Spread the Word about MVP
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Pitch
We can defeat autocracy and build toward a new Progressive Era — but only if we organize a movement powerful, popular, and compelling enough to win hearts, minds, and governing majorities.
The right has built a more effective “movement model.” As a result, they’ve gained grassroots, cultural, and institutional power. It’s time for progressives to catch up.
To do that, MVP is investing in bold, long-term efforts to:
- Strengthen year-round local organizing in every key state and district for 2026, 2028, and beyond.
- Scale up progressive media to shape worldviews and win hearts and minds en masse.
- Transform the Democratic Party through the vision, agenda, and leadership of working people.
Learn more about MVP here: https://movement.vote/?refcode=share
Swag
Get yard signs, t-shirts, thank-you cards, and more — all free! — to help spread the word about MVP and build our movement of donors and supporters.
How it works:
- Go to https://swag.movement.vote.
- Create an account using your email.
- Review the instructions page.
- Place your order! No payment required.
- All volunteer orders are reviewed and approved by MVP staff.
Eligibility
Note: For budget reasons, our Swag Portal is only for MVP supporters who already have a specific volunteer role (e.g., Hub Core Team, House Party Host, Thank-You Card Writer, etc). If you haven’t plugged into a volunteer role yet, you can check out yard signs, bumper stickers, or more in our public Merch Shop.
Updates
- Check out the MVP Blog for all the latest news.
- Check out the MVP Story Bank for bite-sized updates from the field.
- Follow MVP on social media.
- You can also join our MVP Supporters Facebook Group to get official MVP content you can easily share.
Collateral
Share These First
- Guide to Strategic Political Giving: This piece is our most complete summation of the MVP model, and why we believe sustained investment in local organizing is the most effective way to win elections, transform policy, and build political power that grows each year.
- Investing Small to Win Big: Evidence of Electoral Impact by Local Voter Engagement Groups: This piece presents a compelling, data-driven case for the effectiveness of MVP partners’ person-to-person voter engagement tactics in driving voter persuasion and turnout.
- Movement Voter PAC Overview – PDF
Add your own Q&R code: Open Google Slides file » Go to File » Make a Copy - Overview Postcard – PDF + instructions to customize QR code
- Donor’s Guide to Strategic Political Giving – PDF
Press
- “Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it”, The Guardian, November 25, 2024
- Here’s how blue state voters can help the Democrats’ swing-state efforts, Boston Globe, May 24, 2024
- The Courageous Giving Framework: A Philanthropic Strategy to Build a Just Democracy, Nonprofit Quarterly, May 14, 2024
- “Make a New Year’s Resolution to Fight Trump”, New York Times, December 18, 2023
Decks
- Photos of MVP Local Partners: A slideshow of photos from MVP local partner organizations, organized by state.
Videos
- This is a Movement (2 minutes): An intro to MVP and our model.
- Why Donate Through MVP (12 minutes): A video that explains and makes the case for MVP. The video is available in full, as well as in six 2-minute segments.
- Downloadable files here » (click “Download All” in the top right)
- The Minnesota Miracle Playbook (16 minutes): In the face of daunting political challenges, Minnesota defied the odds and achieved a “miracle” – passing the most ambitious legislative agenda since the New Deal in just a few months in 2023. This wasn’t a fluke; it was the culmination of over a decade of deep, sustained, strategic organizing, supported by MVP and other funders. This video unpacks the strategies behind Minnesota’s success and offers a blueprint for transforming the politics of states around the country.
- YouTube Channel (Need to download a video? Here are instructions)
- Partner Videos: Short videos by or featuring MVP local partners.
- Donor Briefings: Full recordings of past briefings.
- Donor Briefing Clips: Short clips you can easily share.
Articles Validating MVP’s Theory of Change
- The Problem with Giving to Candidates – Blue Tent
- We Build Democracy Through Grassroots Organizing – Convergence Magazine
- To Save Democracy, Fund Organizing – Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Donors Leery of Supporting Grassroots Organizing Need to Rethink How They Approach Such Work – Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Reviews and Excerpts of Power Concedes Nothing: How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections – Convergence Magazine
- Grassroots Organizing and Movement Building – Inside Philanthropy