Courage Campaign

A New Era for Progressive Politics in California

Block Blackwater: Sign the new letter to San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders

We need Mayor Sanders to take further leadership now to protect San Diego — and California — from Blackwater. No matter where you live, please sign this letter to Mayor Sanders today. We will deliver your signatures to the Mayor as well as Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, and Congressman Bob Filner:

Ban Blackwater from Iraq: Support the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act"

Just a few months after the courageous people of Potrero kicked Blackwater out of their small town on the California border, Blackwater has announced plans to open a 61,600 square-foot “training facility” in San Diego just THREE blocks from the Mexican border.

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"Yacht Party" TV Ad Campaign

Inspired by a blogger’s YouTube video, the Courage Campaign launched “Yacht Party” — a 30-second TV ad re-branding California Republicans as the “Yacht Party” for refusing to close a “yacht tax” loophole despite California’s massive $16 billion state budget deficit.

Decline-to-State GOTV campaign and "Double Bubble" debacle in Los Angeles

The Courage Campaign waged a massive multimedia campaign to target 1.1 million independents to vote in California’s Democratic Party primary on Super Tuesday and then won an unprecedented voting rights victory after tens of thousands of Los Angeles County voters were disenfranchised by a flawed “double bubble” ballot.