Founded by local community leaders and 501(c)(4) organizations in 2017, IE United is a collective impact table focused on changing systems through progressive policy change and diversifying representation of local elected officials through direct political action. Our mission is to engage under-represented and long-ignored communities as voters, vocal stakeholders, and leaders in order to build political power needed to revitalize San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, or the Inland Empire. Our vision requires that we shift power dynamics in the region—to position progressive policy priorities and leaders, including women, people of color, low-income, immigrant, LGBT, and religious minority leaders—as central to governance.