What is the California Grassroots Democracy Coalition?

The California Grassroots Democracy Coalition comprises 140+ grassroots organizations dedicated to helping California’s most disinvested communities become empowered through pro-democracy reforms. The organizations include a wide range of backgrounds including, but not limited to: criminal justice reform, immigrant rights, language access, low-income communities, environmental justice, religious, labor unions, and more.

Many of our members organize year-round and run integrated voter engagement campaigns across California to build power for our communities and fight to make sure that working class communities of color have a voice in our government.

Our coalition has joined together to advance a new vision for California’s democracy and dismantle racist barriers to civic participation that marginalize Black, Indigenous, people of color, naturalized citizens, young, low-income, and low English proficiency voters.

  • A large group of people holding signs say “Secure Automatic Voter Registration for a Pathway to 100% Voter Registration"

    Members of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment (AAPI FORCE) at the California State Capitol.

  • A group of people holding a large banner that says “Secure Automatic Voter Registration for a Pathway to 100% Voter Registration”

    Parent and youth organizers of Orange County Congregation Community and OC Action at a rally for Secure Automatic Voter Registration in Sacramento.

  • A group of coalition members standing together in the hallway of the California Capitol building

    Coalition representatives from AAPI FORCE, the Institute for Responsive Government, and CHIRLA meeting with the Senate Transportation Committee.

COALITION SUPPORT

  • Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment (AAPI FORCE) (Sponsor)

  • Asian Pacific Islander Reentry and Inclusion through Support and Empowerment (API RISE)

  • OC Action (Sponsor)

  • ACCE Action

  • AHRI for Justice

  • Alianza Coachella Valley

  • Alliance for Youth Action

  • Alliance SD

  • Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center (AASCSC)

  • Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

  • APAIT

  • Bay Rising

  • Black Alliance for Just Immigration

  • California Black Power Network

  • California Calls (Cali Calls)

  • California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative

  • California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC)

  • California Native Vote Project

  • Californians United for a Responsible Budget

  • Campaign Legal Center

  • Catalyst California

  • Center for Secure and Modern Elections

  • Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)

  • Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)

  • Chispa

  • Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)

  • Communities for New California Education Fund

  • Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice

  • Community Coalition

  • Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE)

  • Courage California

  • Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

  • Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)

  • Filipino Advocates for Justice

  • Greater Sacramento Urban League

  • Hispanas Organized for Political Education (HOPE)

  • Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP)

  • Homeboy Industries

  • IE United

  • Initiate Justice

  • Inland Congregations United for Change

  • Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective

  • Inner City Struggle

  • Institute for Responsive Government

  • Jakara Movement

  • Khmer Girls in Action (KGA)

  • LA Voice

  • Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

  • Mi Familia Vota

  • My Brothers My Sisters Keeper - SF Community Action Team Youth Council

  • National Union of Healthcare Workers

  • NextGen California

  • Oakland Rising

  • OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates

  • OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates: East Bay Chapter (OCA-East Bay)

  • OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates: San Mateo (OCA-San Mateo)

  • OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates: Silicon Valley (OCA-Silicon Valley)

  • OCCORD

  • Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)

  • Orange County Congregation Community Organization (OCCCO)

  • Orange County Environmental Justice (OCEJ)

  • Orange County Voter Information Project (OCVIP)

  • Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans — PANA

  • PICO California

  • Pilipino Workers Center

  • Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California

  • PowerCA Action

  • Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance

  • Reach Out

  • Resilience Orange County (ROC)

  • RYSE Center

  • Safe Return Project

  • San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium

  • San Diego Pride

  • San Francisco Rising

  • SEIU CA State Council

  • Somos Votantes

  • South Bay Youth Changemakers

  • Starting Over, Inc.

  • Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)

  • Sigma Beta Xi Inc

  • The Community Action League

  • UC Student Association

  • Universidad Popular

  • Vietnamese Rainbow of Orange County

  • Western Center for Law and Poverty

  • Working Partnerships USA

  • Vote Vets