Train.Organize.Win.

Organize Academy trains progressive organizers in 16 states to build and run grassroots field programs that recruit volunteers, reach voters, and win elections in 2028 and beyond.

How it works

3-day weekend intensive
Led by Obama-era field organizers
A peer network across 16 states

Training is coming to your state

We're live in South Dakota and coming soon to 15 more states. Sign up to hear first when training opens near you.

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Our mission

Training a new generation of organizers in 16 states.

Organize Academy takes the Organize SD training program to progressive organizers in 16 states. We develop high-skill grassroots operatives who can build and run effective organizing programs for federal, state, and local races, then stay to lead in their own communities.

What success looks like by November 2028

More trained organizers
Operatives placed on campaigns and community programs across all 16 states.
Stronger volunteer programs
Leadership pipelines that keep growing after the training weekend ends.
Better voter contact
Higher-quality conversations, and more of them, up and down the ballot.

What we do

Skills that win elections

Every trainee leaves with the skills, tools, and relationships to run a real field program.

Train

Grassroots fundamentals

In-person trainings on field, volunteer, and community organizing. You learn to build programs that last, not one-off events.

Equip

Best-practice playbooks

Turf plans, universes, and contact goals, plus proven scripts and onboarding systems that turn conversations into action.

Connect

Coaching & peer support

Office hours with experienced organizers, tracking templates, and a network of organizers across 16 states to learn alongside.

Who it's for

Built for people ready to lead

First-time organizers
You're a progressive who cares about your community and wants to learn how to move people.
Rising field staff
You have some campaign experience and want to run a program, not just a shift.
Volunteer leaders
You already lead people locally and want proven systems to grow your team.

How it works

From sign-up
to the field

1
Sign up
Leave your email and ZIP code. You'll hear first when training opens in your state.
2
Train
Spend a Friday–Sunday weekend practicing the real work: roleplays, scripts, turf, and follow-ups.
3
Organize
Go home with job-ready field skills, coaching check-ins, and a network of organizers across 16 states behind you.

The training weekend

A look inside the 3-day immersive intensive.

Arrival & foundations

3:00 – 5:00 PMCheck in
5:00 – 6:00 PMWelcome & introductions
6:00 – 6:30 PMItinerary review
6:30 – 7:30 PMDinner
7:30 – 9:00 PMWhat is organizing?

Who we are

Organizers who've done it before

A collective of former Obama organizers and battle-tested campaign operatives, starting with the team behind Organize SD. We helped build the community organizing framework that won battleground states twice, and we're bringing it to 16 states.

Proven frameworks

Scaling voter contact through structured volunteer teams and the Snowflake model.

Local roots

Training built around each state's communities, so national best practices work where you organize.

“We're the people who were on the ground in 2008 and 2012, and we're bringing that same relentless organizing framework to 16 states.”

The Organize Academy collective

Now we're focused on 2028: training the next generation of leaders in 16 states to build permanent infrastructure that wins, neighborhood by neighborhood, town by town.

Support the training

Fund the next organizer

Your contribution puts trained organizers in communities across 16 states ahead of November 2028.

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