Advocacy

Advocacy

Striking at the Root! Rootstrikers is fighting against government corruption

"For every thousand hacking at the branches of evil there is one who is striking at the root." The words of Henry David Thoreau bare a short but powerful manifesto on the walls of San Francisco State University, welcomi...

Transforming Los Angeles: Q+A with the urban planners behind MyFigueroa

There's a shift happening in Los Angeles. What's historically been known as a sprawling car-centric city is being transformed into a web of transit connected, bike-friendly and walkable communities. This is no small feat. ...

Historic raise for Australian childcare workers won with digital organizing and NationBuilder

This post was written by Steven Miles, Coordinator of Comprehensive Campaigns for United Voice Queensland. It was originally published on the blog of cStreet Campaigns, a NationBuilder architect and expert, who kindly let ...

A nation to end bullying

NationBuilder's mission is to make everyone a leader and our vision is to unlock the potential of a connected humanity. You can see this vision in action at The Bully Project, organized around the film "Bully", which aims ...

Using NationBuilder to organize food co-ops

The folks at the Food Co-Op Initiative recently interviewed Peter Frank of the Kensington Community Food Co-op about the organization's use of NationBuilder. The Google+ Hangout covers: Setting up a new events page on yo...

Campaign aims to make predatory lending victims 'Less Miserable'

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera was down at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills (me, too!) yesterday to premiere a new film trailer parody of Universal's "Les Miserables." The revision of the classic mu...

How Arizona grassroots organizers are using NationBuilder to change Arizona's future

Daria Ovide moved to Arizona from the East Coast with a single mission: take down Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The long-time Phoenix sheriff has been heavily criticized for his harsh policies toward illegal immigrants, treatment of...

Entrepreneurs aim to create a center that can hold

In less than three months, tax increases from the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and spending cuts resulting from the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011 are predicted to send the country off a "fiscal cliff" and the ...

Bikers and walkers unite! America Bikes fights for federal funding

As an alternative to driving, biking and walking have the potential to help solve many of the social ills that plague the country. If more people made the shift from driving to bicycling and walking, we would see vast impr...