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Values or Principles of Progressive Organizations: (In List Format)
 Send me anymore progressive organizations and their values that you know of.
   
  Campaign for America's Future
Center for Community Change
Center for American Progress
Center for Policy Alternatives
Christian Alliance for Progress
Commonweal institute
Democracy Action
Democracy for America
Demos
Faith Voices
 Faith in Public Life		   First Congregational Church Berkeley
Green Party
Institute for Policy Studies
Institute for Progressive Christianity
Longview Institute
Media Matters for America
Metaphor Project
MoveOn.org
Opportunity Agenda
Peace Action
 People for the American Way
 		 Principles Project
Progressive Communicators Network
Progressive Democrats of America
ProgressNow
Progressive States Network
Redefining Progress
Rockridge Institute
Roosevelt Institution
Unitarian Universalists
United for Peace
Proposed Progressive Principles
Different people are trying to come up with sets of values or principles that express progressivism and that progressives can rally around.   Here's are some suggestions that have been put forward.
Types of Progressives
Various way of defining the types of Progressives.



Values or Principles of Progressive Organizations
 Some organizations have a clearly laid out list lf values or principles that they support. Many others just mention the values within the text of their website.  If they don't have a clearly defined set of values and I had to extrapolate what their values are, I added "Values (extrapolated)". I also tried to link to the webpage where they state their values or principles. 
 

Campaign for America's Future      (top)
A center of progressive strategy, organizing and issue campaigns. CAF anchors a progressive leadership network, enlisting leaders at the national, state and local levels to build a more just and democratic society.


Center for Community Change           (top)
The Center for Community Change and our grassroots partners are kick starting a new values debate in America. The Campaign for Community Values offers more than policy solutions. It offers a vision of hope for America rooted in the understanding that we are stronger when each of has a voice, radically different from the "go it alone," me mentality that dominates America today.


Center for American Progress        (top)
A progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. We are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference.

Campus Progress: part of the Center for American Progress, works to help young people -- advocates, activists, journalists, artists, and others -- to make their voices heard on issues that matter.
Faith and Progressive Policy:   works to identify and articulate the moral-ethical and spiritual values underpinning policy issues, to shape a progressive stance in which these values are clear, and to increase public awareness and understanding of these values.


Center for Policy Alternatives     (top)
Is the nation's only nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to strengthen the capacity of state legislators to lead and achieve progressive change. Pundits declare that there is one overriding lesson from the 2004 election: Progressives need to embrace "values." But what does that mean? Some suggest that to win the next election, we must move to the right on social issues and wave our religious beliefs like a flag. The problem is not that progressives lack values. The problem is that we do a poor job of identifying and communicating our moral principles.


x Christian Alliance for Progress      (top)
Our values are our bedrock ideals about what is good or bad, what is right or wrong, what is moral or immoral. Our values are at the center of Reclaiming Christianity in America.  People in this movement hold diverse views about religion and the Christian life. But our differences are not what define us. Rather it is what we have in common: We find the inspiration for our shared values in the life of Jesus, in the spiritual path he modeled for us.


Commonweal institute          (top)
 We are a marketing shop for promoting progressive values. When issues emerge in the public discourse, we take that opportunity to offer guidance to progressives. A multi-issue research and educational institute - a think tank - committed to advancing moderate and progressive principles through policy analysis, and strategic marketing and communication of ideas. “Moral and ethical values, whether religiously or secularly defined, are the foundation of the Commonweal Institute’s core principles.” 


Democracy Action       (top)
Our mission is to advance progressive values and to help build the Democratic Party into a majority party in America. We focus on federal and statewide general elections and on issues of national importance, and we support like-minded grassroots efforts.


Democracy for America     (top)
Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America 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. (A discussion about values.)


Demos     (top)
A Network for Ideas & Action is a non-partisan public policy research and
advocacy organization committed to building an America that achieves its highest
democratic ideals. We believe this requires a democracy that is robust and inclusive,
with high levels of electoral participation and civic engagement; an economy where
prosperity and opportunity are broadly shared and disparity is reduced; and a strong
and effective public sector with the capacity to plan for the future and provide for the
common good.


Faith Voices      (top)
 To create a greater public awareness of the shared values of the country's diverse religious organizations and leaders through programs, events and other educational activities. Its work is based on uses of innovative technology, work in theological education, and scholarship in religion.


Faith in Public Life     (top)
 Envisions a country in which diverse religious voices for justice and the common good consistently impact public policy; and those who use religion as a tool of division and exclusion do not dominate public discourse.


First Congregational Church of Berkeley     (top)
We are people who may have been brought up in other faith traditions or none at all.   We are people of different ages and styles of life. We are people of different races, including multi-racial families.


Green Party      (top)
The Green Party of the United States is a federation of state Green Parties. Committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice and grassroots organizing, Greens are renewing democracy without the support of corporate donors. The Ten Key Values are guiding principles. 


Institute for Policy Studies     (top)
A multi-issue think tank that has worked with the movements that shaped the late 20th Century, from Civil Rights onwards, we offer a cross-cutting analysis with a historical perspective. IPS public scholars pursue their work with a common set of 10 core values and principles


Institute for Progressive Christianity      (top)
We are progressive in that we desire to promote: the Love of God, Neighbor and Self; Compassion; Justice; and the Common Good. CrossLeft is the activism and online engagement sister organization of the Institute for Progressive Christianity and is strategy clearing-house and central hub for grassroots activism among progressive Christians.


Longview Institute      (top)
The mission of the Longview Institute is to articulate and promote a vision of our nation based on a moral economy and a just society. Our belief in individual liberty, accompanied by collective responsibility, is deeply rooted in the highest ideals of the American progressive tradition


Media Matters for America     (top)
Progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.


Metaphor Project      (top)
Today it’s vital for our future that we learn to frame our messages in ways more Americans can get. To succeed, we must present our ideas about peace, justice, and a healthy, sustainable environment as part of the best American dream-- a fair, just, and prosperous nation that does the right thing at home and abroad. The Metaphor Project has been building the capacity of cutting edge American progressive and liberal activists to "speak American" since 1997.  


MoveOn.org     (top)
The MoveOn family of organizations brings real Americans back into the political process. With over 3.3 million members across America – from carpenters to stay-at-home moms to business leaders – we work together to realize the progressive promise of our country. ...fight for a more progressive America.

 
x Opportunity Agenda      (top)
We believe that true opportunity requires a commitment to a core set of values.  These values are integrally related to the principle of human rights.  Equal treatment, a voice in societal decisions, a chance to start over, and the tools to meet our own basic needs are not just good policy ideas.  They are the right of every human being simply by virtue of his or her humanity. 


Peace Action     (top)
We are the nation's largest grassroots peace network, with chapters and affiliates in 30 states. We organize our grassroots network to place pressure on Congress and the Administration through write-in campaigns, internet actions, citizen lobbying and direct action.


People for the American Way      (top)
People for the American Way is an energetic advocate for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society.


Principles Project      (top)
For six weeks people from across the nation visited The Principles Project and discussed their principles for a progressive America. We are now proud to announce the conclusion of the first stage of our work. The Principles Project aims to capture the common goals and shared beliefs of a diverse but like-minded group of people with a Declaration of Progressive Principles. (March 1, 2005)


Progressive Communicators Network     (top)
Strengthen and amplify the power, voices, and vision of grassroots movements that are working for racial, social, economic, and environmental justice. Network members use communication strategy, framing and messaging, and media tools to:  1) enhance the influence of social change movements on public policy and opinion; and 2) realize a world without poverty, racism, and other forms of oppression. The Network is a project of Spirit in Action, a movement-building support organization located in western Massachusetts.


Progressive Democrats of America     (top)
Progressive Democrats of America exists to carry the progressive agenda from the American grassroots to Congress to guide the development of progressive legislation, fight for its passage into law, and support the realization of progressive policies at the state and local levels. Our inside/outside strategy is guided by the belief that a lasting majority will require a revitalized Democratic Party built on firm progressive principles.


ProgressNow     (top)
Our mission is to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical community problems. But we don’t do that on our own – we work as a communications team for the entire progressive community. We’re a marketing department for progressive ideas – a campaign that never stops. We work year round to challenge conservative propaganda in the media and make sure that progressive perspectives are heard.


Progressive States Network     (top)
Aims to transform the political landscape by sparking progressive actions at the state level.


Redefining Progress      (top)
Nation’s leading public policy think tank dedicated to smart economics. We find solutions that ensure a sustainable and equitable world for future generations. While conventional models for economic growth discount such assets as clean air, safe streets, and cohesive communities, Redefining Progress integrates these assets into a more sustainable economic model. Working with government and advocacy groups, Redefining Progress develops innovative policies that balance economic well-being, environmental preservation, and social justice.


Rockridge Institute     (top)
The Rockridge Institute is committed to the democratization of knowledge about politics. Our mission is to deepen and broaden the public's understanding of the political world. Rockridge studies the worldviews, values and ideas behind conservative and progressive policies, issues and political discourse.


Roosevelt Institution     (top)
A  non-profit, non-partisan national network of campus-based student think tanks. Its members conduct policy research on the pressing political issues facing our world, from environmental protection to equality under the law to trade and taxes.


Unitarian Universalists      (top)
A liberal religion with Jewish-Christian roots. It has no creed. It affirms the worth of human beings, advocates freedom of belief and the search for advancing truth, and tries to provide a warm, open, supportive community for people who believe that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion.


United for Peace     (top)
United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.


 

Proposed Progressive Values/Principles     (top)
Different people are trying to come up with sets of values or principles that express progressivism and that progressives can rally around.   Here's are some suggestions that have been put forward. Let me know of any others.

Howard Dean
        

Bernie Horn - Framing the Future

Michael Tomasky - Party in Search of a Notion
 


George Lakoff  -  Don't Think of an Elephant

Paul Waldman - Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn from Conservative Success

Principles
  • strong defense
  • low taxes
  • small government
  • traditional social values
  • Government that works for everyone
  • Opportunity for everyone
  • Security for everyone
  • Individual freedom for everyone
  • Progress for everyone

Wellstone Democratic Club Vision Committee

Principles

We Are in This Together


Types of Progressives     (top)