AT A GLANCE

Local Progress North Carolina (LPNC) organizes local elected officials across the state to share innovative strategies and policy solutions to ensure our communities can thrive.

Since becoming an official state chapter in 2020, we have worked in lock step with local partners to pass LGBTQ+ inclusive nondiscrimination ordinances in dozens of localities and continue to ensure our state invests in housing and a just recovery.

LPNC currently has 83 members across the state, representing 45 jurisdictions

Our Work & Priorities

We work on a broad intersectional progressive agenda driven by a vision of racial and economic justice. 

This year, we are focusing heavily on a just recovery, environmental justice, voting and democracy, local authority, and reproductive rights.

Organizing Committee

As a member-led network, our state work is led by an incredible state organizing committee – a group of LPNC members that meet regularly to weigh in on policy priorities, propose statewide campaigns, and drive the strategic vision for our work:

JAVIERA CABALLERO

Durham City Councilmember

KIM RONEY

Asheville City Councilmember

NIDA ALLAM

Durham County Commissioner

MARIO BENAVENTE

Fayetteville City Council Member

Our State work

TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT

LPNC is working on a campaign to combat racial disparities in driving by offering policy solutions aimed at reducing police’s role in traffic enforcement. 

VOTING AND DEMOCRACY

By disseminating public voting information and supporting GOTV efforts, we’re working to ensure that our democracy is truly reflective and representative. 

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

In deep collaboration with local advocates, we are working at the local level to protect bodily autonomy, ensure access to abortion, and support reproductive rights.

LOCAL
CONTROL

No matter the issue, local electeds are a critical voice on protecting local control and against abusive state preemption that negatively impacts communities. We develop and implement statewide campaigns to fight abusive state interference.

Resources and tools

FEATURED NEWS & Stories

Image of a police car driving (retrieved from the Fayetteville Observer)

Do Fayetteville, NC police stop more Black drivers?

LP's former Legal Fellow Kat Kerwin and LPNC's Mario Benavente weigh in on the importance of reducing pretextual stops.
A group of LPNC members and partners posing for a photo in front of the LP step and repeat at the 2024 National Convening in Oakland, CA.

LPNC State Download 📣 | LPNC at the National Convening, recent policy wins & more! | September 2024

Check out what LPNC has been up to!

How Localities Use Community Responder Programs to Keep People Safe

This new video from Local Progress and Local Progress Impact Lab focuses on three specific localities: Durham, Oakland, and Albuquerque to explain what community responder programs are, how they work, and why hundreds of localities are starting to adopt them.
LPNC member Mario Benavente speaks with a local elected on the ground in Nashville at a LP event in Nashville, TN.

LPNC State Download 📣 | Protecting local democracy, funding public schools, & more! | June 2024

This quarter’s LPNC newsletter shares statewide updates, calls-to-action, and LP network updates.