Events (all Pacific Times)
Building and Celebrating Next-Gen Fighters
Join us and Action Academy staff leaders Larcy Douglas and Blossom Pianwi for a "lunchtime zoom" of inspiration and fundraising!
Hear directly from student leaders in this summer's cohort as they share their experiences and inspire us to invest in what's possible together.
We’re raising funds for two goals this summer:
Fund A Student to Enroll Summer 2026
Sponsor A Student to Mobilize Voters
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Canvass for Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13
Join us in NY-13 to knock doors for Darializa Avila Chevalier, a working-class Afro-Latina organizer who's challenging the political establishment and fighting to put working families first. Darializa is running on a bold platform that includes Housing for All, Medicare for All, stronger protections for immigrants, investments in public education, and taking on corporate greed that has made life unaffordable for everyday people.
Join us the weekend leading up to Election Day for some local canvassing!
Canvass for Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13
Join us in NY-13 to knock doors for Darializa Avila Chevalier, a working-class Afro-Latina organizer who's challenging the political establishment and fighting to put working families first. Darializa is running on a bold platform that includes Housing for All, Medicare for All, stronger protections for immigrants, investments in public education, and taking on corporate greed that has made life unaffordable for everyday people.
Join us the weekend leading up to Election Day for some local canvassing!
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Seattle Institute Educator Mixer
The Institute for Common Power is excited to invite our Institute Educator Ambassadors to an upcoming Institute Mixer.
These community-centered gatherings are designed to bring together Educator Ambassadors in the same region to connect, reflect, and build local community rooted in shared values and experiences.
Whether you recently participated in a Truth and Purpose Learning Tour or traveled with us years ago, these mixers are an opportunity to reconnect with fellow educators, share ideas, and strengthen relationships in an informal and welcoming setting. Expect good conversation, community building, and space to be in fellowship with others doing this important work.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 203: Deep Listening at Doors
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Book Launch and Signing for Reclaiming Democracy
The Institute for Common Power have completed an anthology designed to educate and inspire! It is a coffee table book that is both beautiful and intellectually stimulating. It will appeal to people from middle school to adulthood. ALL profits from the book to support our work with educators who stand on the frontlines of safeguarding truth.
This anthology explores the precariousness of voting rights for Black people in America, the group that has historically faced the most discernible and pernicious obstacles to voting in the country. Through essays, primary sources, literature, photography, and more, this work tells the story of how their struggles created change for MANY other groups in America. The beautiful volume also serves as a handbook for how we can create voting justice today.
Join us for a special Book Launch and Signing for Reclaiming Democracy at the Common Power Office!
Tennessee Primary Trip
This is our SECOND primary trip to Tennessee!
Common Power will be doorknocking for Rep Justin J. Pearson in the Tennessee to encourage citizens to vote in the primary election. Pearson is currently challenging incumbent U.S. Representative Steve Cohen in the Democratic primary for Tennessee's 9th congressional district.
Travel Dates: July 10 - July 15 in Memphis, Tennessee
Want to sign up? Click the button below for trip info!
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Fall Fieldwork Launch
Join Common Power for our Fall Fieldwork Launch as we head into one of the most important stretches of the year.
We’re breaking down exactly where we’re going, what we’re focusing on, and how you can be part of it. From priority states to travel plans to how we’re reaching voters in 2026, this is your inside look at our strategy for the months ahead.
Whether you’re brand new or have traveled with us before, this is the moment to plug in. We’ll walk through what fieldwork actually looks like this fall, how to get involved locally or on the road, and the different ways you can take action.
This is the chance to get grounded in the work, ask questions, and find your place in what we’re building together.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Kick-off Celebration in Seattle!
We’re kicking off the fall season together ☀️
Join Common Power for an in-person celebration as we launch into our biggest stretch of the year. This is a space to come together in community, meet other volunteers, and get excited for what’s ahead.
This isn’t a formal program, it’s a chance to be in community, build energy, and celebrate the work we’re stepping into together.
Bring a friend, stop by, and be part of it.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Volunteer Training 204: Engaging Latinx Voters
This year Common Power will be door knocking in battle ground swing states, there's a high chance volunteers will be knocking on their doors.
Latinx voters are the fastest-growing electorate in the United States. There are 36 million eligible voters nationwide. One million Latinx citizens become eligible to vote each year, that's 2 million new voters in 2026!
This training is meant to bring awareness to volunteers about this voter electorate, and to share best practices on engaging them in this year's midterm elections.
RSVP here.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 203: Deep Listening at Doors
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 301: Canvass Lead Certification
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 203: Deep Listening at Doors
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 301: Canvass Lead Certification
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Volunteer Training 204: Engaging Latinx Voters
This year Common Power will be door knocking in battle ground swing states, there's a high chance volunteers will be knocking on their doors.
Latinx voters are the fastest-growing electorate in the United States. There are 36 million eligible voters nationwide. One million Latinx citizens become eligible to vote each year, that's 2 million new voters in 2026!
This training is meant to bring awareness to volunteers about this voter electorate, and to share best practices on engaging them in this year's midterm elections.
RSVP here.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Volunteer Training 203: Deep Listening at Doors
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Volunteer Training 204: Engaging Latinx Voters
This year Common Power will be door knocking in battle ground swing states, there's a high chance volunteers will be knocking on their doors.
Latinx voters are the fastest-growing electorate in the United States. There are 36 million eligible voters nationwide. One million Latinx citizens become eligible to vote each year, that's 2 million new voters in 2026!
This training is meant to bring awareness to volunteers about this voter electorate, and to share best practices on engaging them in this year's midterm elections.
RSVP here.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Volunteer Training 203: Deep Listening at Doors
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 204: Engaging Latinx Voters
This year Common Power will be door knocking in battle ground swing states, there's a high chance volunteers will be knocking on their doors.
Latinx voters are the fastest-growing electorate in the United States. There are 36 million eligible voters nationwide. One million Latinx citizens become eligible to vote each year, that's 2 million new voters in 2026!
This training is meant to bring awareness to volunteers about this voter electorate, and to share best practices on engaging them in this year's midterm elections.
RSVP here.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 201: Talking to Voters in 2026
This year Common Power will be door-knocking in swing states across the country. Our volunteers will be talking to voters across party lines, we want to prepare you to door knock with us by sharing what we're experiencing. Including trending topics and voter reactions at doors.
Our Talking to Voters training will be continuously updated to highlight the latest experiences with voters at the doors.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Colorado Hub: Canvass for US House Primary CO-01
Join our Colorado Hub for a Day of Action in Central Denver! We’ll be canvassing in CO-01 to support Melat Kiros.
This is our chance to connect with voters ahead of the June 30 primary and help build momentum on the ground. Whether you’re brand new to canvassing or a seasoned volunteer, we’ll make sure you’re trained, organized, and ready to hit the doors alongside our partners.
Join us June 13th at 12 pm to canvass!
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Juneteenth and America at 250
Juneteenth and America at 250: The History and Why It Matters Today with Dr. Terry Anne Scott
This is a special event that is part of our look at how celebrate America at 250. There will be an underlying foundation of the essentiality of linking education with democratic action.
In the 2026 darkness of our current political climate , the Juneteenth federal holiday commemorating Black Americans’ emancipation from slavery is a shining light – highlighting strength, resilience, vision, determination, and action. Let’s discuss what Juneteenth is, how it became a federal holiday, and how we must be active in the fight for a multi-racial democracy in America.
Join us on zoom by clicking the button below!
Volunteer Training 203: Deep Listening at Doors
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Banned Books Club - Spring 2026 Series (Book 4)
This will be the fourth 4-book series facilitated by the Educators for Democracy team at The Institute for Common Power. The Educators for Democracy are current frontline teachers who are experienced in instructional design and who are committed to the work of teaching truth.
March 9th - They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
April 13th - The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
May 11th - Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
June 8th - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
All meetings are on Mondays from 5:00-6:30 PST / 8:00-9:30 EST.
Banned Books Club is a free event (donations always appreciated!) facilitated by the Educators for Democracy team at The Institute for Common Power.
The Fight to Vote, the Right to Vote: A National Teach-in from Selma
We have entered waters that are horribly familiar in the United States. The assault on the voting rights of African Americans and other People of Color never stops. From Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy to racial segregation and terror lynching to George Wallace and Massive Resistance against civil rights to Donald Trump and MAGA, it’s all part of the same through line. The Supreme Court's recent Callais decision gutting the Voting Rights Act is horrible. But in knowing our history, and with resolve and strategy today, we march forward.
As democracy footsoldiers have done forever, we are not going to let anyone turn us around in our fight for what should be the most Common Power for All Citizens in American Democracy: The Right to Vote.
Join us for learning, inspiration, and determination with heroes past, present, and forward, live from sacred sites that drove us to the most important small-d democratic piece of legislation in American history: the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now we march.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
SoCal Hub Meeting
Join our monthly virtual meeting with the Southern California Hub! Come learn how Common Power is locally organizing across Greater Los Angeles, and how we’re gearing up to meet the momentum of the midterms.
California has critical work ahead, with several competitive districts now in play following the passage of Prop 50. This Hub is committed to organizing in these key districts, deepening our existing community, and building lasting power. Join us to learn how you can get involved and help shape what’s next!
June 2: we're moving out regularly scheduled Monthly Meeting to instead host a Zoom election night watch party! We'll split time between Hub updates and electoral results from 7-9pm PT. Join us!
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
HUB-ORGANIZED Colorado Hub Canvass in CO-08
Join our Colorado Hub for a Day of Action in Commerce City!
We’ll be canvassing in CO-08 to support Manny Rutinel in one of the most competitive House races in the country.
This is our chance to connect with voters ahead of the June 30 primary and help build momentum on the ground. Whether you’re brand new to canvassing or a seasoned volunteer, we’ll make sure you’re trained, organized, and ready to hit the doors alongside our partners.
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Tennessee Primary Trip
Common Power will be doorknocking for Rep Justin J. Pearson in the Tennessee to encourage citizens to vote in the primary election. Pearson is currently challenging incumbent U.S. Representative Steve Cohen in the Democratic primary for Tennessee's 9th congressional district.
Travel Dates: May 29th - June 3rd in Memphis, Tennessee
Want to sign up? Click the button below for trip info!
Volunteer Training 301: Canvass Lead Certification
Learn how to run a canvass the Common Power way! This hands-on training will walk you through every stage of leading a successful canvass: from setup and volunteer coordination to managing communications in the field and running an effective debrief.
By the end, you’ll have a clear framework you can use to confidently launch and lead canvassing efforts on your own.
Participants will have the option to take a Certification Quiz at the end of the training. Those who pass will be added to our pool of certified volunteers, making them eligible to be tapped for future canvass leadership opportunities on trips and local shifts. (Certification does not guarantee placement as a Canvass Lead, but it’s the first step!)
Volunteer Training 202: Conflict Management at Doors
Your most graceful exit plan.
This year, Common Power will be knocking on the doors of voters across party lines. Conversations about politics can be difficult, this training is meant to prepare you to know when and how to manage conflict from unproductive conversations with empathy towards the person in front of us.
Data, Dollars, And Democracy
Join us for a sneak peek conversation hosted by Action Academy leader Ta’Mariah as we explore the growing impact of data centers in America.
From technology, the Gen Z job market, digital safety, and everyday life, we’ll break down what’s really happening behind the rise of tech infrastructure in places like Utah.
RSVP with the button below to learn, engage, and be part of the conversation shaping our digital future.
Volunteer Training 101
New and returning volunteers are welcome to learn about how we do FIeldwork at CP. We introduce the CP Way, our values and Fieldwork principles, how to navigate our door-knocking opportunities with the new administration and what’s coming up for volunteers to plug into.
Texas Local Action: Canvassing for Christian Menefee
Come canvass with us in Houston, Texas for the Christian Menefee campaign and help support Christian in the special election runoff for Congressional District 18!
Excited for local action? RSVP with the button below!
Iowa Governor Primary Race
Common Power will be working with the Rob Sand for Governor Campaign, knocking on doors to encourage citizens to vote and participate in the gubernatorial primary. During our May trip, we will commence persuasive canvassing in anticipation of the general election. Trip location will be determined soon.
Travel Dates: May 22nd - 27th in Dubuque, Iowa
Want to sign up? Click the button below for trip info!
Resistance Fridays At Common Power
Our office is open every Friday from 10:30 AM–2:00 PM to support local organizers and community members. Stop by for snacks, coffee, sign-making supplies, a bathroom break, and whistle kit making to support community safety and rapid response efforts.
Volunteer Training 102: Engaging With Voters
Get trained on techniques for engaging with voters: A virtual community sharing space to share challenges, solutions, and strategies to talk to voters in all our actions.
We'll go over different types of voter conversations, engagement techniques, and scenarios together!
Freeman Vines: Film Screening and Discussion (Online)
The Maryland Lynching Memorial Project and the Institute for Common Power are partnering to present the 2025 award-winning documentary, Freeman Vines, co-directed by André Robert Lee (The Prep School Negro) and Tim Kirkman (Dear Jesse), and produced by Gill Holland.
Freeman Vines is a moving portrait of self-taught luthier and sculptor Freeman Vines, from eastern North Carolina. Filmed when he was 82-years-old and battling multiple myeloma, Freeman has been trying to make a guitar that can reproduce an elusive sound the instrument made decades ago. The search and his artwork took on even more significance when Freeman acquired a stack of lumber from a tree used in the lynching of a young Black man named Oliver Moore. Oliver Moore was lynched on August 19, 1930, not far from where Freeman lived. Freeman’s work invites us to revisit Oliver Moore’s story, and to listen to the past with new ears so that we might carve a different future.
The film screening will begin promptly at 4:00pm PST.
Volunteer Training 204: Engaging Latinx Voters
This year Common Power will be door knocking in battle ground swing states, there's a high chance volunteers will be knocking on their doors.
Latinx voters are the fastest-growing electorate in the United States. There are 36 million eligible voters nationwide. One million Latinx citizens become eligible to vote each year, that's 2 million new voters in 2026!
This training is meant to bring awareness to volunteers about this voter electorate, and to share best practices on engaging them in this year's midterm elections.
RSVP here.
Volunteer Training 103: Traveling With Common Power
For volunteers who are ready to travel with us or want to learn more. The training will cover what you can expect from a trip, and the steps involved in preparing to travel with us, and what a CP trip looks like once we are on the ground!
Educators for Democracy Teach-In
We are confronted today in America by an attack on truth in education. It is an attempt by politically motivated individuals, government offices, and politicians to halt the full teaching of American life by eradicating fully truthful aspects of our past, present, and potential futures. At their core, such attacks seek to erase the triumphs of African Americans, women, LGBTQ+ Americans, and others who have been vital in the struggle for civil rights and voting justice.
We will feature five educators from across the country each quarter who will deliver thirty minute talks on some aspect of American democracy. Each educator is an Institute for Common Power Educator Ambassador, which means they have traveled with us on a Truth & Purpose Leaning Tour. The lectures will have a heavy focus on history and will work to connect the past to the present as they encourage people to engage in work that focuses on social and voting justice.
Our May 17th event will be in honor of the landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education by the U.S. Supreme Court declaring school segregation unconstitutional, which was handed down on May 17th, 1954.
Texas Local Action: Canvassing for Christian Menefee
Come support Team Texas with a day of canvassing!
Join us for a weekend of canvassing from 10 AM- 4 PM where we will be door knocking in Fresno, Texas to help get out the vote for Christian Menefee in his special election runoff!
Interested in local action? Click the button below to RSVP!
Maine Primary Trip
Common Power will be working with the Graham Platner for Maine Campaign, knocking on doors in Bangor to encourage citizens to participate in the Primary and vote. The winner of this primary will oppose Susan Collins, the five-term Republican US Senator, in this fall's general election. This race is critical to the Democrats’ efforts to regain control of the US Senate.
Travel Dates: May 15th - 20th in Bangor, Maine
Want to sign up? Click the button below for trip info!
Team Iowa Trip Orientation
This mandatory meeting will cover details of our upcoming Team IA trip to Dubuque, May 22-27. We’ll review expectations, key information, and canvassing details to ensure everyone is prepared and ready to go! We’ll also answers questions and will check to make sure that volunteers are set to join the trip’s Signal channel.
California Primary Trip
Common Power will be working with the Randy Villegas for Congress Campaign, knocking on doors in Bakersfield to encourage citizens to participate in the Primary and vote in CA-22.
Travel Dates: May 15th - 20th in Bakersfield
Want to sign up? Click the button below for trip info!