The Pushback Network is a national collaboration of indigenous, grassroots organizations and networks committed to building bottom-up, state-based alliances that change both the composition and levels of participation of the electorate. We emphasize strategies to empower underrepresented constituencies: people of color, poor and working class communities, and young people.

The Pushback Network envisions an authentic participatory democracy through which true social justice can be achieved. We seek a democracy that creates opportunities for ordinary people to make real contributions to the political decisions that affect their lives. Through our efforts, we hope to achieve a democracy powered by the diverse skills, talents and cultures of the American people, rather than solely the wealthy and privileged. With our allies, we are creating a democracy where grassroots communities, who have been historically pushed to the political margins, lead toward social change rooted in progressive values.