EVERY MAJOR MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY STARTED BEFORE POLITICIANS CAUGHT UP.

WORKERS ORGANIZED.
BLACK COMMUNITIES ORGANIZED.
WOMEN ORGANIZED.
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ORGANIZED.
NEIGHBORS ORGANIZED.

People didn't wait for permission.

They built relationships.

They built trust.

THEY ORGANIZED WHERE THEY LIVED AND WORKED.
GOVERNMENT EVENTUALLY RESPONDED
BECAUSE ORGANIZED PEOPLE
MADE MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO
MORE DIFFICULT THAN CHANGING IT.

POLICICAL PARTIES.
NON-PROFITS.
ORGANIZATIONS.
CAMPAIGNS.

NONE OF THESE ARE BAD.

THEY'RE TOOLS.

BUT TOOLS SHOULD NEVER REPLACE
THE PEOPLE USING THEM.

WHEN PROTECTING THE ORGANIZATION
BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN SERVING THE COMMUNITY,
SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG.

WHEN MAINTAINING MEMBERSHIP MATTERS
MORE THAN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS,
WE'VE LOST SIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE.

IMAGINE IF EVERY WORKPLACE HAD PEOPLE ORGANIZING TOGETHER.

IMAGINE IF EVERY APARTMENT BUILDING KNEW ONE ANOTHER.

IMAGINE IF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAD PEOPLE CHECKING IN ON EACH OTHER.

IMAGINE IF COMMUNITIES SOLVED PROBLEMS BEFORE WAITING FOR GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S WHAT REAL POWER LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS WHY I'M
RUNNING UNAFFILIATED.

I DON'T BELIEVE POLITICAL PARTIES CREATE MOVEMENTS.

I BELIEVE MOVEMENTS CHANGE POLITICAL PARTIES.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE ORGANIZING:
AROUND ME.
AROUND A POLITICAL PARTY.

I WANT PEOPLE ORGANIZING AROUND EACH OTHER.

BECAUSE WHEN ORDINARY PEOPLE RECONGNIZE THE POWER THE'VE ALWAYS HAD...

EVERYTHING CHANGES.

STOP WAITING TO BE REPRESENTED.
START ORGANIZING.