Wellstone Action!

Wellstone Action is all about building power, and the organizations we partner with are equally hungry to build power together.  One critical way is by building effective coalitions. 

Wellstone Action has created a long-term partnership with the Energy Action Coalition to create a lasting and effective impact on the climate change movement.

As progressives, we love to recycle.  But when it comes to creating change, the dominant wisdom used to be downright wasteful.  Check out our 2009 Annual Report to learn more!

While we fight to not lose ground in this next election, we have to keep our eyes and plans on the 2011-2012 legislative cycle and off-year elections, in addition to a Presidential re-election year and another chance to surge forward.  Are we ready?

Last month we held our third Camp Wellstone in the state of Idaho, a reliably red state since its statehood. During our organizational strategic planning last summer, the mission "to boldly go where other progressive training organizations don't go" easily became one of our priorities. We affectionately refer to this point as, "more Idahos."

We know and love the School House Rock version, but we now have an updated (and much more highly detailed) resource for telling the story of how a bill becomes a law.

We are fortunate to work with amazing individuals and organizations each year, providing training and capacity building for progressive campaigns and movements. We wanted to share with you two profiles of our recent alumni and the work they are doing to build progressive power for the long term in their organizations and communities.  

Top conservative leaders are putting in place the key elements of a strong political movement, and getting donors to cough up over 70 million dollars to make sure they are successful.

Bill Moyers showcases our partner, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, in this fantastic and inspiring video about the potential of populism as a movement for change.