Formed in 2007, the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) builds transformative relational power with everyday Ohioans for statewide social, racial, and economic justice.
Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) is a grassroots people-centered power organization. We unite base-building community organizing groups, student associations and faith organizations, with labor unions, and policy institutes throughout Ohio. It is our mission to organize everyday Ohioans, building transformative power organizations for racial, social, and economic justice. Our vision is to build a democratic multi-racial populist governing coalition in Ohio.
At the local and state levels, our priorities are centered around:
Economic justice, such as raising wages, healthcare, income support, safety net, and access to affordable quality education from pre-K through college
Criminal justice reform, such as bail reform, police and prosecutor accountability, community reinvestment and drug policy reform
Structural democracy reform, by expanding voting rights
We do this through three key strategies
Grassroots community organizing for power
Our grassroots organizing membership projects are led by inclusive leadership teams that run impactful local and statewide issue campaigns and leadership development programs
Large scale civic engagement
We build independent political power for our communities by expanding the electorate and engaging no to low propensity voters, especially young voters and voters of color in the civic process.
Narrative change and strategic communications
We construct strategic public communications campaigns and infrastructure with a Race-Class Narrative framework that advances our world view, values and the issues we care about and amplifies our leaders in the public arena.
The OOC is made up of grassroots organizing membership projects and campaigns that span a broad range of leaders, communities, and intersecting issues: students, people of faith, people directly impacted by mass incarceration, unemployed workers, child care providers and the families they serve, and people working in the care economy. Our organizing centers people of color, women, and young people in a multiracial, intergenerational organization.
We are an organization that was made for people like you, by people like you. Take part: Donate to our work, explore current campaigns, read comprehensive resources, and discover other ways to get involved.
