US Workers Academy — Field Operations
The People Primaries Field Manual
Your complete operating guide for building independent, bottom-up organizing power in your congressional district. Seventeen lessons covering everything from your first thirty minutes to a sustained ninety-day action plan.
What This Manual Is
The People Primaries Field Manual (FM-67) is the operational playbook for anyone who has decided to stop waiting and start building. It assumes you are one person — maybe with a few friends, maybe entirely alone — and it shows you exactly how to grow that into a district-wide organizing force capable of recruiting, training, and electing independent candidates who answer to voters, not parties.
The manual is organized into five progressive sections. You can work through them in order, or jump to the section that matches where you are right now. Every lesson is practical, actionable, and written for people who have never organized anything before. No prior experience required. No party affiliation needed. No permission asked.
This is not theory. This is the field-tested system that real districts are using right now to build durable political power from the ground up.
Course Outline — Five Sections, Seventeen Lessons
Section 1: Introduction to the Field Manual
Understand why this manual exists, why your role matters, and how the movement operates.
- Why This Manual Exists — And Why You Matter
- How We Operate: Fully Distributed, Bottom-Up, Independent
Section 2: Getting Started
Your first moves — from the first thirty minutes to choosing your leadership path.
- Getting Started — Your First 30 Minutes
- Leadership Opportunities — Build Independent Power
- Volunteer Options — Every Hour Counts
Section 3: Building Your Team
The proven 70-volunteer structure, the recruitment playbook, and how to train everyone.
- The 70-Volunteer Structure — A Proven Model for Teams That Want to Win
- The Recruitment Playbook
- Training — What Every Volunteer Needs to Know
Section 4: The Campaign
From finding the right candidate to running the ground game and getting out the vote.
- Candidate Recruitment — Finding the Person Who Will Run
- The Campaign — Running the Ground Game
- Get Out The Vote — The Final Six Weeks
Section 5: Sustaining the Movement
Your 90-day plan, weekly routines, troubleshooting, guardrails, and the invitation to lead.
- Your 90-Day Action Plan
- The Weekly Routine
- Troubleshooting
- Guardrails — Staying True to the Mission
- Your Resources
- The Invitation
Ready to Build?
This course is completely free. Enroll now and start with Section 1 — or jump to any lesson that fits where you are today.
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Section 1: Introduction to the Field Manual
Section 2: Getting Started
Section 3: Building Your Team
Section 4: The Campaign
Section 5: Sustaining the Movement
