Momentum Rising runs three interconnected programs that move women and civic leaders from the sidelines to the center of democratic life — equipped, trained, and deployed where they matter most.
Defending the 69 million women whose documentation puts their right to vote at risk under the SAVE Act.
Training and deploying certified poll watchers to protect election integrity in 2026 swing states.
Training women for elected office, appointed positions, and civic leadership roles at every level.
The SAVE Act introduces federal documentation requirements that create an unprecedented barrier to voting for millions of American women. The core problem: 69 million women have birth certificates that do not match their current legal names — most of them because they took a spouse's name at marriage.
Under the SAVE Act's documentation requirements, these women may be required to produce additional documentation to register or vote — documentation many do not have, cannot easily obtain, or cannot afford to acquire. The burden falls disproportionately on married women, older women, low-income women, and women in rural communities.
Your Name Is Your Vote is Momentum Rising's direct response. We run documentation clinics to help affected women resolve mismatches before Election Day, we operate a petition campaign to build political pressure against these requirements, and we build the documented case base that voting rights attorneys need to challenge the SAVE Act in court.
Project Sentinel is Momentum Rising's poll watcher training and deployment program for the 2026 midterm elections. We are building a professional corps of certified, trained, and state-credentialed poll watchers who will be deployed to targeted precincts across Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona.
Poll watching is not passive observation. Sentinel-trained watchers know state law cold, understand challenge procedures, can identify voter intimidation and document it in attorney-ready format, and have a direct line to pre-positioned legal teams who can file emergency motions within the hour.
In 2026, the threats to Election Day integrity are documented and serious — ICE deployments in targeted communities, organized voter challenges, equipment failures, and provisional ballot manipulation. Project Sentinel exists to ensure that trained civilian witnesses are in position before any of it happens, not scrambling to respond after.
The civic leadership crisis in America is not a shortage of capable women. It is a shortage of women who have been given the training, the connections, and the structured pathway to step into public roles with confidence and preparation.
Momentum Rising's Civic Leadership Pipeline moves women from civic interest to civic power — through structured training in ethical leadership and democratic practice, through shadowing and mentorship with elected officials and civic leaders, and through direct support for women seeking elected or appointed positions at the local, state, and federal level.
We believe democracy is not defended only at the polls. It is defended by who sits on the school board, who chairs the county party committee, who runs for state legislature, and who accepts the appointment to the planning commission. Momentum Rising trains those women — and then supports them when they step forward.
Momentum Rising's three programs are made stronger by the coalitions we build around them. We partner with immigrant rights organizations, voting rights legal teams, civic education groups, and community organizations who share our commitment to durable democratic infrastructure. If your organization belongs in that coalition — let's talk.