We miss his voice still. Our work is not to find the next Paul Wellstone, but to carry on his work through people who step forward and get active in politics and public life.
In late July, the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, hosted a special "Native Youth Organizing Training" in part with Wellstone Action.
That's a math lesson in voter outreach taught to about a dozen local activists Monday and Tuesday through a program called Mobilize the Immigrant Vote.
As a national center for training and leader development for people and organizations involved in politics and public life, Wellstone Action directly partners with dozens of great organizations working for social change.
Supporting issues in America such as the environment,
education, human rights, and labor, America Votes is the largest progressive-group
coalition in the county.
Amnesty International's mission is to protect
human rights and inspire supporters whom are seeking a better world through
campaigns and international unity.
The Beatitudes Society is a collective of
Christian leaders focused on sustaining new Christian leaders working for a
progressive justice, compassion, and peace network.
The Brady
Center to Prevent Gun
Violence is the largest group leading the nation to end gun violence through
grassroots, nonpartisan, legislative action.
Campaign Corps trains recent progressive-minded college
graduates in a week-long Campaign
School, and then puts
them to work on the last three months of a targeted Democratic campaign.
Campus Progressgives a voice to motivated individuals nationwide who wish to become progressive leaders and connect with other progressives to form strong movements for the future.
