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Onward Toward Progress is a citizen-led coalition inspired to save democracy by registering voters, canvassing, and supporting like-minded organizations.

Onward Toward Progress is a citizen-led coalition inspired to save democracy by registering voters, canvassing, and supporting like-minded organizations.

Onward Toward Progress is a citizen-led coalition inspired to save democracy by registering voters, canvassing, and supporting like-minded organizations.

– OUR STORY –

The Onward Toward Progress (OTP) origin story opens in 2016 when a group of friends began looking for something positive to do in the face of what felt like desperate times.

The Onward Toward Progress (OTP) origin story opens in 2016 when a group of friends began looking for something positive to do in the face of what felt like desperate times.

The Onward Toward Progress (OTP) origin story opens in 2016 when a group of friends began looking for something positive to do in the face of what felt like desperate times.

The Onward Toward Progress (OTP) origin story opens in 2016 when a group of friends began looking for something positive to do in the face of what felt like desperate times.

An opportunity appeared in their backyard in California's 25th Congressional District, and OTP launched a GoFundMe campaign to successfully flip the seat in 2018.


Fired up, OTP approached the 2020 cycle with excitement, raising approximately $90,000 to help Field Team 6 (FT6) register 30,000-plus Democratic voters in Michigan.


In 2022, OTP focused on registering voters in Nevada, raising money for FT6, canvassing, and postcarding. The group’s efforts helped re-elect Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and the slate of Democratic legislators.


In the 2024 election cycle, OTP supported Nevada legislators up for election and the Kamala Harris campaign.


In 2026, we are focused on Taking Back the House!

An opportunity appeared in their backyard in California's 25th Congressional District, and OTP launched a GoFundMe campaign to successfully flip the seat in 2018.


Fired up, OTP approached the 2020 cycle with excitement, raising approximately $90,000 to help Field Team 6 (FT6) register 30,000-plus Democratic voters in Michigan.


In 2022, OTP focused on registering voters in Nevada, raising money for FT6, canvassing, and postcarding. The group’s efforts helped re-elect Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and the slate of Democratic legislators.


In the 2024 election cycle, OTP supported Nevada legislators up for election and the Kamala Harris campaign.


In 2026, we are focused on Taking Back the House!

The work is never over. OTP continues to fight for democracy and the American way.

The work is never over. OTP continues to fight for democracy and the American way.

The work is never over. OTP continues to fight for democracy and the American way.

The work is never over. OTP continues to fight for democracy and the American way.

Current Focus: Help Re-Elect Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45)

We’re excited to share that OTP is adopting Derek Tran’s district (CA 45) for the 2026 midterms. Derek is a consumer rights attorney, Army veteran, and the son of Vietnamese immigrant parents. He flipped the district blue by only 653 votes. We need to keep this important seat in order to Take Back the House.


We’re excited to share that OTP is adopting Derek Tran’s district (CA 45) for the 2026 midterms. Derek is a consumer rights attorney, Army veteran, and the son of Vietnamese immigrant parents. He flipped the district blue by only 653 votes. We need to keep this important seat in order to Take Back the House.


We’re excited to share that OTP is adopting Derek Tran’s district (CA 45) for the 2026 midterms. Derek is a consumer rights attorney, Army veteran, and the son of Vietnamese immigrant parents. He flipped the district blue by only 653 votes. We need to keep this important seat in order to Take Back the House.


We’re excited to share that OTP is adopting Derek Tran’s district (CA 45) for the 2026 midterms. Derek is a consumer rights attorney, Army veteran, and the son of Vietnamese immigrant parents. He flipped the district blue by only 653 votes. We need to keep this important seat in order to Take Back the House.


We’re excited to share that OTP is adopting Derek Tran’s district (CA 45) for the 2026 midterms. Derek is a consumer rights attorney, Army veteran, and the son of Vietnamese immigrant parents. He flipped the district blue by only 653 votes. We need to keep this important seat in order to Take Back the House.


Ways You Can Help

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Gratitude Campaign

A heartfelt letter-writing campaign to personally thank first- and second-time voters in CA-45. These handwritten messages will let these voters know their voice matters and that we’re counting on them in the upcoming election.

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Register New Voters

Join Swing Left Inland Valley, Field Team 6, and Grassroots Democrats HQ for the first of many voter registration drives on college campuses in California’s swing district CA-45.

Sign Up Here!

Buy Tickets or Learn More!

Register New Voters

Join Swing Left Inland Valley, Field Team 6, and Grassroots Democrats HQ for the first of many voter registration drives on college campuses in California’s swing district CA-45.

Sign Up Here!

Gratitude Campaign

A heartfelt letter-writing campaign to personally thank first- and second-time voters in CA-45. These handwritten messages will let these voters know their voice matters and that we’re counting on them in the upcoming election.

Sign Up Here!

Buy Tickets or Learn More!

Register New Voters

Join Swing Left Inland Valley, Field Team 6, and Grassroots Democrats HQ for the first of many voter registration drives on college campuses in California’s swing district CA-45.

Sign Up Here!

Gratitude Campaign

A heartfelt letter-writing campaign to personally thank first- and second-time voters in CA-45. These handwritten messages will let these voters know their voice matters and that we’re counting on them in the upcoming election.

Sign Up Here!

Buy Tickets or Learn More!

Register New Voters

Join Swing Left Inland Valley, Field Team 6, and Grassroots Democrats HQ for the first of many voter registration drives on college campuses in California’s swing district CA-45.

Sign Up Here!

Gratitude Campaign

A heartfelt letter-writing campaign to personally thank first- and second-time voters in CA-45. These handwritten messages will let these voters know their voice matters and that we’re counting on them in the upcoming election.

Sign Up Here!

Buy Tickets or Learn More!

Gratitude Campaign

A heartfelt letter-writing campaign to personally thank first- and second-time voters in CA-45. These handwritten messages will let these voters know their voice matters and that we’re counting on them in the upcoming election.

Sign Up Here!

Register New Voters

Join Swing Left Inland Valley, Field Team 6, and Grassroots Democrats HQ for the first of many voter registration drives on college campuses in California’s swing district CA-45.

Sign Up Here!

OTP IN ACTION

It's been a wild, fantastic, fulfilling, and beautiful ride since our first event …

KNIGHT OUT
2018

OTP and the Democratic Club of the High Desert hosted an event where they raised $40,000. Those funds helped produce a “How to Vote” public service announcement in English and Spanish, launch a texting campaign to voters in the High Desert, run an advertising campaign valued at $60,000 for $6,000, and sponsor three paid interns for the Democratic Club of the High Desert.

BEER & POLITICS
2020

We screened “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote” via Zoom with our friends from Frogtown Brewery. The documentary covered abuses of the constitutional right to vote during the 2018 mid-term election in Georgia. Funds raised for this event benefited Field Team 6.

BE THE LIGHT
2020

During a night of hope and resistance, we raised $90,000 to help Field Team 6 register Democratic voters in Michigan. The Zoom-only event featured a number of guest speakers, including California Representative Adam Schiff, who was the inaugural winner of OTP’s Atlas Award. Those funds helped FT6 register 32,603 voters, almost a quarter of the 154,1888 voters that President Joe Biden won in the state.

GET OUT THE VOTE 2020

Throughout the campaign season, OTP volunteers held three Spanish-speaking phone banks, knocked on 600 doors in Las Vegas, sent postcards, called, texted, and marched.

VIVA NEVADA!
2024

We hosted a festive and uplifting casino night event that featured inspiring speakers, including Atlas Award winner Representative Hakeem Jeffries. Comedian Larry Wilmore kept us all laughing and motivated to get to work. OTP raised approximately $120,000 to support FT6’s efforts to register Democratic voters in Nevada.

Suppressed and Sabotaged 2024: The Fight To Vote Screening

We hosted a screening of Robert Greenwald's updated film, Suppressed and Sabotaged 2024: The Fight To Vote.

Canvassing Bootcamps

OTP has hosted canvassing bootcamps to learn about key talking points and role-play different scenarios to get you comfortable before you knock on your first door. Our volunteers used these skills to support key races in Nevada and California.

We Canvassed!

In 2024, OTP was on the road, traveling to Las Vegas every weekend in October and early November to canvass and register Democratic voters. We collaborated with the Nevada Dems (NVDems.com) to learn more about that organization’s local activities.

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