GPP has supported state and national social justice infrastructure for more than 30 years. We started in 1993 as an effort to bridge the divide between progressive academics, think tanks, and policy shops and grassroots organizers and front line leaders. Today, we are an unusual movement support institution: we walk side-by-side with community-based organizations as they struggle to make shifts in organizing models and we develop deep relationships over the course of many years.
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 are grounded in our own deep stakes in this shared journey. We co-develop vision, analysis, and shared practices through training, agenda design, coaching and organizational development support.
GPP accompanies grassroots organizations and alliances, and brings the tools of theory and strategy development to their disposal, not as a one-time transaction but as a long-term partnership that shapes our own work. We work at the intersection of a vision for strategic movement alignment, and the current organizational practices in the field. We push ourselves and our partners to think aspirationally about what we can achieve as movements, but we also soberly assess the power and infrastructure needed to enact these shifts. We do not work in a didactic manner, but rather in a continuous, iterative process of dialogue and dialectic.
We help organizations extend the horizon of their strategic thinking and integrate ideology, narrative work, and a deeper understanding of power-building. In doing so, we build connective tissue between organizations, make strategic interventions, and strengthen the overall movement ecosystem.