Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) is a long-running liberal advocacy and lobbying organization founded in 1947 to promote progressive public policy and democratic values. The Southern California Chapter is a local chapter of ADA that supports the organization’s national mission through grassroots activism and local engagement.
Civil rights and civil liberties, democracy and voting rights, economic justice, labor and worker protections, social justice, environmental policy, and progressive electoral advocacy
Primarily member donations, grassroots contributions, and fundraising support from supporters and activists
Americans for Democratic Action national organization; local ADA chapters; historically associated with liberal leaders including Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, Walter Reuther, Arthur Schlesinger, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hubert Humphrey
Non-profit advocacy and lobbying organization; local chapter of a national membership organization
