TOP organizes Black and Latino communities in Dallas, Harris, and Bexar counties through issue campaigns, leadership training, and electoral organizing.
"Many Black and Latino communities feel left out of the decisions that shape their lives — housing, healthcare, schools, and more. TOP exists to change that. By organizing together, members work to make sure their voices are heard and that elected leaders pay attention to their needs."
The Texas Organizing Project (TOP) brings together Black and Latino communities in Dallas, Harris, and Bexar counties. Founded in 2009, TOP has more than 350,000 members and supporters. The group runs issue-based campaigns, trains everyday neighborhood leaders, and works to increase voter participation. Its goal is to make sure Black and Latino Texans have real power and representation in the decisions that affect their lives.
The Texas Organizing Project (TOP), founded in 2009, organizes Black and Latino communities in Dallas, Harris and Bexar counties with the goal of transforming Texas into a state where working people of color have the power and representation they deserve.
Our greatest strength is the more than 350,000 members and supporters who help lead our direct-action organizing, grassroots lobbying, and electoral organizing.
In addition, we provide training to develop everyday leaders in our Black and Latino neighborhoods; people hungry for positive change who want to be champions for their communities.
With every campaign we run, every issue we fight for and every neighborhood we organize, we focus on creating effective ways to ensure that voices of Latino and Black people are not only heard, but that we have sufficient power to advance our issues.
At TOP we fight with two fists. We organize around issue-based campaigns, winning tangible improvements for our communities. We then mobilize our members and supporters around electoral campaigns, effectively increasing voter participation in communities that historically have had low voting rates.
By mobilizing people through issue-based campaigns and linking those issues to the importance of voting for leaders who are in the fight with us, TOP is changing Texas by changing our cities and counties.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Texas Organizing Project is to bring together Black and Latino Texans so that together we can fight for real change by organizing our neighborhoods, investing our time and energy in causes relevant to our communities, and collectively taking ownership over TOP’s agenda, strategy and direction. With a seasoned and committed organizing staff, a diverse membership and leaders from all walks of life, TOP has already made a huge impact and is positioned to continue to grow.
OUR VALUES
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- Visit the TOP website to learn what campaigns are currently active in your area
- Sign up for email updates to stay connected with TOP's work
- Attend a local event or meeting to see how the organization operates
- Ask about leadership training if you want to take a bigger role
- Share TOP's mission with neighbors who care about community issues
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