Across the country, voters are gearing up for a difficult election season in 2022. Crucial swing states often bear the brunt of voter suppression—and North Carolina is no different. From combating voter intimidation at the polls to ensuring everyone who is eligible to vote is registered and can access the ballot box, there’s no shortage of work to do.
The following organizations are mobilizing in frontline communities in North Carolina to educate and empower voters in the upcoming 2022 elections and beyond. Your support of their efforts will go a long way—not just in the next few months, but in years to come as they continue to build deep, democracy-building infrastructure.
Chip in $1 to each organization below to help build progressive infrastructure in North Carolina.
North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) supports equity and justice for all by fostering community among Asian Americans and allies in North Carolina through civic engagement, leadership development, grassroots mobilization, and political participation.
Democracy North Carolina uses research, organizing, and advocacy to strengthen democratic structures, build power among disenfranchised communities, and inspire confidence in a transformed political process that works for all. They organize on the grassroots level to promote safe voting sites and expand access for eligible voters through their election advocacy and protection programs.
Forward Justice is a law, policy, and strategy center dedicated to advancing racial, social, and economic justice in the U.S. South via a number of avenues, including removing barriers to vote post-incarceration and increasing public understanding of the racially discriminatory origins of voter suppression tactics.
El Pueblo builds collective power through leadership development, organizing, and direct action so that the Latinx community and other marginalized communities control their own stories and destinies.
Muslim Women For works to foster and nurture vibrant Muslim societies that create positive social change and uplift their communities through political education, leadership development, relationship building, women of color empowerment, and grassroots organizing.
Advance Carolina is a Black-led organization that educates and mobilizes African-American and progressive voters to take charge of their communities by building and supporting permanent political and electoral infrastructures and exercising and expanding political influence.
Down Home North Carolina is unique in their focus on building permanent, statewide organizing infrastructure in North Carolina’s rural places through their growing network of member-led, county-based chapters.
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice believes that communities engaged in social justice struggles need a multi-pronged approach including a team of attorneys, social scientists, researchers, community organizers, and media specialists to support them in their efforts to dismantle structural racism and oppression.