EN ESPANOL The Organizing Revival is HERE! More than a thousand of you came from all across the country to join me in Arlington, Virginia for our 2023 People’s Action convention. We called this convention “Coming Home,” and it truly was a homecoming: a time to meet...
by Sulma Arias | Jun 14, 2023 | Democracy, Featured
I can’t wait to see you all at the People’s Action Convention! Our members, friends and allies from across the country are coming to Washington, D.C. this June 25th through 27th. This year’s theme is “Coming Home: An Organizing Revival.” For me, it is truly a...
by Sulma Arias | Mar 24, 2023 | #BuildBackBetter, Biden, Blog, Democracy, Economy, Featured
I am so excited about what it means to organize right now. Not only are there unprecedented federal resources on the table to spark transformational change in communities, it’s clear that organizers, because they are trusted and engaged where they live, can turn this...
