Civic Engagement

Our community’s power is rooted in massive voter turnout. When we come to the polls in droves, they’re forced to listen. When we organize in numbers, they’re forced to put progressive, redistributive, and equitable initiatives on the ballot that actually benefit our community and make the hard-earned tax dollars we pay work for us.

The greatest threat to immense money and power in the United States is a united, civically involved, and cross-racial mass of working-class voters. That’s why there are so many efforts to divide us into any subcategory possible, especially along racial lines. When we refrain from voting, they win. When we remain cynical, believing that the system can never work for us, they win.

Operating in the context of the United States’ political landscape, the Community Coalition’s civic engagement program has achieved significant success. Thanks to our voter engagement efforts and partnerships with statewide organizations such as Power California, California Calls, and the Million Voters Project, our neighborhoods vote at a rate that is 2x the state average.

Our outreach isn’t just during election cycles. It’s throughout the year and in between cycles. We’re going door-to-door, phone banking, texting, and hosting mass-based community events like our annual Power Fest and People Power Convention.