Train.Organize.Win.

Organize SD trains South Dakotans to build and run grassroots field programs that recruit volunteers, reach voters, and win elections in 2028 and beyond.

3-day weekend intensive
Led by Obama-era field organizers
Statewide peer network

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Our mission

Training a new generation of South Dakota organizers.

Organize SD is a South Dakota-based training initiative. We develop high-skill grassroots operatives who can build and run effective organizing programs for federal, state, and local races, then stay to lead in their own communities.

What success looks like by November 2028

More trained organizers
Operatives placed on campaigns and community programs across the state.
Stronger volunteer programs
Leadership pipelines that keep growing after the training weekend ends.
Better voter contact
Higher-quality conversations, and more of them, up and down the ballot.

What we do

Skills that win elections

Every trainee leaves with the skills, tools, and relationships to run a real field program.

Train

Grassroots fundamentals

In-person trainings on field, volunteer, and community organizing. You learn to build programs that last, not one-off events.

Equip

Best-practice playbooks

Turf plans, universes, and contact goals, plus proven scripts and onboarding systems that turn conversations into action.

Connect

Coaching & peer support

Office hours with experienced organizers, tracking templates, and a statewide network of South Dakota operatives to learn alongside.

Who it's for

Built for people ready to lead

First-time organizers
You care about your community and want to learn how to move people.
Rising field staff
You have some campaign experience and want to run a program, not just a shift.
Volunteer leaders
You already lead people locally and want proven systems to grow your team.

How it works

From application
to the field

1
Apply
Tell us about yourself, where you organize, and your availability. It takes a few minutes.
2
Train
Spend a Friday–Sunday weekend practicing the real work: roleplays, scripts, turf, and follow-ups.
3
Organize
Go home with job-ready field skills, coaching check-ins, and a statewide network behind you.

The training weekend

A look inside the 3-day immersive intensive.

Arrival & foundations

3:00 – 5:00 PMCheck in
5:00 – 6:00 PMWelcome & introductions
6:00 – 6:30 PMItinerary review
6:30 – 7:30 PMDinner
7:30 – 9:00 PMWhat is organizing?

Who we are

Organizers who've done it before

A collective of former Obama organizers and battle-tested South Dakota operatives. We helped build the community organizing framework that won battleground states twice, and we're bringing it home.

Proven frameworks

Scaling voter contact through structured volunteer teams and the Snowflake model.

Local expertise

Deep roots in SD communities, so national best practices work for the 605.

“We're the people who were on the ground in 2008 and 2012, and we're bringing that same relentless organizing framework to South Dakota.”

The Organize SD collective

Now we're focused on 2028: training the next generation of South Dakota leaders to build permanent infrastructure that wins, neighborhood by neighborhood, town by town.

Support the training

Fund the next organizer

Your contribution puts trained organizers in South Dakota communities ahead of November 2028.

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