Partners In Action
From the Field: Stories of Organizing at Work
Flip the Vote’s partner groups organize year-round to improve the lives of everyday people, rallying their communities to fight for safe and accessible housing, advocate for strong public schools, protect immigrants from ICE aggression, secure voting rights, and much more. All the groups are also now leveraging their networks to mobilize for the midterm elections. The following snapshots give a glimpse of their recent successes blocking MAGA’s authoritarianism, building a more just democracy, and laying the foundation to win the midterms.
Michigan: Rising Voices blocks collaboration with ICE
This past November, local law enforcement in Center Line, Michigan, a small suburb of Detroit, made a formal agreement to collaborate with ICE. Hearing this, Rising Voices recruited their members to speak out. More than 75 neighbors showed up at a city council meeting, with 18 different speakers taking the mic. Hundreds more called and emailed city officials. This intense community pressure paid off: Within 48 hours of the protests, the city of Center Line rescinded its agreement with ICE.
Arizona: LUCHA trains poll monitors
The Trump administration has floated plans to send DOJ election monitors, ICE, or the National Guard to polling stations in the 2026 midterms. To prepare for these intimidation tactics, LUCHA is hosting poll-observer training sessions for hundreds of people across the state. Participants game out possible scenarios and strategize about the most effective responses. These sessions are equipping community leaders to act quickly, decisively, and collaboratively in the face of blatant federal voter suppression, helping to ensure fair elections.
Nevada: Make the Road prepares families and communities to withstand ICE
At the beginning of Trump’s second term, the Las Vegas Police signed a cooperation agreement with ICE, and Nevada’s Republican governor ended the state’s sanctuary status. As a result, over the first 10 months of 2025, immigration arrests tripled as compared to all of 2024. To fight back, Make the Road Nevada (MTRNV) launched Family Preparedness Clinics for immigrant families, helping them create packets with emergency plans, powers of attorney, and school authorization forms. Hundreds of families have completed these packets, and scores of others have completed Know Your Rights trainings. Because of MTRNV’s work, immigrant families are much more prepared to exercise their rights and stay safe in the face of aggressive ICE enforcement.
Pennsylvania: OnePA protects tenants’ rights
As part of their work to protect Philadelphian tenants, OnePA has been pushing for the passage of the Safe and Healthy Homes Act in the city council. OnePA educated the community about the bills, organized calls to the council, and rallied members to show up in the council building when the act was discussed. In early 2026, the act passed, providing a wide range of protections for tenants, including preventing landlords from terminating leases without notice, allowing tenants to join tenants associations without repercussions, and establishing a fund for tenants forced to move due to unsafe housing conditions. The same activists involved in this fight – including many tenants who got politically involved for the first time – are now turning their attention to getting out the vote for the midterms.
Wisconsin: GROWW fights for safe housing
Spurred by developers, in 2017 the Wisconsin legislature deregulated the rental housing market, pulling back on state government inspection of rental properties. In Menomonie, Wisconsin, this exacerbated decades-long unsafe housing conditions — including black mold, broken stairs, and leaking roofs. A couple of years ago, GROWW began to organize around the issue, knocking on doors and listening to neighbors’ stories. Soon, conversations turned into action. GROWW published a report on housing safety and drafted a city ordinance to restore proactive inspections and guard against landlord retaliation for tenant complaints. In February 2026, the work paid off. In the presence of more than 70 engaged community members, the Menomonie City Council passed GROWW’s ordinance. Menomonie is located in a key, flippable US congressional district in Wisconsin, and GROWW is now mobilizing its network for the midterms.