We are turning positive energy into progressive movement! Traction's been bringing progressively minded folks in the North Carolina Triangle area together since 2005. Get to know others with politics like your own, and maybe, just maybe, we can make a difference together. Traction holds informal activities that foster an environment for both fun and learning how to make a difference in our day-to-day lives.

Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness: This is a radical mental health group based on the principles of the icarus project! http://theicarusproject.net The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. We welcome people who support psych drugs and people who do not, as well as people who use diagnostic labels and people who do not identify with tho …

We may not see an end to institutional and structural racism in our lifetimes, but we can continue to tear down these structures, brick by brick, if we join together to continue to raise our awareness, gather more information, plan, take action, evaluate, and gather more information.  We can only be successful if we do thistogether, along which others who share the same orientation, definitions, and principles. The Organizing Against Racism network exists to help facilitate conversations about …

This is a group (and event) geared toward local Triad spoken word artists (from poets to script).

If you are a MoveOn enthusiast living in the Durham/Chapel Hill Area, then this is the group for you! Outside of voting and joining a political party, there are many more ways that Americans can participate in their democracy.  The mission of this group is to support the people of the Durham and surrounding communities get involved in the political process. We are advocates for social reform. "Power to the People!" We are also MoveOn Council members who are a local team of committed MoveOn membe …

Formerly called Southeast Greensboro, The Ole Asheboro Street Neighborhood is one of several small communities including Asheboro Square, Arlington Park and Gorrell St Neighborhoods. Together these neighborhoods would work together to advocate for community development efforts to improve the quality of life in this area. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, formerly Asheboro Street (names Asheboro, people referred to this street that went all the way to Asheboro, NC). The Ole Asheboro Street Neighbor …