Grassroots Power Project believes we need a multiracial working class majority in order to win a truly democratic government and economy. Strong, strategic, and aligned community organizations and labor unions can help us get there.
We believe our movements must collectively shift from short-term strategies aimed at winning incremental change toward long-term strategies aimed at shifting wealth and power into the hands of working people. GPP works to facilitate a shift toward this strategic orientation with our community and labor partners.
GPP works with organizations, alliances and labor to develop new organizing practices to win a truly democratic government and economy. Through decades of partnership with grassroots groups, we have developed a series of strategic frameworks. These tools support organizations to be more effective and ambitious. They facilitate a shift away from short-term, incremental campaigns and towards structural change to achieve economic, racial, gender and environmental justice.
Our frameworks help organizations:
- Develop long-term agendas to guide short-term campaigns and build the power needed to win bigger demands over time.
- Build toward reforms that transfer wealth and power away from profiteers and into the hands of everyday people.
- Develop deeper strategic alignment and a shared approach to building the power of working people across organizations and geographies.
- Take a multidimensional approach to power building, which includes base-building, movement infrastructure, and worldview and narrative, as core components of shaping a common agenda.
- Build a “bigger we” based on multi-racial, cross-class solidarity and a shared vision of a government and economy led by working class people
GPP strengthens our movements by conducting strategic education, cultivating long-term partnerships, and building connective tissue between organizations.
We conduct strategic education with experienced organizers.
We integrate rigorous systems analysis with strategy oriented toward winning a government and economy led by working class people from all walks of life. Our largest program, the Strategy College, reaches organizers across the country.
We cultivate long-term partnerships with grassroots organizations.
Our approach is inspired by the Latin American social movement concept of accompaniment. We walk alongside organizations, accompanying them on the high-stakes journey of advancing social change. We co-develop vision, analysis, and shared practices through training, agenda design, coaching and organizational development support.
We build connections across organizations and alliances, creating critical infrastructure for a strong social movement. We hold space for cross-organizational dialogue and co-thinking that helps people expand their perspective, identify shared strategic questions, and align around shared goals.