Chapters
Chapters are crucial!
- Chapters bring coordinated pressure on elected officials. How can we counter organized money and legislative complacency? Organize people - within chapters, and coordinate lots of chapters to work on the same issues.
- Chapters build enduring communities of activists. Changing policy takes time; having a community of partners makes the effort more fun, effective, and sustainable.
Lots of PM chapters have similar origin stories. Members remember meeting each other to work on paid sick time, then disbanding, gathering again to work on expanding the bottle bill, then disbanding, gathering again to work on minimum wage, then disbanding, gathering again to work on transgender rights, and later on ranked choice voting… The pattern is obvious, and so inefficient!
By building a chapter, you’re continually growing in numbers, knowledge, and skill, not starting from scratch on every campaign for change.
Scroll down to see our current chapters, and reach out if you see one near you!
Don’t see a chapter near you? We’re always looking to grow! Contact chapters@progressivemass.com if you are interested in starting a new chapter.
