Members

AMOS Project is a coalition of congregations in Greater Cincinnati dedicated to advancing justice and improving the quality of life for all residents. Through direct actions, rallies, and public meetings, AMOS leaders engage elected, business, and community leaders to work together on critical community issues.

Building Freedom Ohio (BFO) is a statewide grassroots membership organization that organizes marginalized communities to lead the fight against mass incarceration. An organization run by people directly impacted by criminalization and mass incarceration -- returning citizens, people with a loved one who is incarcerated, people who have experienced criminalization -- for the purpose of building power.

The CEO Project (CEO) is a statewide grassroots organizing project focused on building power with women, especially women of color who work in the care economy. The CEO Project calls on the state to adequately invest in our children and their families futures. We are united in our belief that every child has a right to access affordable, quality childcare and early education.

Ohio Baptist State Convention (OBSC) is an organized body of Baptist Churches seeking a common ground for fellowship, missions, Christian Education, evangelism, and social welfare. OBSC runs an extensive voter engagement program and has been actively involved in organizing for racial and economic justice across the state.

Ohio Student Association (OSA) is a statewide youth organization that organizes and trains young people across Ohio to build and wield local and statewide power. OSA provides students with the tools and infrastructure necessary to be advocates for our own collective social and economic well-being.

Coalitions

All in for Ohio Kids represents a broad group of concerned organizations and individuals working together to fully and fairly fund our public schools. Parents, teachers, students, labor leaders and policy experts are providing important leadership, in addition to organizations like OOC, Policy Matters Ohio, Ohio Education Association and Ohio Federation of Teachers.

Ohio Voters Bill of Rights is a coalition of citizens, civil rights groups, community organizations, and good government groups dedicated to making our democracy as accessible as possible and ensuring that all Ohioans can exercise the full power of their votes.

Partners

Alliance for Youth Action is a nationwide network of organizations building political power of young people, and the premier youth vote vehicle in the United States. We are local young people’s organizations joining together to make each other—and our entire movement—stronger.

Center for Community Change (CCC) empowers low-income people, particularly in communities of color, to make change that improves their communities and the public policies that affect their lives. Through every strand of CCC’s work, past and present, runs the conviction that those most affected by economic and social injustice are the best equipped to identify what change is necessary, and to make it happen.

Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) works to create equity, opportunity, and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions. CPD strengthens our collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice agenda.

Faith in Action unites faith-based community organizations working to create innovative solutions to problems facing urban, suburban, and rural communities. PICO helps engage ordinary people in public life, building a strong legacy of leadership in thousands of local communities across America.

We Make the Future is the implementation home for the Race Class Narrative (RCN). They combine strategic communications and coalition building to develop shared narratives that motivates our base and persuades the middle. Working in partnership with researchers, content creators, labor and community-based organizations, they aid in the implementation of messaging research by building the capacity of communicators, organizers and spokespeople.

Policy Matters Ohio is a nonprofit policy research organization founded in January 2000 to broaden the debate about economic policy in Ohio. Their mission is to create a more fair, prosperous, sustainable, and inclusive Ohio, through research, media work, and policy advocacy.

Ohio Justice & Policy Center (OJPC) is a non-profit law office that works for productive reform of Ohio’s criminal justice system. Through collaboration, research, community education, and litigation, OJPC advocates for a smart-on-crime, evidence-based approach to criminal justice.