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Tools for organizers to create on-ramps for civic participation.
Designed for hyper-local municipal, regional or county fights.
Comprehensive local data that you can insert directly into your actions and campaigns. Check coverage
Built for ease-of-use to get started quickly without a steep learning curve.
Always free for grassroots organizers.
Technology can play a limited but important role for organizers. Nothing will replace talking to neighbors and building community offline. But where technology can help, it should do so effortlessly, without feeling like a barrier. Technology should enable action not prevent it.
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Connect the dots between officials, agencies, issues and events to find the threads worth pulling, the ones that actually move local leaders, all grounded in the facts on the ground.
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Every city's website works differently, and figuring out where to click is its own chore. Unified city pages give every city the same clear layout, so you never have to relearn the site.
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Power is maximized by unity, not division. Surveys help you find what binds your community together rather than what splits it — so you can shape messaging that unifies instead of fractures.
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A petition is only as good as how you wield it. Action Starts Local helps you wield it to its fullest potential.
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Newsletters keep you in touch with your contact list but reaching the right people with the right message is often harder than it needs to be. Action Starts Local makes it easy.
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Email campaigns can have major impact but are a big ask of people. Action Starts Local lessens the friction for residents from caring about an issue to sending an email to local leaders.
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Action Starts Local was built in Monterey Park, California by community organizers.
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