Join ISF and many other progressive organizers at Rock the Congress this year in Berkeley! RSVP here.

This is a conference for progressive community advocates and organizers presented by a coalition of organizations and civic engagement groups, with partners in local unions, GOTV alliances, and grassroots activists. Our focus: strategies and tactics to hold the House, take back the Senate and White House, and nourish a culture of active citizenry that heals and sustains our democracy over time.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

• Reinforce progressive activism grounded in the strength of diversity and the power of unity

• Engage new activists and recharge seasoned activists and leaders with an array of local and national opportunities to broaden the progressive movement’s impact in 2020

HOW WILL WE DO THAT?

• Keynote presentations, panel discussions, and interactive breakouts featuring national and local leaders in electoral and issue-based advocacy

• Panelists and presenters from diverse organizations include the following leaders, and many more:

  • Aimee Allison, Founder and President of She the People

  • Kathryn Durham-Hammer, President, Diablo Valley Democratic Club and Lead, Indivisible ReSisters Walnut Creek

  • Tamisha Walker, Executive Director, Safe Return Project

  • Marilyn Lucey, Founder, Together We Will Contra Costa and AD 16 Delegate

  • Victor Tiglao, Lead, March for our Lives East Bay

  • Demnlus Johnson, Councilmember, City of Richmond, CA

  • Shawn Kumagai, City Council Member, City of Dublin

  • Donald Lathbury, Communications Director and Strategist, Flip the West

  • Mallory Long, Training Director, All On The Line

  • Colleen McCarthy, Northern California Regional Field Director, Swing Left

  • Shawna McKnight, Public Affairs Officer, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

  • Raquel Ortega, Organizer, ACLU of Northern California

  • Jennifer Webber, ACLU of Northern California

  • Layla Ravazi, California Immigration Policy Center

  • Ali Saidi, Stand Together Contra Costa
    
    

• Interactive breakouts include the following, and more:

  • Under 30, Leading Change

  • Adventures in Building and Sustaining Grassroots Groups

  • Border Crisis, Immigration Policy, and the 2020 Elections

  • Census 2020: Everyone Counts

  • Centering Community Care in Social and Racial Justice Advocacy

  • Exploring the Relationship between Grassroots Activism and the Democratic Party

  • Keeping Central Valley Blue

  • Out-of-State Electoral Strategies
    
    

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. If the ticket fee represents a hardship for you, please submit a request for sponsorship here.

If you can't attend, but would like to donate to support a scholarship, you can make a donation online here.