What is the Pushback Program?
PBN creates opportunities for ordinary people to make real contributions
to the political decisions that affect their lives.
Politics isn’t just about machinations; it’s about people and the policies that affect their lives. Pushback brings to the table what people need to affect change. Since its inception, the Pushback Network has consistently operated within a broadened framework of putting power and resources into the hands of people of color, poor and working class communities, and young people.
PBN provides overall direction, coordination, technical assistance, accountability mechanisms, and evaluation processes for its state alliances. In turn, each PBN partner is committed to the program goals and components consistent with Pushback Network principles, models and goals:
- Integrating Strategic Communications into Ongoing Organizing Work
- Building Bottom-Up State Alliance
- On-going Politically Conscious Base Building
- Leadership Development
- Direct Voter Engagement Targeting Historically Disadvantaged Communities
- The Permanent Campaign: Progressive Power Through Civic Engagement
