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How Local Leaders are Protecting Communities Under Trump
In the face of relentless federal attacks, localities nationwide are fighting back and publicly affirming their commitment to protecting immigrants.
Issue Spotlights
All across the country, local governments are advancing the most innovative solutions to our biggest problems and creating new models of governance. At Local Progress, we work on a broad intersectional progressive agenda driven by a vision of racial and economic justice.
Here we spotlight some of our biggest and rapidly growing bodies of work:
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Everyone deserves safe jobs and family sustaining wages. At the local level, we can win safer workplaces, higher wages, and better benefits for all.
Home Rule
Local governments need home rule authority to address the pressing problems facing their communities. New abusive state preemption suppresses local organizing for our agenda for racial & economic justice.
HOUSING
Housing is an essential need. Across the country, localities are working to advance renter protections, increase affordable housing, and build thriving neighborhoods.
IMMIGRANT JUSTICE
We’re fighting for a country that honors all families by protecting undocumented communities and ensuring they have access to the resources they need.
FEDERAL RESPONSE AND ADVOCACY
Local governments play a key role in protecting their communities, responding to federal funding cuts, and fighting for democracy.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Everyone deserves to feel and be safe. Across the country, localities can build real safety by investing in communities and addressing the root causes of instability.
SCHOOL BOARDS
Thriving public schools are the bedrock of a just, multiracial society. With roughly 15,000 school districts in the US, the opportunity & necessity to organize behind a common agenda is clear.
Progressive Governance Academy
Are you newly elected to office? Looking to expand your leadership ?
The Progressive Governance Academy (PGA) is a program designed to help progressive state and local elected officials develop the leadership and governance skills they need to be powerful and effective leaders.
Trainings cover a range of topics including: developing a policy agenda, tools for accomplishing their goals, and navigating complex challenges of governing as an elected official.
Latest News
- Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources
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What the Billionaire Tax Scam Means For Our Communities
Learn more and fight back.
- Economic Justice, Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources
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📎 Federal Resource Round-Up – Urgent Billionaire Tax Scam Update
Important updates and opportunities to take action.
- Public Safety
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This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded.
Portland, OR proved what we all know to be true: we keep us safe. LP's Reynold Graham talks to The Nation about Portland's program.
State Organizing
We organize and build the infrastructure in key states to impact policy and governance outcomes at the state level. Working together across cities, towns, counties and school boards, Local Progress members engage in strategic campaigns to win pivotal legislative victories at the local level and build state power.
We currently have fully certified chapters in New York, Texas, North Carolina and Minnesota, and we are organizing across the state in Florida.
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Start Organizing In Your State!
Interested in working with local elected across your state to win progressive change at all levels of local government and impact policy outcomes at the state level?
Get in touch with the LP team to see how!
More from Our Blog
- Immigrant Justice, Public Safety
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Statement: Local Leaders Must Stand Strong Against Fascism and Authoritarianism
In response to the Trump Administration’s violent immigration raids in California and increased militarization of our communities nationwide, Local Progress released the following statement.
- Immigrant Justice
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Statement: Local Electeds Stand with Immigrant Neighbors as Islamophobic and Xenophobic Travel Ban Set to Take Effect
In response to the Trump Administration’s unlawful, sweeping order banning travel from 12 countries and severely restricting travel from seven others, Local Progress released the following statement.
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Ivan Luevanos-Elms and Sarah Johnson: This Is What Authoritarian Intimidation Looks Like
In this op-ed, LP ED Ivan Luevanos-Elms and former LP ED Sarah Johnson make the case that Trump's attempts to bully and intimidate local leaders is yet another sign of growing authoritarianism.
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Change Starts At The Local Level
This past weekend, 50+ local electeds and partners convened in Milwaukee for our third-annual Leadership Collaborative!
- Economic Justice, Immigrant Justice, Leveraging Federal Resources
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📎 Federal Resource Round-Up
Important updates and opportunities to take action.
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Report: How local governments can prioritize responsible AI adoption
Earlier this month, OpenAI & Microsoft lobbyists called for a shutdown on AI regulation. Our new report details the harmful impacts of unrestricted AI on our communities and what local governments can do.
