Blog-stories

Blog-stories

How NationBuilder helps alumni groups organize from the ground up

A fellow alumni recently asked one of our board members, "What if our alumni network worked more like the Obama campaign?" The idea that groups like University alumni networks can organize with the same success as the Obam...

NationBuilder Experts shake up politics in Marseille

Patrick Mennucci In recent years, the economic crisis in Europe accelerated a fiscal, social, and geographical divide in the French city of Marseille. Patrick Mennucci, a left-wing candidate native to the city, made wa...

Hey ladies! Women make a splash in the November elections

Kshama Sawant Election days are big for us at NationBuilder. From school board and city council races, to mayoral elections, thousands of candidates were voted into new positions earlier this month. According to the ...

First Somali-American elected to the Minneapolis City Council

Abdi Warsame A little over a week ago, local elections swept the country. In Minnesota, Abdi Warsame won a seat on the Minneapolis City Council representing Ward 6. He took nearly 64% of the votes in his run against th...

Your solidarity megaphone: NationBuilder for unions

United Voice of Queensland Big Steps campaign rally Digital organizing is the future of union organizing. Amplifying your union's online voice around current issue-based or political campaigns is how middle class worke...

The lone female on the LA City Council

Nury Martinez (left) won her LA city council seat in a runoff against Cindy Montañez (right). In a strange twist to local politics, men were elected to fill fourteen city council seats and all three city-wide position...

Malala Day declares every child's right to an education

The Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai in the head last October for having the temerity to expect unfettered access to education. Support for Malala poured in, and the Malala Fund was launched with the support of Vital Voices...

With a new organizing platform, Movement for Change will help leaders connect

Movement for Change's new website on the Aware Movement for Change is using community organizing to reconnect people's everyday lives with politics. With local chapters across the United Kingdom, they needed an online...

Beautiful, powerful new websites launching on NationBuilder

Here at NationBuilder, we get really excited about new sites launching on the platform. We email them to each other, tweet about them, take screen shots of their homepages and gush over how they keep getting better and bet...