The must-have guide for young progressives seeking to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.

You’ve been depressed since the night of November 8, 2016. You wore black to work the next morning. You berated yourself for your complacency through the Obama years. You ranted on Twitter. You deleted Twitter. You sent email messages to friends and family stating, “How can we get more involved?” You paid attention to Pod Save America. You knit­ted a pussyhat. You about Work for Something: A Real-Talk Instruction to Fixing the System Yourself showed up to the Women’s March on Washington. You protested Donald Trump’s executive orders. You known as your congressman. You known as various other people’s congressmen. You set up regular donations to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. You reactivated Twitter (begrudgingly).

Here’s what you do following: Operate for something.

To be particular: Run for local workplace and become the change you want to observe in the world. Just forget about Con­gress. Overlook the Senate. Concentrate on the offices that get the real sh*t done: condition legislatures, town councils, school boards, and mayors.

It doesn’t matter if you’re not a white man over sixty with an Ivy Group law level. (Actually, it’s better if you’re not really!)

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the first thing about running for workplace, or never also imagined you’ll. That’s what this publication is for.

Amanda Litman, experienced in hard-fought state and nationwide election campaigns, is here now to offer guid­ance as well as wisdom and insight from elected officials and political operatives she interviewed for this book.

There are half of a million elected officials in the United States. Why can’t you be one of these?