PUTTING COMMUNITIES BEFORE CANDIDATES

A program of the MA Voter Table with MassVOTE

The model of parachuting into a community and mobilizing voters for a short period of time has not built power among BIPOC, immigrant, low-income, and/or young voters. To build long-term power, MVT works with community organizations to integrate civic engagement with issue advocacy throughout the entire year.

In 2020, MVT launched six regional tables called Democracy HUBS (Holistically Unifying Blocks of Solidarity) in partnership with MassVOTE, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition, and Asian Pacific Islanders’ Civic Action Network (APIs CAN). The Democracy HUBS train trusted leaders, provide voter data that fuel field programs, and regrant to community-based organizations.

Each Democracy HUB is made up of:

An anchor organization that coordinates regional field programs

Emerging groups that have trusted leaders and untapped civic engagement potential.

Supporting groups that mobilize voters from specific constituencies and/or geographic areas

2024 Democracy HUBS Partner organizations

Anchor organizations

  • Brockton Interfaith Community

  • Coalition for Social Justice

  • Neighbors United for a Better East Bostonn

  • Latinx Community Center for Empowerment

  • New England United 4 Justice

  • Pioneer Valley Project

  • Worcester Interfaith

emerging organizations

  • Arise, Inc

  • Asian American Resource Workshop

  • Berkshire Interfaith Organization

  • Codman Sq Neighborhood Development Corporation

  • Marcus Anthony Hall Educational Institute

  • MA Senior Action Council

  • North Shore CDC

  • Refugees & Immigrants Cultural Empowerment

  • Revere Youth in Action

  • Springfield No One Leaves/Nadie Se Mude

  • YWCA Southeastern MA

Supporting Organizations

  • Brockton Workers Alliance

  • Chinese Culture Connection

  • Coalition for a Better Acre

  • La Colaborativa

  • La Comunidad, Inc

  • Lowell Alliance

  • Madison Park Development Corporation

  • Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants

  • MA Affordable Housing Alliance

  • Merrimack Valley Project

  • Neighbor to Neighbor

  • Prophetic Resistance Boston

  • Quincy Asian Resources Inc

  • Reclaim Roxbury

  • True Alliance Center

  • United Interfaith Action of Southeastern MA