Imagine if war and the relentless churn of capitalism and the demands of the untouchables weren't clouding the majesty that is here. If reverence ruled and beauty meant more than a bang.
The Purple People Party is an open-palmed offer to co-create what could be — when fear stands down and love leads. When we open our hearts, strike up real conversations, take down some well-worn walls and set some new boundaries. They're keeping us fighting to steal our empathy. What does it mean to be free? Is this sociopathic status quo really the wants of Our We?
We've tried laws and sanctions. Guns and tanks. Commandments and ceaseless thou-shalt to make humans obey. One thing we haven't tried: incredible amounts of unbridled creativity seeping out of every crevice of ourselves and society. Because play says results don't matter. Because people playing don't want to kill each other.
There are 500,000 elected positions in this country and someone is going to fill them. If the brightest, most compassionate, creative people keep out of the swamp — we hand the alligators our legs. Minimum wage is $7.25. $1 billion is spent on war every single day.
Those kept up at night by winding webs of What If. With visions of Could Be.
More than voting lesser evils. More than sitting it out. More than donating to the bullies. This red-versus-blue thing is a runaway train — we, the people, can lift this energy toward other tracks. So we're doing just that.
81,000 signatures by July 15. No PACs. No party machine. No mass-printed yard signs. No bowing to kings.
THE PEOPLE. Fully embodied. Open to what could be.
This is a love letter to the 50–55% of Americans who don't vote in midterms and don't have a passport. PPP isn't about diluting ourselves to find common ground. It's about feeling safe and seen in our whole self. Existing in broad daylight. Letting love drive for a while. Backed by elegant math and the most rationally scientific dreamers money can't buy.
Maybe 'thou shalt' was the original sin — not eating the apple. We're born to explore. Curiosity is our birthright. Play is the purpose, not the distraction.
Maybe you should run for office.
What is possible — if we unshackle it?
#griefintogasoline
File by July 15. PPP becomes an official Michigan party — with the right to run candidates for every office on the ballot.
81,000 signatures across Michigan
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Open nominations
Purple on the ballot.
It's asking a completely different question.
We're not selling a platform. We're practicing one. How we make decisions together matters more than any one opinion. Representative government means honoring the will of all the people — and what they are actually after.
Curiosity is a civic skill. Compassion is infrastructure. You cannot organize people who don't feel seen.
The party isn't without values — it's made of people with perspectives who'd like to hear each other out. Maybe arrive at something new together.
The gentleness is the structure.
Governance is a skill, not a tribe. We build the table and trust what happens when real people sit down together.
Former Republicans. Former Democrats. People done voting because nothing on the ballot reflected who they actually are. What we share isn't a worldview — it's a way of showing up.
Decisions made in public. We show our work, stay accountable. Disagreement is information, not threat.
Curious enough to find out. Humble enough to say "I don't know yet." Accountable to the room, not the donor list.
Follow your pull. This runs on people power, Polly's pecan pies, and the radical act of showing up.
A treasure map of every way to plug in — printable, stampable, keepable. Collect them all.
This is the one. Street teams, pop-up tables, neighborhood asks. 81,000 signatures by July 15. Travel with us or run your own drive — either way, you're the campaign.
Dream in broad daylight. Art, music, yard signs, buttons, clothes, podcasts, dance routines, yoga workouts, a one-act play — every format, every platform. Make songs and movement practices for nonviolent evolution. Creation is war's kryptonite. A single point of light collapses the dark.
A couch, a yard, a community room. Open your door and the movement walks in. Radical hospitality keeps this movement rolling toward November.
Potlucks over PACs. Cook, drive, haul gear, give rides. We all got something.
Set up your booth. Keep 100% of your sales while you keep it rolling. Your creations, your cause, your table — and a clipboard nearby.
Once we have ballot access, we need real people — rooted in their communities, curious, humble, accountable to the room, not the donor list. If something in you is stirring right now, that's the signal.
→ I'm curiousPost, share, forward, invite. Your network is the campaign. Every person who feels something reading this is a potential signature — and a potential Flitter.
A question, a curiosity, a pull toward something. Drop a message and we'll find you a thread.
Or email us directly: joinus@purplepeopleparty.us