Urban Network for Social Change

Cities for Progress is a new nationwide network of locally-elected officials and community-based activists working toward social and economic change in America's urban centers.

Cities for Progress was born out of Cities for Peace, a project which helped pass nearly 200 city council resolutions opposed to the invasion of Iraq, citing local costs. Both are projects of the oldest progressive think-tank in Washington, The Institute for Policy Studies. The vision of Cities for Progress is to create national change at the local level. By educating the American people and offering means of communicating with each other, the organization empowers local communities to change politics. Working together in this manner to create a national consciousness, Cities for Progress brings together collective voices that will be heard by the White House, Congress and the national media.