Our Work

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Advancing a Long Term Justice Agenda

MVP’s structural reform priorities are SOCIAL HOUSING, to ensure no Californian is left unhoused, and PROGRESSIVE REVENUE, to ensure that the wealthiest corporations pay what they owe to our state.

To bring this long term agenda to life, we are helping align and concentrate our movement’s power through several statewide partnerships. To advance progressive revenue reform, we are part of the Schools and Communities First coalition, advancing tax equity strategies to fully fund critical state and local community needs, and the Budget Power Project, which seeks to bolster the power of community-based organizations to engage in public budgeting processes.

In 2023, MVP and its network of local organizations joined the fight to advance our social housing agenda by engaging critical legislative battles and exploring with leadership from MVP Partners ACCE and PICO California.

Our shared vision for collective liberation

  • Authentic Democracy, Government Based on Care and Inclusion

    Achieving real, participatory democracy and equity means fundamentally – and permanently – changing who decides and who benefits in our society.

  • Universal Rights and Benefits for All

    All people have the right to government services and the safety net, regardless of immigration status, criminal records.

  • Reparations and Restoration of People and the Planet

    Dismantle structural racism, dismantle white supremacy in governing institutions, move away from extractive and destructive economic practices.

  • Solidarity Economics & Redistribution of Wealth

    Shift wealth and power away from corporations/billionaire class and into community control.

Building Narrative Power For A New Vision Of Government Based on Care and Inclusion

For the past four decades, a conservative right wing narrative has successfully sown deep distrust and cynicism in government in order to advance its corporate agenda, resulting in defunding public education and safety net systems while demonizing working and poor people, especially BIPOC communities. 

It is imperative that we disrupt anti-government narratives and take control of the stories that shape what’s possible in California. MVP’s Narrative Strategy includes:

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Three young volunteers sit at a table together during a training session on phone banking.
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A SHARED NARRATIVE to win the battle of ideas based on a vision of a government that cares for us, corporate accountability, and multiracial democracy.

NARRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT: a multiyear effort to build narrative power and infrastructure needed to advance our long term agenda and narratives at scale.

COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS that work in lock-step with our Field programs to deepen and expand our base of supportive voters.

RESEARCH to continue to evolve and strengthen our messages to the ever shifting cultural and political landscape in California.

MVP’s Narrative Strategy is led by MVP’s Strategic Communications committee, a statewide body comprised of communications staff from Alliance San Diego, Asian American Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment, ACCE, Bay Rising, CA Black Power Network, CA Budget and Policy Center, Catalyst CA, Community Coalition, Dolores Huerta Foundation, Inner City Struggle, OCCET, PICO CA, Power CA, SCOPE, and Working Partnerships USA. 

  • Jung Hee Choi

    “Successful organizing moves people into action to change what is. Successful narratives change what people believe is possible.”

    Jung Hee Choi, Power California

Expanding the Electorate to Win Strategic Battles

MVP leads a multi-year strategy to achieve a strategic shift in the electorate by engaging and mobilizing the Rising Electorate: Newly Registered voters and those most impacted by inequality (BIPOC, Immigrant, Young, low-income, renters) who have long been neglected by the election process. Rather than engaging them only around specific campaigns or election cycles, we build longer term relationships with voters, motivating them to vote in every election and become involved in advocacy and community organizing.

MVP’s approach to delivering a massive scale of voter engagement is powered by the 95 local affiliates who lead the work on the ground, are rooted in communities, and can build long-term relationships with voters. MVP’s Integrated Voter Engagement programming includes:

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Six students look at four posters with information on ballot initiatives.
Three young Latina volunteers holding signs that say “VOTA!” and “#GETLOUD.”

COLLABORATIVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS that engage voters one-on-one, building support for our Long Term Agenda, increasing turnout, and helping to win strategic campaigns statewide and locally.

SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE to increase the efficiency and impact of our work, including cutting-edge Outreach Technologies, tech support and state-of-the-art Data Systems.

BUILDING THE BENCH OF FIELD STRATEGISTS through:

  • Voter Analysis to understand the California Electorate;

  • Peer Learning among MVP partners who share their unique models of organizing and best practices;

  • and Focused Skills Trainings, to consistently prepare the next generation of organizers.

Our Impact

  • 4.4 Million Contacts

    Since MVP’s formation in 2016, we have had nearly 4.4 million direct conversations with voters on the phone or at their doors.

  • 2.1 Million Supporters

    Nearly 2.1 million voters across California support MVP’s long term justice agenda — across coastal and inland, urban and Rural, and “Red” and “Blue” regions.

  • 54,318 Leaders

    More than 54,000 grassroots leaders have led outreach in MVP’s 24 statewide voter engagement programs since 2016.

  • 11 Languages

    In-language outreach in English, Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.