Video Features

"Up in Smoke": Gov. Schwarzenegger and the CA budget

Governor Schwarzenegger has shown both a lack of genuine, responsible leadership and of empathy to the effects of the fiscal crisis on ordinary working families. He boasted to a New York Times reporter that he was “perfectly fine” and that he could still go home and “sit down in my Jacuzzi” and “lay back with a stogie.”

"Insurance Jive"

Based on the true story of Patsy Bates, “Insurance Jive” shows why it is the insurance companies that actually operate “death panels” — and demonstrates why we must stand strong in support of a public health insurance option.

"Fearless: Courage Campaign Equality Teams"

Organized by volunteers, 44 Courage Campaign County Equality Teams in 23 counties across California are creating infrastructure to enable your community to engage in important long-term work — recruiting an army of marriage equality activists, identifying undecided voters, organizing in your communities, and taking part in coordinated statewide events.

Camp Courage East LA

Inspired by the “Camp Obama” trainings that powered neighbor-to-neighbor organizing across America in 2008, Camp Courage teaches empowerment, team building, leadership development, and grassroots organizing skills. Camp Courage East LA was the fifth in a series of trainings across California.

"Heat"

Audon Felix Garcia died in a field near Bakersfield in 2008. This heartbreaking story reminded us what was at stake with the CA Employee Free Choice Act, which Governor Schwarzeneger vetoed in the fall of 2009.

"We the People"

“We the People” was produced by volunteers on behalf of Courage Campaign Issues. Individuals appearing in this video are real people, including a carpenter, lawyer, priest, and a soldier discharged under the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy.

KSEE Fresno News on Camp Courage

Local NBC affiliate on Camp Courage Fresno, featuring Dolores Huerta and interviews with Rick Jacobs.

Camp Courage gives grassroots activists the practical, hands-on skills to organize in their communities to restore marriage equality for same-sex couples, should the court fail to overturn Prop 8. This issue-focused training program is a major step toward repealing Proposition 8 and building a permanent progressive majority in California.