LOCAL CHANGE
STARTS WITH PEOPLE.
The 500 Project is a national network connecting principled people, county directors, independent organizations and partners, giving them a focused way to turn shared principles into local action.
The people are already there. The organizations are already there. So are the experience, passion and willingness to lead.
The 500 Project connects them.
Membership is free.
I AM THE DIFFERENCE.
I learn. I train. I volunteer. I recruit. I support. I organize. I lead. I run.
I bring what I have. I find where I fit.
And when one becomes 500, what we can do together grows.
WE CONNECT.
WE ACT.
People care about different issues. Organizations pursue different missions.
We don't have to agree on everything to act together where we do.
We believe local government should be accountable to the people it serves, parents and citizens should have a meaningful voice in their schools, individual freedom should be respected, and local leaders should reflect and respond to their communities.
Individuals keep their interests. Organizations keep their identity, mission, relationships and independence.
Our principles connect us. Action makes us stronger.
BRING WHAT YOU HAVE.
FIND WHERE YOU FIT.
INDIVIDUALS ACT.
Activate. Connect. Take Action.
Learn. Volunteer. Support. Organize. Lead. Run.
Be 500COUNTY CORE.
Confirm. Observe. Recruit. Engage.
Know your county. Know your districts. Build the network.
Be COREORGANIZATIONS RISE.
Recruit. Invest. Strengthen. Engage.
Bring what you do best. Strengthen the network.
Join RISEPARTNERS SCALE.
Fund the infrastructure and capacity that power SCALE and move the network forward.
Help SCALE
SCHOOLS UNITE US.
We care about different issues. We bring different experience, interests and missions.
But here, our major principles meet.
Parents should have a meaningful voice. Local government should be accountable. Individual freedom should be respected. Local leaders should reflect and respond to the people they serve.
Schools give us common ground and one place to put those principles into action together.
LOCAL LEADERSHIP IS WHAT WE BUILD.
LEADERS STEP UP.
WE BACK THEM UP.
When a principled person is ready to run, we bring the training, strategy, tools, relationships and professional support to help turn that decision into a campaign ready to move.
CAMPAIGN-IN-A-BOX
You bring the commitment. We bring the support.
WE SCALE.
Finding people isn't enough. Connecting them isn't enough. Winning one election isn't enough.
We build something that keeps moving.
Then we do it again.
PARTNERS POWER SCALE.
Partners provide the resources and capacity that keep the flywheel moving and allow what works to grow.
BUILT FROM
EXPERIENCE.
The 500 Project wasn't dreamed up in a boardroom.
It grew from decades of local work and from seeing too many good people, relationships and organizations disconnected after the election or issue that brought them together was over.
We're building the network that keeps them connected.
BUILT IN OREGON.
DESIGNED TO SCALE.
Oregon 500 is the first complete statewide implementation of The 500 Project, bringing individuals, county directors, organizations, candidates, volunteers, supporters and partners into one statewide network.
We build it. We learn. We improve. Then we scale what works.
I AM THE DIFFERENCE.
I AM 500.
WE ARE 500.
TOGETHER, WE CHANGE EVERYTHING.
Membership is free.