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With its generally accurate and not-quite-comprehensive news coverage, 23/6 (website) is your first stop for a closer look at the events shaping our world. We go further than such allegedly legitimate news sources CNN and the New York Times, taking you behind the headlines to tell you not just what newsmakers said, but what they meant; not just what celebrities did, but what they should have done. Updated daily, throughout the day, 23/6 delivers the latest news and entertainment stories across a new, global, digital, information-sharing platform known as the “Internet.” Visit 236.com for original video: (http://www.236.com/video),news analysis (http://www.236.com),fresh opinion from a growing stable of bloggers and comedy writers (http://www.236.com/theroom)and the best news clips or other weird crap we find (http://www.236.com/thefeed).

5 Steps Forward Media (website) Meeting media needs for conscious organizations. We are a diverse team of activists and media professionals who help get your word out to further the progressive cause. We do web promos, fundraising shorts, training videos, live streaming, original music composition and sound design. Don't hire a Fox news subcontractor, keep our resources in the family and hire us! For 30 years this country has taken two huge steps back, we want to help you take it 5 forward!

Advomatic (website) currently serves the progressive political, grassroots and arts communities. We work to build a better internet infrastructure to aid in the advancement of good causes, and to give grassroots organizations the tools they need to effectively communicate with each other and their constituents. By utilizing and contributing to open source solutions, Advomatic can offer the advanced tools that most organizations often lack to aid them in the promotion and participation of their activities. It is our desire to help grassroots advocacy efforts flourish in the fast paced environment of 21st century web technology.

Amplify (website) is the next generation in public affairs, leading the way in the integration of new media and traditional communications strategies. With unequalled expertise in aligning allies, connecting voices, and promoting action, Amplify serves as a relationship builder, creating and sustaining win-win collaborations to move issues forward and influence targeted audiences. Through the blending of innovative communication technologies, credible coalition building, grassroots and top-tiered public affairs expertise, Amplify leverages connections to achieve targeted objectives in the public, private, and political arenas.

Aristotle (website) is recognized as the pioneer in political data-management technology. Every occupant of the White House--for more than 25 years, has been an Aristotle customer, as are most U.S. Senators, most members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and state party organizations. Year round, thousands of Americans involved in the political process – from grassroots organizers to Washington insiders – rely on Aristotle. Aristotle has every product and service you need to make your team a success. Whether it’s campaign data-management software, voter data at VoterListsOnline.com, PAC and Grassroots software and services, or 24/7 customer support, Aristotle is your one-stop solution.

The American Civil Liberties Union (website) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 500,000-plus member public interest organization devoted to fighting human rights and civil liberties violations whenever and wherever they occur. The ACLU works on the national and local levels through our national office and our network of 53 affiliates and chapters across the country. We serve all people who have been denied their civil rights and civil liberties, including people of color, lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people; women; mental health patients; prisoners; and the poor.

America’s Voice (website) is the newly-founded communications and rapid-response arm of a reinvigorated campaign to advance immigration reform. Its goal is to build the public support and political power necessary to enact broad immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million immigrants working and living in the U.S. without proper legal status. America’s Voice is part of a four-pronged strategy to be mounted by immigrant advocates beginning in 2008. Its goal is to build the public support and political power necessary to enact broad immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million immigrants working and living in the U.S. without proper legal status.

Launched in 2002, Blogads.com (website) connects advertisers with the readers of DailyKos, TalkingPointsMemo, Wonkette, Talkleft, Agonist, PoliticalWire, Hullabaloo and hundreds of other progressive blogs. Our online software lets advertisers post ads, pay, monitor results and change creative in minutes. Our team of 30 consultants and programmers lives to help you solve problems and advertise more effectively.

Blackrock Associates (website is a leading online political strategy consulting firm serving Democratic political campaigns and causes. The Blackrock team, including co-founders Brent Blackaby and Larry Huynh, offer deep experience in online fundraising, online advocacy, email list-building, blog outreach, and grassroots engagement. Current Blackrock clients include Senators Barbara Boxer, Dick Durbin, Tim Johnson, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Ken Salazar, and Jim Webb; Reps. Barbara Lee and Jackie Speier; the U.S. Senate campaigns of Mark Udall (CO), Rick Noriega (TX), and Larry LaRocco (ID); Jay Nixon for Missouri Governor; California Secretary of State Debra Bowen; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; and General Wesley Clark.

Blue State Digital (BSD) (website) is a leader in online fundraising, advocacy, social networking, and constituency development tools and programs for nonprofit organizations, political candidates and causes, and corporations. Since our founding in 2004, we’ve delivered successfully on the promise of the Internet to over 200 satisfied clients, including Obama for America, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and Live Earth, raising well over $100 million in contributions and generating tens of millions of online signups and actions via the BSD Online Tools. Visit us on the Web at http://bluestatedigital.com.

The Brennan Center for Justice (website) at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform, from access to the courts to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communication to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector.

Bullitics.com (website) empowers you to become your own pollster. Our mission is to provide a compelling experience and innovative analytics that track the pulse of society in real time. Our Quasi-Experimental Platform achieves the highest levels of scientific accuracy and validity. In testing, our thresholding, volatility and momentum indices outperformed traditional polls at lower cost in key primaries. These indices provided the means for differentiating respondent answers and measuring the tendency to change. Come join us and meet the myriad others – from netroots activists and bloggers to pollsters, market research firms and the Fortune 500 – that already partake in the Bullitics.com revolution.

The Center for Constitutional Rights (website) is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.

The Center for Independent Media (website) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that fosters diversity of ideas in the national debate by educating and training people on the use of new communications technologies like the Internet as an alternative publishing and distribution system to traditional broadcast and print media. The center brings talented and diverse voices and ideas to the fore of our nation’s discourse, through its training programs, conferences, research and publishing operations. Programs emphasize the importance of citizen-driven journalism as a critical founding principle of our nation, the positive role of democratically elected government in securing the common good and social welfare, and the continuing benefits of our founding culture of egalitarian government by the people, for the people.

Change to Win (website) is a six million member partnership of seven unions founded in 2005 to represent workers in the industries and occupations of the 21st century economy. Change to Win committed to restoring the American Dream for a new generation of workers – wages that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement, and the opportunity for the future. The seven affiliated unions are: Service Employees International Union, UNITE HERE, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers’ International Union of North America, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and United Farm Workers of America.

ClickToBlue (website) provides advertisers and agencies with the ability to reach the highly valuable audience of progressive thought leaders, serve as a credible broker for connecting marketing dollars to the progressive community, and close the analytical information gap by delivering best of breed reporting to help assess return on investment. ClickToBlue supports progressive publishers and promotes their causes by connecting them with marketers, communicating the value of their audience, providing them with marketing and analytical support, and by building the tools to expand the progressive online ecosystem.

The Clinton Group (TCG) (website) is a campaign communications and direct contact services firm that specializes in recruitment and activation to promote a political agenda or mobilize people into action. TCG’s strength is employing our targeted teleservices, direct mail, and interactive contact programs to persuade people to act. After identifying segments of the population who are fair-minded about our clients’ issues, we use repeated, complementary communications – in the language and values of each selected demographic group – to mobilize citizens. Central to our method is the use of information technology to create a dialogue with people and discover how they feel about the issues, and the use of that feedback to make the next contact more persuasive. This Repeated, Persuasive Contact continues to be the most effective way to launch and win campaigns.

CommonDreams.org (website) is an Internet-based progressive news and grassroots activism organization, founded in 1997. We publish of a diverse mix of breaking news, progressive views, and press releases covering a wide range of social and environmental issues. Our audience includes hundreds of thousands of citizens and grassroots activists who believe in our mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. We are a nonprofit, progressive, independent and nonpartisan organization. No corporate money. No hidden agendas.

The Commonweal Institute (website) is an alliance of independent thinkers from outside the D.C. Beltway leading conversations in media outlets and social networks about American values and progressive problem-solving. We envision a society in which the advancement of human rights, civil liberties, participatory democracy, justice, strong and caring communities, and a more secure and sustainable future coexist with responsible global capitalism. Our goal is to engage all segments of society in the discovery and creation of a new balance between private interests and the common good. To learn more, please visit us on the web at commonwealinstitute.org.

Dallas Air America Radio Group (website) is a network of progressive talk radio fans. The group supports alternative media, progressive talk radio, and media reform in North Texas and nationwide. Since 2004, the organization has offered North Texas progressives many opportunities to get involved and stay informed through web communities, blogs, and a weekly e-newsletter. Our newsletter provides readers with timely information on progressive events, news, politics, and activism. The group is now proud to support Texas’s only progressive talk station, Rational Radio which broadcasts at 1360 am in Dallas. For more information, visit us on the web at dallasairamerica.org.

Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America (DFA) (website) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. DFA fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics. DFA has a long-term goal to rebuild the Democratic Party from the bottom up—it will take time, but we must start building a base now for the future.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (website) works to build infrastructure. We organize and maintain winning, state-of-the-art campaign committees across the country through a partnership with legislative leaders, professional staff, and supporters. We provide candidates with access to tools like polling, research, and online fundraising. These resources are often too expensive for state legislative races, so developing an economy of scale and making these services accessible is a huge advantage for our side. With our help, state legislative Democrats have had net gains in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, and we now control 57 of the nation’s 98 partisan chambers.

The Democratic National Committee (website) is tasked with helping elect Democrats in every state across the country. Under Governor Dean’s leadership, the DNC’s 50-State Strategy has helped elect Democrats up and down the ballot, bringing us new majorities in Congress, special elections wins in places like Mississippi and Illinois, and a permanent national infrastructure that will help elect Democrats for years to come. This year, in partnership with Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign, the DNC will help elect a Democratic president and expand our majorities in the House and Senate.

EMILY’s List (website) members are dedicated to building a progressive America by electing pro-choice Democratic women to office. We believe in the power of women as candidates, as contributors, as campaign professionals, and as voters to bring about great change in our country.When women are involved in the political process, our democracy is truly representative. When women make policy, the needs of women and families are not ignored. When women vote, Democrats--who share our values and priorities--win. EMILY’s List is committed to a three-pronged strategy to elect pro-choice Democratic women: recruiting and funding viable women candidates; helping them build and run effective campaign organizations; and mobilizing women voters to help elect progressive candidates across the nation.

Environmental Defense Fund (website), a leading national nonprofit organization, represents more than 500,000 members. Since 1967, we have linked science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious environmental problems. Why does the Economist call us “America’s most economically literate green campaigners?” Find out more about our work at edf.org. And one of our scientists, Dr. Lisa Moore, blogs on Daily Kos as ClimateLurker. Check out her diary. She’s happy to answer your science-related questions.

Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle (website) is a media firm. Our clients include 15 Members of Congress, 20 winning statewide candidates and hundreds of candidates up and down the ballot from coast to coast. “The Daily Show,” the New York Times, CNN, NPR and dozens of media outlets have featured our work. The last two election cycles our firm has won 13 Pollie Awards, more than any media firm, including awards for the best use of humor and for online ads. Our services include message development, TV and radio commercial production, scriptwriting, media buying, media training, internet strategies, speech writing and debate preparation.

Friends of the Earth Action (website) is the aggressive, progressive political arm of Friends of the Earth. We advocate bold, pro-environment legislation and help elect officials who will do the same. Our mission is to promote a healthy and just world, so we fight not only on behalf of our planet, but also its people. We’re adept legislative advocates with a record of accomplishment in Washington, and we work with our affiliated political action committee to make thoughtful electoral endorsements, provide direct support to candidates, and place environmentalists in the field on critical campaigns.

In 1980, fifty independent corporations owned Americas media outlets. Today, five corporations control virtually all parts of mainstream media. In this new monopoly of mainstream media., news reporting has been replaced with a new invention called “infotainment.” ABC, CBS, and NBC tell us more about the antics of celebrity burnouts like Paris Hilton than they do about real news that affects our lives day to day. GoLeft.TV (website) is a progressive political T.V. news source that fills that gap between mainstream media’s dumbed down infotainment and relevant news reporting. Finally! Progressive, relevant, political news daily through on demand video.

The Human Rights Campaign (website) is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against GLBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC works to secure equal rights for GLBT individuals and families at the federal and state levels by lobbying elected officials, mobilizing grassroots supporters, educating Americans, investing strategically to elect fair-minded officials and partnering with other GLBT organizations. HRC’s Back Story blog (www.hrcbackstory.org) works to help tell the behind-the-scenes story on issues affecting the GLBT community across the country.

At the Informed Meetings Exchange (INMEX) (website, we believe that when you spend your dollars with responsible corporations, they’re more likely to continue doing the right thing. Founded in 2006 with the support of the hotel workers’ union (UNITE HERE), INMEX is a non-profit corporation that provides comprehensive meeting planning resources for your organization. But unlike traditional third-party meeting planners, we ensure you’re spending your dollars with socially responsible hotel corporations. We work closely with media, environmental, human rights, philanthropic, labor and community organizations so your event dollars go to sustainable hotel corporations that respect their communities, their workers and the environment.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (website) is one of North America’s largest and most diverse unions. Our 1.4 million members work in virtually every occupation imaginable – from airline pilots to zookeepers. For more than a century, the Teamsters have been a public voice for the rights and aspirations of working men and women. We have also been a defender of those rights, combating coporate greed and holding government accountable. We stand for decent working conditions. We stand for good pay and strong benefits. We stand for dignity and respect on the job. We stand together.

Living Liberally (website) is dedicated to creating communities around progressive politics. Through social networks and events, we promote political engagement, and facilitate collaboration among progressive organizations. In your everyday routine and social life, you can be Living Liberally. We believe that our political identity should be part of our regular lives. Too often politics is restricted to one day every four years, or to long, uninviting meetings in fluorescent-lit, linoleum-floored rooms. Instead, we take our politics where we gather, socialize, learn, love and live. We create easy entryways into progressive political involvement, where you can find a community that shares your values.

Media Matters for America (website) is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Launched in May 2004, Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation--news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda--every day, in real time.

One of the country’s premiere Democratic mail firms, Mission Control (website) takes its cues more from real advertising than from standard political fare, and the result is a freshness and creativity that helps each ad do the work of five. Partners Ed Peavy, Adnaan Muslim and Amy Pritchard lead a team of top-notch political professionals and a fully-staffed, in house art department. Their record of electoral success speaks for itself. From soup to nuts, Mission Control builds direct mail campaigns that help Democratic statewide, congressional, and other candidates from coast to coast, as well as Progressive initiatives and organizations, win.

Mobile Commons (website) is a start-up based in New York City with big ambitions to change the way that people and organizations interact with their mobile phones. We think that mobile devices are changing rapidly and are different than other types of media – yes, they can access the internet, do email, send and receive text messages, make voice calls, browse other media, and run any kind of application. And because they can do all of those things, the usage behavior is different than any one of those things. Our goal is to provide our customers with a seamless offering of products that spans the web, the real world, and the different mobile mediums – allowing them to go mobile, use open standards, and reach more people. That’s why we’re called Mobile Commons.

Mochila (website) is the world's first and only online marketplace for syndicated content from hundreds of the world's leading content providers. Our marketplace includes millions of high-quality, rights-managed articles, photos, and videos covering everything from breaking domestic, national and international news to feature stories on topics such as home, health, business, entertainment, lifestyle, and automotive. Mochila provides publishers with the opportunity to build their businesses; content owners new markets for their content; and advertisers access to highly engaged quality audiences.

Mother Jones (website) is an independent, nonprofit magazine dedicated to bringing you smart, fearless journalism. Winner of the 2008 National Magazine Award for General Excellence, MoJo is committed to gutsy, no-holds-barred investigative reporting that asks tough questions and gives you real answers. Mother Jones is uncensored, irreverent, not beholden to special interests—and obligated only to you.

MoveOn.org Political Action (website), one of the largest Political Action Committees in the country, brings real Americans into politics to fight for a more progressive America and elect progressive candidates. It conducts major campaigns, from its work to protect the Supreme Court from a hard-right justice to its campaign to defeat the right wing and elect moderates and progressives in 2008. But in contrast to most PACs, which funnel industry contributions to candidates in exchange for access, MoveOn.org Political Action brings hundreds of thousands of small donors together to elect candidates who will represent the American people. With one secure online credit card transaction, you can immediately make contributions to several campaigns. All contributions go to the individual campaigns in the amounts you specify. MoveOn.org Political Action takes care of all the required FEC paperwork by transmitting necessary contributor information to each campaign.

NARAL Pro-Choice America (website) is the political leader of the pro-choice movement. With more than one million member activists in all 50 states, in partnership with 23 state affiliates, NARAL Pro-Choice America protects the pro-choice values of freedom and privacy by electing pro-choice candidates, lobbying Congress, and by developing strategies to advance pro-choice policies and defeat anti-choice attacks. NARAL Pro-Choice America is using new tools to engage the next generation of activists. Whether it’s text-messaging or the organization’s www.BlogforChoice.com, we want to create a community that takes action to safeguard our reproductive freedom at all levels of government.

The Nation (website) will not be the organ of any party, sect, or body. It will, on the contrary, make an earnest effort to bring to the discussion of political and social questions a really critical spirit, and to wage war upon the vices of violence, exaggeration, and misrepresentation by which so much of the political writing of the day is marred.

—from The Nation’s founding prospectus, 1865

The New House PAC (website) supports real security at home and overseas; better American jobs with better pay; college for all; energy independence; affordable health care; and retirement with security and dignity. Our innovative trainings bring together nationally recognized experts from a wide variety of fields from polling to GOTV mobilization. During the 2006 election cycle the AFSCME PEOPLE-New House PAC Congressional Candidates Boot Camp convened 5 Boot Camps with over 40 candidates – 16 of whom were elected to Congress. In the 2008 cycle we have already helped a Boot Camp graduate win a special election; and have worked with over 30 challengers.

We are dedicated to strengthening the Democratic Congressional Majority.

NDN (website) is a progressive think tank and advocacy organization. NDN’s work is organized around a powerful idea – that for progressives to succeed in the 21st century as they did in the 20th, they will have to do three things: offer a new governing agenda that speaks to the challenges of our day; master the new media and technology tools that are changing the way we all communicate and advocate; and understand and speak to the radically new demographic make-up of today’s America. NDN’s staff, Fellows and collaborators offer fresh and original thinking in these three main areas of focus: new governing agenda, new media and technology and new demography.

NGP Software (website) is the leading provider of campaign technology solutions to Democratic candidates and their allies. Our flagship product, Campaign Office Online(R) is used for fundraising, compliance reporting, broadcast e-mail communications, online donations, volunteer management and more by hundreds of political campaigns every election cycle, from the Presidential to the Municipal level. NGP also provides Web design, data integration, and IT consulting services. As a rare example of a partisan firm in a technical niche, NGP has found success in combining technological skills and strong customer service with political savvy and experience.

ONE.org (website) is 2.4 million people coming together to fight global poverty. ONE members come from all beliefs and every walk of life – and they work in communities, colleges and churches across the country – to raise awareness and urge our leaders to take action. ONE members have gotten the 2008 presidential candidates to go on the record with their plans to fight global poverty and they’ve lobbied Congress for specific legislation on debt cancellation, increasing effective international assistance, making trade fair, and fighting corruption. ONE members know that today, the world has the technology, the resources and the know-how to save millions of lives from extreme poverty and preventable diseases around the globe. All that’s missing is the will. Learn more and add your support at http://one.org.

Progressive Book Club (website) will find – and promote – the books that can change our nation by harnessing the power of the Internet to create an important new platform for progressive ideas. Part bookseller, part social networking website and part online magazine, Progressive Book Club is a vibrant forum that has transformed the traditional book club model. Today people’s interests are as varied as they are vast – from the world environment, to global poverty, the economy, health care, religion and war – and amid the noise it is increasingly difficult to hear the ideas that will influence the nation’s direction in the 21st Century. The prominent authors, journalists, activists and other opinion leaders on the book club’s editorial board will enable our members to discover the stimulating, important and inspiring books that can shape our future for the better. Progressive Book Club is also committed to supporting the broader community, by creating a new income stream for progressive organizations and media through sales of our books.

Time is ticking...this September, Congress will attempt to renew the expiring solar and wind tax incentives. These credits are critical to reviving the US solar and wind industry. Join our group now to include your voice.

Russo Strategies, LLC (website) is a full-service online communications and strategy consulting practice. We develop comprehensive, creative solutions for progressive candidates and organizations seeking to connect and engage with a wide audience of activists, stakeholders and supporters. Tracy Russo, President of Russo Strategies, is well-known for her ability to integrate online communications and new media opportunities with all aspects of traditional organizations. She previously worked with presidential candidate John Edwards, the Democratic National Committee, the Center for American Progress, MoveOn.org, and Netroots Nation, as well as a wide range of progressive candidates and elected officials.

The 2 million member SEIU (website) is the fastest-growing union in the Americas. Focused on uniting workers in healthcare, public services and property services, SEIU members are winning better wages, healthcare, and more secure jobs for our communities, while uniting their strength with their counterparts around the world to help ensure that workers, not just corporations and CEOs, benefit from today’s global economy. In 2006, the National Journal named SEIU #1 in political strength, declaring the union to have “won the ground game on election day.” SEIU’s 2008 Justice for All plan is creating an unprecedented role for middle-class and working Americans in electing the next president and Congress and holding them accountable once they’re in office. SEIU nurses, child care and home care workers, janitors, security officers and other SEIU members across the country are already talking to voters and hitting the streets in key states and races across the country.

The Sierra Club’s (website) members and supporters are more than 1.3 million of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America’s oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Our mission: explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth, practice and promote the responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources, educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment, and use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.

The Texas Observer (website) is the award-winning investigative magazine once edited by Molly Ivins, Willie Morris, Bob Sherrill, Jim Hightower, and other journalistic luminaries that has been breaking major stories about government corruption, corporate malfeasance, and the ins and outs of Texas politics, arts and culture for 54 years. Online (www.texasobserver.org) and in print, this is the kind of muckraking journalism America needs and deserves. “If only we could clone The Texas Observer,” says Bill Moyers. And, according to NPR correspondent Wade Goodwyn, “The Texas Observer has never been better, not ever. These are the good old days.”

United Healthcare Workers – West (UHW) (website) is the fastest-growing local within SEIU, the nation’s largest union. Our 150,000 members are leading a grassroots movement for social change to improve workers’ lives, ensure quality patient care, reform the healthcare system, and build a new progressive majority in California and the nation. We’re reforming SEIU (www.seiuvoice.org) to advance member-democracy and helping bridge the digital divide by connecting working-class families with blogs and other online tools. Our union is member-driven, and we organize from the grassroots-up. We’re hiring! If you’re interested in helping build exciting, effective online campaigns, email recruiter@seiu-uhw.org.

VoteVets.org (website) is a pro-military organization committed to the destruction of terror networks around the world, with force when necessary. It represents the Voice of America’s 21 Century Patriots – those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. VoteVets carries out its mission by helping veterans get elected to office and through the use of nonpartisan education and advocacy on behalf of troops, veterans, and their families in the traditional media, new media, and the Congress. VoteVets.org is also a grassroots organization with teams of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans organized in 30 states around the country. VoteVets.org maintains a significant online presence through the use of its blog, VetVoice.

VShift (website) is a high-end media strategy, design and branding company, producing work in a variety of forms ranging from brochures and mailers to web sites, online advertising and strategic briefs. VShift’s goals are the same for every type of client we serve (corporate, political and advocacy): to provide the guidance, expertise and execution that allows you not only to compete effectively but also to win. We achieve this by focusing on your audience (consumers, constituents, voters, volunteers, donors) and their experience with your brand.

Wired for Change (website) is dedicated to helping progressive organizations and political campaigns develop the most innovative and effective online campaigns to encourage engagement, drive message, and promote change. In addition to providing a comprehensive, integrated, and affordable web platform, we help nonprofits and progressive political campaigns exceed their visions for the potential of technology and leverage these new tools to help rebuild the progressive movement. At its core Wired for Change is about empowering people and organizations to make change.