Campaigns are the scaffolding of organizing. Campaigns are essential to winning changes in policy. They are also the key to leadership development and recruitment. AJS crafts powerful and effective organizing campaigns. We helped win the Affordable Care Act in 2010. We helped win billions of dollars to save public transit in 2020. We delivered important victories for students and faculty of Washington State’s Community colleges in 2021.
The Alliance for a Just Society has led federal, state, and local campaigns on health care, immigrant rights, economic justice, criminal justice reform, and other crucial issues. Below are some of our current campaigns:
“LeeAnn Hall and the team at AJS have for years consistently been innovators in building creative and powerful strategies, winning campaigns, and building long-term power in communities across the country.”
— Dorian Warren, Executive Director, Community Change
National Campaign for Transit Justice
Abundant transit unlocks freedom of movement. But good transit is very scarce in the U.S. today. We launched the National Campaign for Transit Justice in response to the emergency faced by public transit systems around the country. The pandemic and the resulting economic crisis pushed public transit around the country to the edge of disaster.
We and the broad coalition of over 60 transit rider organizations, national advocates, and transit unions have helped win $69 billion in federal support from Congress to avoid fare hikes, service cuts, and shutdowns.
Now the campaign is working to transform transportation priorities and ensure public transit drives the future of the economy. Our transit work is guided by concern for equity, the climate and our transit justice principles.
Communities for Our Colleges
Communities for Our Colleges is a coalition fighting for Washington State’s community and technical colleges.
Community colleges are the backbones of our economy and local communities. They drive racial equity and working-class success. We are building power to defend and expand access to community colleges.