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Since 2004
Grassroots Campaigns has had the opportunity to work with a wide
variety of political, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. We are
proud to share the following stories representing many of our campaign
accomplishments. League of
Conservation Voters (2008)
Colorado Initiative Campaign (2008) We worked on two petitions in the Denver office to get progressive ideas on the ballot. The first was an act to keep the equal rights laws that were already on the books in Colorado and keep the funding for all equal opportunity programs in CO. The second issue we worked on was a bill that would ad$321 million in taxes to the oil companies and use that money to fund education and green energy in CO. After three intense weeks of work, Grassroots Campaigns collected 16,442 signatures, putting the Oil and Gas Tax to the November ballot. Sadly, Coloradans failed to pass the initiative which means there's a lot more work to do. Save
Darfur Coalition (2007) Most people know that genocide is happening in Darfur. What most people don’t know is that they may be helping to fund it through their mutual fund. In October 2007, the Save Darfur Coalition launched a campaign to urge investment banks to divest from PetroChina, a Chinese company that funds the very Sudanese government that’s conducting the genocide. The coalition hired Grassroots Campaigns to run awareness teams to help educate citizens in the San Francisco area on this issue, and to help put pressure on the companies that manage the mutual funds. The Sierra
Club (2009, 2006)
In 2006, the Sierra Club campaign engaged citizens on issues of fuel economy as the number one strategy for cutting U.S. carbon emissions. The Grassroots Campaigns canvass team was on the ground in targeted swing precincts in Virginia and Colorado, signing up thousands of voters to call for an increase in CAFÉ Standards by signing a petition to Congress in support of several pieces of legislation. The campaign focused on national reform that would make CAFÉ Standards in cars and trucks the most viable issue in curbing global warming. In Colorado, Grassroots Campaigns also campaigned on local issues to ensure a clean energy future. At the same time, the Sierra Club was also able to reach out to these new constituencies who share their values. Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee (2006) 
Just 15 House seats out of 435 made the difference between Democratic and Republican control of the House of Representatives. The failures of the Republican leadership in Congress had put us on the wrong track: rising energy costs and dependence on unsustainable energy sources and foreign oil, a failing health care system, unacceptable gaps in homeland security and the quagmire in Iraq, skyrocketing national debt, and a slurry of ethics scandals that start with the Republican leadership. GCI and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee worked together during the summer of 2006 to take back the House of Representatives and bring new leadership and a progressive agenda to Washington. Real security, open government, honest leadership and solutions to some of our nation's most pressing problems begin on the streets and in neighborhoods across the country. We conducted public education campaigns and raised funds the DCCC needs to run winning campaigns this fall. Victory in November allowed Rep. Nancy Pelosi to become our country's first woman Speaker of the House and George Bush now has to answer for six year's worth of policy failures. High on her agenda for a new Congress are proposals to cut interest rates on student loans in half, change the rules to end deficit spending, and raise the minimum wage. Yes on
C&D (Colorado Referenda) (2006)
The
Center
for
American
Progress (2005)
The
Center for American Progress worked with Grassroots Campaigns to
mobilize students and oppose the nomination. Through the Alito's
America Campaign, our organizers worked on campuses in targeted states
to educate and mobilize students to oppose the confirmation of Judge
Alito. Students sent thousands of electronic postcards to their
Senators, hosted media events on campuses and built local coalitions to
take action. Forests Forever (2005) Forests Forever is a statewide group dedicated to protecting and restoring California's magnificent wild forests. The group was founded in 1989 by California citizens concerned about the state's forests. They used grassroots tactics to help bring about the acquisition of the 7500-acre Headwaters Forest Reserve. The reserve protects part of an ancient Redwood forest in northern California. In 2005, Forests Forever and Grassroots Campaigns partnered on a canvassing campaign to help pass the Roadless Areas Conservation Act in Congress, which would permanently protect 58.5 million acres of national forests. In California, there are approximately 20 million acres of national forests, but less than 5 million acres of land remain untouched by road building. These wilderness areas are amazing places to visit that provide both solace and recreational activity. In addition, they provide habitat for thousands of endangered species and clean drinking water for over 90 million Americans! In 2001, President Clinton approved the Roadless Rule, to provide protection for these last remaining wilderness areas-nearly 60 million acres of them, or a third of all our national forests. This was the most widely supported conservation measure ever in existence in the history of our country, with almost two and a half million people speaking out in favor of it. President Bush refused to enforce the rule. In addition, he proposed getting rid of the protection altogether in favor of a plan that would instead require states to formally request wilderness protection. For
more information about Forests Forever, please visit www.forestsforever.org. Working
America (2004) GCI's offices in Miami , Cleveland and Columbus campaigned with Working America as part of an overall campaign to recruit new members, identify undecided swing voters, and get out the vote in November 2004. 30% of Working America's members were "swing voters" who were undecided about who to vote for in the 2004 election. For more
information on
Working America, please check out www.workingamerica.org. MoveOn.org
Political Action - Leave No Voter Behind (2004) Beat
Bush. In 2004 it was that simple. Standing in the way was Karl Rove,
his well-tested and successful 72-hour get out the vote program, and
other hurdles like the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. To counteract the
Republican campaign machine, MoveOn.org Political Action and its more
than 3 million members were ready for a fight. MoveOn.org
teamed up with Grassroots Campaigns to develop the Ambitious Leave No
Voter Behind campaign. Within months, we hired and trained 500 field
organizers and placed them in 17 battleground states. With Election Day
just six weeks away, our organizers recruiteded thousands of MoveOn
members to organize over 10,000 precincts - resulting in over half a
million target voters turned out on Election Day.
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In
October
2008,
we teamed up with the
League of Conservation Voters to run a campaign in Raleigh, North
Carolina and N. Virginia. Our objective was to target infrequent
democratic voters and voters with a high voting propensity to persuade
them to vote for Obama. Our message distinguished Obama as a better
presidential candidate due to his environmental agenda and proposals.
During the summer of 2009,
Grassroots Campaigns worked on behalf of The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal
campaign. With support from members all ofer the United States, the
Sierra Club has successfully stopped constrcution of 100 coal plants
nationwide. GCI staff took to the streets in cities all over the
country to educate the public on the environmental and health hazards
of mountaintop removal mining and coal burning powerplants. 
In 2005, Colorado’s Referenda C and D were
placed on the ballot in reaction to a decade of budget constraints
imposed by a constitutional amendment passed by right wing activists in
the ‘90s. The outcome of the voting would determine whether the state
would have an additional $3.7 billion to invest in higher education and
other state programs. Predictions were for a razor thin result one way
or the other. Needing a last minute push, supporters of Referenda C and
D called on Grassroots Campaigns staff to generate visibility on the
issue and organize volunteers to knock on thousands of doors to secure
victory. Ultimately, Referendum C—and the state—won 52% - 48%. 
Late
in 2005, President Bush nominated ultra-conservative judge Samuel Alito
for a seat on the Supremem Court. A large coalition of organizations
formed to stand up against the Alito nomination because of his poor
record on civil rights, the environment, reproductive health, gun
control and more.
