As localities face budget deficits, LP members are exploring every option to ensure those who can pay do so and services aren't cut. Read Syracuse Auditor Marion's Op-Ed 👇 on how a local private university should pay what it owes to ensure the entire city can thrive. https://bit.ly/4rxVsT6

Syracuse University can, and should, pay city substantially more, auditor’s report says

Analysis of school's property portfolio shows it would pay $35 million to city and school district if parcels were fully taxable.

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School is back in session – and every student deserves to feel safe in their classroom. As a school board member, you have the power to keep ICE off campus and away from student data. Our No Secret Police toolkit shows how. Link in bio. 📚

ICE wants to deport Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a DoorDash driver who they just shot in Austin yesterday. The federal government can't shoot someone and then try to make them disappear to escape scrutiny. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez needs a doctor right now, not a deportation.

ICE wants your local police to do its dirty work. The 287(g) Program, often voluntary unless your state law requires it, turns local cops into ICE agents, emboldening them to surveil, arrest, and deport our neighbors. The good news: local electeds can stop it. 🚫 Link to the toolkit in our bio!

Co-governance helps local electeds build power & uplift community voices. LP member Delishia Porterfield, TN Council Member, published an op-ed on co-governance's future as part of the "Case for Co-Governance" series with @raceforward.org & Partners for Dignity. Read the op-ed at the link in bio

Today's #NoSecretPolice policy win is from Lehigh County, PA! LPPA member County Executive Josh Siegel helped ban ICE from using county property for immigration enforcement. No county spaces to cover up secret police tactics. ‼️ Want this for your community? Toolkit linked in bio.

Gloria Steinem practiced both bold activism and reflective learning when her activism fell short. Her legacy is a reminder that passing the torch means making our movements more inclusive, intersectional, and just. https://msmagazine.com/2026/09/03/gloria-steinem-feminist/

‘At Last, We Know We Are Not Alone’: Gloria Steinem on Ms., the Feminist Movement and the Work Still Ahead

Gloria Steinem helped bring feminist ideas, voices and movements into the mainstream through journalism, organizing and activism—and helped build <em>Ms.</em> into what it remains today: not simply a ...

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It’s the National Week of Action Against Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs), but for the #BraveofUs, every week is a chance to stop surveillance and protect residents’ safety and privacy. 🛑 Learn more about how you can cancel your ALPR contracts at the link in our bio.

As ICE continues its silent rampage, it's #BraveOfUS to speak out. Lately, we’ve been featuring some of our powerful and brave first-generation immigrant members of LP 💖 Today, the inspiring Mayor of Mount Rainier, MD Celina Benitez!

Mayor Wilson, Councilmember Foster, Councilmember Saka and I are teaming up to ban surveillance pricing at grocery chains in Seattle. Surveillance pricing is a harmful practice where your data is weaponized against you to price gouge. (1/2)

You passed a data center moratorium. Now what? Join us tomorrow at 1pm ET for a workshop on the policy tools and organizing strategies so moratoriums build momentum for lasting change, featuring real-life examples from Arizona, New Jersey, Texas, and Tennessee. Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Housing should be for people, not profit. That's why Local Progress Impact Lab is releasing a resource with Regional Housing Legal Services on bold tactics local elected officials in Pennsylvania can take to bring down the cost of housing in their communities.

DHS calls it "market research" – we call it just another trick up their sleeve to secretly dilute our local power while they continue to detain our neighbors in deplorable conditions. 📣Local leaders say NO.

When federal agents act with impunity, as they did during Operation Midway Blitz, local leaders step up. LP member and Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vásquez stood alongside victims and advocates, leading with transparency and accountability. https://bit.ly/3RZklcZ

Chicagoans Alleging Crimes By ICE Agents Seek Police Help After Feds ‘Fail To Act’

A coalition of alleged victims and immigration advocates filed nine police reports Monday against federal agents linked to last fall’s Operation Midway Blitz.

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A year ago, Councilmember Kendra Brooks launched the "ICE Out" training sessions in partnership with local orgs. Today, they've reached over 3,000 Philadelphians, with 150 of those being new trainers on how to interact with ICE and protect vulnerable community members. 👏🏼 https://bit.ly/462k3oM

One year of ICE Out trainings - Resolve Philly

It's been a year since Councilmember Kendra Brooks and her team have hosted ICE Out trainings in Philly. They reflect and look to the future.

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Essex County, NJ, banned county collaboration with ICE and the use of county property for immigration enforcement. ‼️ S/O to County Commissioner VP A'Dorian Murray-Thomas, who led the fight – and won. Check out the #NoSecretPolice toolkit at the link in our bio!

DOJ's $300M "Model City Initiative" comes with strings attached: surveillance, fear, and violence in immigrant communities. S/O LP members and Las Cruces Councilors Bencomo & Corran for calling it what it is: a Trojan horse, not a safety grant. Read more: https://bit.ly/4wgbRfD

DOJ's Model City Initiative is a Trojan horse for Las Cruces | Opinion

It’s not difficult to understand the real intent of this initiative.

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More than half of all Americans don't want a data center built in their backyard. But thanks to preemption, state officials in West Virginia are removing local decision-making and paving the way for data center development in every community. Read more 👇 https://bit.ly/4fIwBYr

As data center developers eye West Virginia, local communities feel overlooked

Data center development is a fast growing industry, with projects popping up in seemingly every corner of the country. But that’s not been the case in West Virginia so far. Now, state officials are ro...

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When people across the country are in grocery aisles finding themselves weighing whether eggs or milk fit into their budget, something is broken. Municipal grocery stores can stabilize the cost of putting food on the table. progressivegrocer.com/setting-stag...

Setting the Stage for More Public Grocery Stores

Big cities find creative ways to eradicate food deserts

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Our members are not just governing from afar. They're on the ground with their communities figuring out creative solutions that truly work. Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vasquez is doing just that. https://bit.ly/4yZ8dta

ICE Arrests Are Leaving Some Immigrant Families’ Cars Behind. These Volunteers Are Stepping In To Help – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

ICE Arrests Are Leaving Some Immigrant Families’ Cars Behind. These Volunteers Are Stepping In To Help – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

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“You can’t have stability, health, or healing without the basic necessity of a place to call home, and too many across our county are facing just that reality." - @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social https://seattlemedium.com/king-county-housing-levy-exploration/

King County Explores Countywide Housing Levy To Expand Affordable Housing

King County explores a countywide housing levy to fund affordable housing and shelters amid potential federal funding cuts.

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From Milwaukee to Portland, San Diego to El Paso, and many other localities — LP's Immigrant Justice Steering Committee is a diverse group of local leaders, all fighting the same battle for immigrant families. #BraveOfUs @braveofus.bsky.social ❤️

A moving interview with LP Immigrant Justice Steering Committee member and City Councilmember in West Liberty, IA Dana Dominguez ⤵️ https://dailyyonder.com/qa-west-liberty-city-council-member-dana-dominguez/2026/07/17/

Q&A: West Liberty City Council Member Dana Dominguez | The Daily Yonder

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a

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Immigration enforcement is ‘changing childhood itself" - worsening anxiety and depression for students. That's why @odetteramos.bsky.social wants to expand Baltimore's Safe Passage initiative to more schools 👏 www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

First Baltimore Latina council member calls for more protection from ICE near schools

Immigration enforcement is “changing childhood itself,” experts told Baltimore City Council at a three-hour hearing Thursday.

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Sending love, strength, and power to our members in Madison ❤️✊🏽

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Protests have taken place in Madison, Wisconsin, after a man was shot and killed by a police officer on Wednesday as a bystander captured graphic video of the incident, which was widely shared on social media and is fueling tensions in the city.

As ICE’s “silent surge” continues, it’s #BraveOfUS to speak out. Lately, we’ve been featuring some of our powerful and brave first-generation immigrant members of LP 💖 Today, the inspiring Portland City Councilor @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social!

An upcoming federal court case could force MASSIVE energy rate hikes onto the people of Puerto Rico. All to enrich greedy bondholders like GoldenTree. 200+ elected officials just filed an amicus brief calling for people over profits ‼️

Organizing with @localprogress.bsky.so in Baltimore!

I’ve been in Baltimore the past couple of days at the @localprogress.bsky.social Annual Convening alongside over 500 progressive city, county, and school board elected officials. I’m leaving with policy ideas, new relationships to incredible leaders, and a lot of hope. Onwards together!

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the national @localprogress.bsky.social convening in #Baltimore. My heart is full from the experience and my head is full of ideas I’ve learned and workshopped there about how to get ourselves into all sorts of #goodtrouble. Thank you LP! 💪