Formation | 2016 |
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Merger of | National People's Action, Alliance for a Just Society, USAction, Campaign for America's Future, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Institute for America's Future |
Type | Political network |
Legal status | 501(c)(4) |
Purpose | Progressive political advocacy |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Region served | United States |
Membership | Community activists and organizers |
Executive Director | Sulma Arias |
Website | peoplesaction |
Formerly called | National People's Action |
People's Action is a national progressive advocacy and political organization in the United States made up of 40 organizations in 30 states. The group's stated goal is to "build the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change through issue campaigns and elections."[1]
People's Action and the associated tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, People's Action Institute, were established in 2016 through a merger of three national networks of community organizing groups, National People's Action, the Alliance for a Just Society and USAction, as well as of organizations like the Campaign for America's Future and the Center for Health, Environment and Justice.