The New AMerican Majority Cohort
In 2020, in partnership with RoadMap, Four Freedoms Action Fund, and Groundswell Action Fund, NLA made strategically-aligned investments in leaders of color organizing their communities in the critical states of Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin.
It worked! By ensuring that organizations working with long-ignored and underrepresented communities in key states had what they needed to scale their work, our cohort members ran some of the most effective programs mobilizing women, young people, and communities of color in the nation.
The Asian American Advocacy Fund (AAAF) is building a politically-conscious, engaged, and progressive Asian American base in Georgia. A grassroots organization dedicated to mobilizing Asian American communities and advocating for their civil and human rights, AAAF is transforming the political landscape in this traditionally conservative state.
UNIDOS works for a Minnesota where Latinxs are able to achieve their fullest potential and contribute to the wellbeing and the prosperity of all Minnesotans. They have become the go-to organization mobilizing and building power for the Latinx community in Minnesota.
Voces de la Frontera Action is the 501(c)(4) sister organization of VDLF, Wisconsin’s leading immigrant rights and low-wage worker’s center. As a multi-issue organization, they provide critical assistance to working families, fight year-round for legislative victories and protections, and play a central role in engaging and mobilizing the Latinx community to build a new progressive power base in Wisconsin.
Workers Defense Action Fund (WDAF) educates, organizes, and serves historically underrepresented communities in Texas, with a focus on Latinx immigrants, BIPOC, and low-wage workers. Their work is building the infrastructure needed to transform Texas into a progressive powerhouse in the years ahead.
As the only 501(c)(4) organization in the country focused on Black women’s reproductive justice, BWWAP is building political power to protect and advance the health and rights of Black women and girls. Using a reproductive justice framework to heal, support, educate, and engage Black communities, BWWAP builds deep and durable power that can be used to galvanize community action, win key battles, advance a progressive policy agenda, and defend and protect legislative victories.
Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) is the largest and most influential organization building power among Arizona’s working families. A membership-led, grassroots organization dedicated to advancing social, racial and economic justice for all, LUCHA plays a critical role in mobilizing people of color in Arizona to vote and engage in year-round advocacy to improve the lives of working families.
With deep roots in Colorado’s Latinx community, COLOR Action Fund is the new face of power in Colorado. As the only Reproductive Justice organization in the state, they are building a multi-generational, intersectional movement to engage the Latinx community in fighting for Reproductive Justice, self-determination, and progressive values and governance statewide.

