The Pushback Network (PBN) is a national collaborative of independent, grassroots organizations and networks committed to building electoral power for communities of color and the poor. PBN indigenous anchor organizations are working to build state-based alliances from the bottom up - alliances that will change both the composition and levels of participation of the electorate, with a strategic emphasis on empowering underrepresented constituencies. We envision building an authentic participatory democracy that works to achieve social justice. We seek democracy that creates opportunities for ordinary people to make real contributions to the political decisions that affect their lives. It’s a democracy powered by a diversity of people, not just by the wealthy and privileged. It’s a democracy where grassroots communities that have been historically pushed to the political margins lead social change rooted in progressive values. The Pushback Network was founded and is led by indigenous, base-building organizations with experienced executive leadership, accountability to indigenous communities, and successful track records in hard-fought strategic public policy and electoral campaigns. PBN’s partners have built power for local and regional campaigns by organizing multiple sectors – social and environmental justice groups, labor and faith-based organizations, and others. Collectively, PBN organizations have led campaigns that have redirected tens of millions of public dollars to combat poverty and have challenged a range of campaign targets to address root causes of economic inequality. The Network builds on decades of both community and electoral organizing, where the organizations and networks have built from local organizing, to regional campaigns, to emerging state formations. The Steering Committee of the PBN currently consists of representatives from: Greater Birmingham Ministries in Alabama; Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE), the Environmental Health Coalition, and the California Alliance in California; Kentuckians for the Commonwealth in Kentucky; Southern Echo in Mississippi; South West Organizing Project (SWOP) and the SAGE Council in New Mexico; and Jobs with Justice and Community Voices Heard in New York.