Flexible, Hands-on Curricula
MBP meets organizations where they are in the cycle of change -whether developing an advocacy plan, building grassroots support, or mobilizing voters. We focus on this particular area of work and also engage organizations in a broader approach that incorporates all three elements of the Triangle, helping them to build stronger infrastructure, impact, and power.    

MBP's interactive, hands-on curricula provides strategies for immediate success coupled with a long-term-perspective on movement building and social change.

MBP training modules are tailored to meet specific organizational goals and can include the following areas of focus: 

 Agenda:
Advocacy and
Public Policy 		 Growth:
Basebuilding 		Politics:
Nonpartisan
Electoral Engagement
  • Framing and Worldview
  • Policy and Issue Development
  • Message Development and Delivery
  • Strategic Planning
  • Power Mapping
  • Leveraging Electoral Power
  • Candidate and Elected Official Accountability
  • Direct Action Organizing
  • Coalition-Building
  • Working with the Media
  • Grassroots Lobbying
  • Organizing vs. Mobilizing
  • Issues, Interest, Values: 1-on-1 Conversations
  • Telling Our Stories
  • Leadership Development
  • Effective Supervision and Management
  • Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers
  • Candidate Recruitment
  • Sustaining the Progressive Movement 
  • Message Development  and Delivery
  • Connecting Elections to Personal Stories
  • Keeping it Legal: C3 Do's and Don'ts
  • Nonpartisan Field and Targeting
  • Working with the Media
  • Voter Registration
  • Get-Out-The-Vote
  • Election Protection
  • Using a Voter File
  • Campaign Planning
  • Retaining Volunteers
  • Scripts and Canvassing
  • Phone and Door Programs