The Movement Cooperative

TMC and Nonprofit Professional Employees Union are proud to jointly announce the finalization and signature of the first-ever collective bargaining agreement between TMC and the TMC Staff Union! Our new CBA is one of the most progressive in NPEU’s history. It enshrines TMC’s commitment to leading the progressive movement as a hub for technological innovation while living our values as a workplace where our workers can thrive and feel the material impact of how much we value their contributions to our movement. TMC exists at the intersection of technology, non-profit, and political industries. We manage the personal, professional, and political realities of elections and cycle culture and have felt the normalization in those industries of churn and burn for people, not just fundraising emails and texts. Contracts like ours—driven by the fierce love of organizers for one another, our TMC members, and the communities we serve—and others like it across the ecosystem are essential to the long-term health of the progressive movement. Please read the attached release for more details about the process that led us here and highlights from the CBA that we’re particularly excited about. Reaching this moment is all thanks to the TMC staff—past and present, union and management—who dedicated long hours and immense passion to the negotiation process. We know the contract is only the beginning of a new phase of our journey as an organization. We look forward to implementing the CBA alongside our employees and continuing to build TMC into the organization we know it can be. With pride, the TMC Staff Union is organized under the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, NPEU - IFPTE Local 70, of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.

Join us for a night of connection and progressive networking at the Personified x TMC Happy Hour in Washington, DC! Let this opportunity for changemakers to come together, unwind, and spark new collaborations be an antidote to some of the heaviness you're carrying right now. We’re looking forward to an evening of engaging conversations, inspiring ideas, and a shared commitment to driving social and political change. https://lnkd.in/eDCUpwJZ

We are thrilled to welcome Bella Wang to TMC as our new Chief Technology Officer! Bella brings a wealth of technical expertise and leadership experience to our cooperative, combined with a background in startups, progressive politics, and strategic decision-making that we know will move TMC forward. Her bold and innovative vision for how technology can be leveraged to unite the energy and activism across the progressive movement makes it clear that she is the best possible person to lead TMC’s technology initiatives into a new era of advancement and strategic growth. We can’t wait to see how her vision, leadership, and passion for democratizing access to data warehousing and technology resources will supercharge our members’ work.

One month ago, TMC and State Voices were honored to cohost the first-ever Changemaker Skills Camp in Atlanta, GA — and we had a blast! Here’s what one of our attendees had to say: "I'm so glad I got to come to this camp. So many intentional details y'all considered, like hotel recs that mentioned labor considerations, opportunities to clarify food preferences and pronouns. I always felt welcome and supported and was very well fed! Just getting to see folks in person was such an exciting opportunity. This was a super strategic time to hold this camp, excited for all the collaboration that will come from the connections made here, and excited to see what future camps bring!!" CSC 2024 brought together hundreds of activists and non-profit staff from across the country and across the movement, as well as over 60 trainers from more than a dozen organizations. From each attendee who brought their own deep skill sets and experiences, to our training partners at re:power, Generation Data, Change the Game Training, Arena, ProGeorgia, Donor Organizer Hub, Personified, and The Swell Collective, to our sponsors at GetThru, TargetSmart, NGP VAN, Open Field, and Catalist, we could not have brought together so many people from across the movement and the country without sincere dedication, collaboration, and belief. We’re looking forward to growing from the roots we planted during CSC and are already thinking about improvements we can make in the future! 🐝

📣 Calling #Atlanta Organizations and Job Seekers! Are you an organization based in Atlanta eager to connect with talented individuals passionate about progressive politics? Or are you seeking exciting job prospects, internships, or career development opportunities? Join us at the #ChangemakerSkillsCamp (CSC) Job Fair, a networking event that brings together organizations, campaigns, companies supporting progressive causes, and job seekers ready to make a difference. For Atlanta Organizations: If you’re interested in tabling at the event, this is your last chance to secure your spot! Please submit this form to join us on Friday, March 8. https://lnkd.in/eB8CjaeR Let’s build connections, foster collaboration, and drive positive change in our communities. See you at the CSC Job Fair! Additional information for job seekers in the comments! #AtlantaJobs #ProgressivePolitics #NetworkingEvent #CareerOpportunities #GAPol

💥Changemaker Skills Camp Flash Sale Has Been Extended Until This Friday, 2/16! 💥 It’s a Valentine’s Day treat from us to you — CSC 2024 tickets will stay at $100 through this Friday! 🍫🌷💌 https://lnkd.in/eAUXa_Pb Track agendas are live on our FAQ; link in comments!

⚡ FLASH SALE: Until 11:59 pm tonight, in-person tickets to Changemaker Skills Camp are only $100! Secure your spot to train with us at CSC 2024 in Atlanta: https://lnkd.in/e2yf-CEj

Tickets are now live for Changemaker Skills Camp! Join us in Atlanta from March 5–8. You’ll be able to specialize in deep learning relevant to your career path over 2.5 days while making connections with folks from across the movement to grow your network. And we promise to keep the camp vibes alive by making it fun, engaging, and accessible! Register now to learn with us alongside State Voices, Arena, Change the Game Training, Donor Organizer Hub, Generation Data, re:power & The Swell Collective! https://lnkd.in/eWGfwvha

Sharing movement infrastructure distributes its costs and benefits, which builds the trust that’s the key to unlocking unprecedented collaboration. Unprecedented collaboration across the progressive movement cements power-building, leadership development, and base-building, which is essential to defeating rising authoritarianism, winning elections, and creating a more fair and inclusive democracy. We’re grateful to Sulma Arias from TMC member People's Action for connecting the dots between centering people-powered organizing and the role of shared movement infrastructure in How We Move Forward Together: People’s Action in Convergence Magazine! https://lnkd.in/e-Ty2Gmy! If you’re interested in what data-driven, people-centered organizing can look like through a lens of voter registration and how we can build on one another’s efforts, make sure to join us at Voter Registration: From Analysis to Action this Wednesday! Link to RSVP in the comments!

We’re not slowing down in the ramp-up to Changemaker Skills Camp (see pinned post)! Forging Our Future is back for 2024 next Wednesday, January 24, with Voter Registration: From Analysis to Action! We’ll be joined by experts from CIRCLE - The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement and our member organization CASA to discuss voter registration trends and analysis before diving into practical implications and organizing models that can put high-level civic engagement data to work in elections where every vote matters! We hope you can join us for what promises to be an enlightening conversation! https://lnkd.in/eBw3VKC3