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 with their fists raised

    Members of the California Grassroots Democracy Coalition 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.

  • Senator Monique Limón and Dolores Huerta

    Senator Monique Limón and Dolores Huerta.

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