We build power that lasts…from the ground up
doing politics differently.
States like Tennessee continue to backslide because political insiders have entrenched themselves in a system prioritizing self-preservation over progress.
Political gatekeepers have built an administrative class focused on maintaining their power and getting a paycheck rather than organizing to win and redistribute their power.
This “insider-first” model creates a professional revolving door of mediocrity and a cycle where new ideas, new leaders, and bold strategies are dismissed to protect the status quo.
Rooted in community, not consultant-culture, BAK Community Partners believes in transformative, generational work that will shift the power of red states like Tennessee and beyond.
organizing first.
POLITICS second.
Reversing decades of democratic backsliding in red states requires putting communities at the center of the solution.
Too often, politics panders to short-term wins over the long-term work of empowering communities. To change this, we must invest in organizing first - prioritizing projects and programming that build relationships, instill representative democracy, foster local leadership, and foment grassroots movements that address the actual needs of everyday people.
By being incisive and politically creative, we can restore trust, resonate with disillusioned constituencies and lay the foundation for durable community-powered progress.