TRAMUTOLA

Political Strategists

Welcome to Tramutola. People come to us looking for candid political advice, and a desire to build community support for a variety of important causes.

English / Spanish

Phone 510-658-7003
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Organizing for People

"Tramutola provides effective political strategy for our clients, including everything from TV to direct mail to grassroots organizing, to ensure that they are successful. We have a wide range of clients from school districts, to cities, candidates, healthcare and development projects. We are skilled at problem solving, whether it be for tax elections, ballot measures, or community outreach.

With a bilingual staff, we are able to conduct and facilitate trainings on organizing and community engagement in multiple languages. It's rewarding to be able to bridge economic, cultural, and language barriers to inspire people to make improvements in their communities."

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Our Commitment

"Sometimes people define us as a political strategy firm, or a political consulting firm. We stay away from labels and don't define ourselves narrowly. We work with people and organizations that have significant problems they need to address. The people who come to us want to make a difference in their communities, but need help.

Our work is based on organizing lessons learned from the Civil Rights and farm workers movements. And it's been honed from many years of experience managing hundreds of successful campaigns.

When people contact us they want to win, but we want to know why they want to win and what commitment they have to winning. Winning takes effort, and we focus on action that will lead to success by providing structure, focus, and discipline. In the end, our goal is to be successful and have people say, 'We did it ourselves!' "


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Making a Difference

"Making a positive difference in your community is often about winning - winning a ballot measure for schools or hospitals, winning support for a project, or winning an election.There’s no easy path to winning public support, it takes effort, quality communications, and knowledge of your community. We will advise you on how to effectively leverage your resources of people, time, and money. Most importantly we will develop a focused strategy that will give you the best chance of winning."

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Training the Next Generation

"In communities around the country, effective organizers have sparked the civil rights movement, efforts to improve schools, and economic development.

TOLA is a rigorous non-ideological "hands-on" training program for individuals interested and motivated to pursue a career in organizing. The sixteen-week program is demanding and effective. Too often, inexperienced organizers put into real world situations have neither the personal discipline, nor have mastered the basic fundamentals of organizing to be effective. TOLA teaches these fundamental skills.

Fred Ross, Sr., one of our country's greatest organizers said that learning to organize is a life long process - and to learn you need to be hands-on in the real world, working on real problems. TOLA is based on Fred's teachings and today TOLA graduates are working in labor unions, non-profits, immigrant rights organizations, and political campaigns."

To learn more about TOLA go to: www.tolacademy.org