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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Tag Archives: CVH

Walking New York City’s Streets

October 29, 2008 – 3:47 pm

Community Voices Heard was bustling on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 21st. I had just walked in from the busy New York subway system only to be met by an even busier canvass team. Alfredo Carrasquillo, Ferdinand Joseph, Cha’ta Green, Demitrus Gonzales, Philneia Timmons, and Ann Valdez—the CVH Queens canvassers—were collecting their pledge cards, nonpartisan [...]

By Samiya Bashir | Posted in New York, News | Also tagged elect08, NY | 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 [...]