This document outlines strategies for getting busy parents and others to take action through grassroots organizing. It discusses the policy priorities of MomsRising.org and barriers to engagement like lack of time. Five key principles for engagement are outlined: be nimble, test ideas, maintain dialogue, open engagement avenues, and have fun. The document then details a "layer cake" approach to organizing that incorporates online and grassroots tactics like technology-enabled advocacy, sharing personal stories, proxy representation at events, on-the-ground actions supported by online engagement, traditional and new media outreach, and rapid response. It emphasizes testing new approaches, collaboration, and keeping engagement creative, respectful of people's time, metrics-driven,