Engage, educate, and elect. That’s our mission. Founded in 2001 to respond to specific needs, the Bus Project has mobilized thousands of volunteers and activists around the state of Oregon. We bring voters out of the woodwork. We create forums to learn about candidates and policy issues. The BusPAC works to elect the best progressive candidates in the state. We do it all, with one constant: combining fun and politics. Former Governor Barbara Roberts, who now serves on the Project’s Advisory Council, has called the Bus Project “the most exciting thing in Oregon politics in the last 20 years.”
- Background Needs – The reasons we do this stuff.
- The Six E’s – Issue areas we care about, flavored with alliteration.
- History – Step-by-step grassroots movement growing.
- Why Oregon? – If you’re attempting to better the U.S. of A., why start with a square coastal state?
- People – Meet the Project’s volunteers, staff, Board, and Advisory Council. And don’t forget the ripple effects. Turns out that Bus alums remain impressive.
- Why Build to Last? – What’s the point in being active in a nonelection year, other than keeping local pizza delivery companies in business?
- Progressive Reading List – What’s the matter with books?
“A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.”
- Teddy Roosevelt
