Hope Into Action - Progressive Future

From helping elect Barack Obama to promoting a bold, new progressive agenda.

Challenges Ahead
Our country faces steep challenges in the coming months and years. Rebuilding our economy in a way that works for all Americans while we restore our standing in the world won’t be easy. We need to put people back to work, control the spiraling cost of health care, and build a new energy future.

Powerful forces will line up against progress on every front. From oil companies protecting their profits to right wing ideologues hanging on to Bush’s failed policies, the guardians of the status quo will not move aside without a fight.

A Breakthrough Election
But, this is also a moment of great hope and opportunity. More than just a rejection of George Bush’s failed policies, the 2008 election has given us a historic chance to advance a bold, new progressive agenda.

At Progressive Future, we worked hard to elect Barack Obama, and other progressive candidates. Along with our campaign partners, we:

•    Talked face to face with hundreds of thousands of undecided voters in ten battleground states, handing out literature that compared Barack Obama with John McCain on the economy, health care, and energy. Download the factsheet.
•    Worked to get out the progressive vote through our “96 Hours for Change: Progressive Future’s Obamathon” program.
•    Sponsored two pro-Obama ads (one featuring Ronald Reagan, the other set to Paul Simon's "American Tune.") View these ads.
•    Endorsed a strong slate of progressive "down-ballot" candidates in Colorado. Read the endorsements.

In addition to our work on behalf of progressive candidates, we also helped expand the electorate through nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives focused on voters from historically under-represented communities such as youth and African-Americans; educated citizens about key ballot initiatives in Colorado and Ohio; and encouraged citizens to call their representatives to demand comprehensive health care reform in 2009.

Click here to learn more about our work around the 2008 election.

Turning Hope into Action

Now is the time to make good on President Obama’s promise of a new direction. That’s why we’ll be mobilizing grassroots support for change—the same type of grassroots energy that swept Obama to victory last November. Online, and in communities across America, we’re working to help citizens raise their voices to show our leaders that we demand bold solutions to our nation’s critical problems. And, we won’t rest until progressive values are the bedrock of national policy on energy, health care, education, economic justice, and more.

Membership Is The First Step

Becoming a Progressive Future member is the first step in joining the call for progressive change. We’ll keep you informed with occasional e-mail alerts, and you’ll even have the chance to vote on who sits on our board of directors.

Grassroots Action Can Make The Difference Again

With so much at stake, no one can stay on the sidelines. We’ll make it easy for you to take action and spread the word, because we need progressive-minded citizens across America to join the fight—and stay in it.