Our 2026 Mission

The MAGA/Trump regime is working to suppress votes, target vulnerable communities, manipulate election rules and maps, and intimidate us into silence. We won’t let them.

In 2026, we are fighting back in many ways to resist, protect and elect. Here’s what that means:

RESIST: Defend Vulnerable Communities

Abductions and illegal actions by ICE and federal agents continue in Chicago and around the country, as do the attacks against the rights and healthcare of transgender communities. We will continue to organize protests and demand Hands Off Chicago, and we also encourage everyone to join groups in your communities that provide vital rapid response, support, and mutual aid. 

PROTECT: Our Vote and Our Voice

We will continue to organize and support actions that push back on the Trump regime’s attacks against the rule of law, our right to protest, our freedom of speech, and our right to vote and have our votes counted.

ELECT: Win Big in the Midwest Battleground States

The most effective way to stop Trump and his regime is an overwhelming margin of voters rejecting MAGA candidates at the polls. The Trump/MAGA regime is attempting to rig the election by redrawing maps to their advantage, suppressing the vote and tampering with state-run elections.

The first line of defense is generating massive voter turnout this November that overwhelms MAGA attempts to rig the elections while delivering an unmistakable message of repudiation of the regime’s corrupt, cruel and destructive agenda. So let’s turn out those voters in Michigan and Wisconsin!

Our Values and Guiding Principles

  • Resist regressive policies and promote progressive politics.

  • Partner and support other groups who have goals that are aligned with ours.

  • Provide rapid response actions to time sensitive issues.

  • Serve as respectful leaders and be responsive to our members.

  • Seek out and include diverse voices in our strategies and goals

  • Look at issues and strategies through a racially and economically just and equitable lens.

  • Hold public servants accountable.

  • Look for ways to amplify marginalized voices.

  • Act locally, regionally, and nationally.

  • Employ democratic principles in everything we do.