Pushback Network

Pushback Network
is a national collaboration of indigenous, grassroots organizations and networks committed to building bottom-up, state-based alliances that change both the composition and levels of participation of the electorate.

We emphasize strategies to empower underrepresented constituencies: people of color, poor and working class communities, and young people.

Pushback Network envisions an authentic participatory democracy through which true social justice can be achieved. We seek a democracy that creates opportunities for ordinary people to make real contributions to the political decisions that affect their lives.

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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Brigid and Rodney Meet with the KY State Alliance

March 6, 2008 – 4:57 pm

On Wednesday, February 27th, I was welcomed to the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, by a host committee of snow flurries and grey skies that completely misspoke the wonderful things in store during my and Rodney’s visit with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Jobs with Justice, and the Fairness Campaign.
First on the agenda was [...]

By Brigid Flaherty | Posted in Kentucky, News | Comments (0)

South by Southwest: Report back from Texas

March 5, 2008 – 11:53 am

“The knowledge and experience our three sister organizations (CVH, S. Echo and SWOP) bring to table is invaluable. This type of sharing and work is a corner stone to our learning and vital for building a strong movement.”– Genaro Rendon
SWOP, CVH and Southern Echo, three Pushback Network anchor organizations from New Mexico, New York [...]