John -

Bitter polarization is a major obstacle in today's political environment. The perceptions we hold of our political parties often seem to be derived from the personalities on cable news.

But there is a way we can defeat the negative banter of Fox News, OAN and the like: recognizing that organizers can and do win elections.

The best counter to a baseless, ad hominem attack, is to calmly prove one's claims through our actions. And organizers are all about action.

We need to empower genuine local leaders to effectively lead on the issues themselves. Because the fact is, our issues hold majority support all over America - even in the "reddest" districts.

The only way to change a community's heart and mind is through the example of enacting positive change on every level of government. Change that can be not just heard, but felt at the granular level.

ROCC is all about identifying, teaching, adapting, and implementing the craft of the best rural organizers across the country to improve government from the local school board to the office of the Presidency. Because the fact is, those connections are much closer and much more vital than we think.

We'll never beat partisan bias with cable news talking points, but we can through the actions of genuine local leaders.

Will you help build the ROCC organizing infrastructure together with us John? Even a $5 donation goes a long way in a true grassroots movement like this: 

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ROCC is the organizing infrastructure bringing together activists and organizations from across rural America to amplify the best grassroots mobilization being done, adapt successful techniques to work in our own communities, and empower local leaders in a partnership with no hierarchy.