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The Progressive/Political Infrastructure Educational Circle grew out of a frustration with the failure of progressive agendas to emerge successfully from the 2004 elections. Four goals emerged:

  1. To ensure that progressive women’s voices were present in the highest levels of political party policy-making and leadership.
  2. To make sure that progressive issues and perspectives permeate the political agenda in the future.
  3. To develop an overarching framework that will help how we speak about the issues we care about in order to motivate and inspire others; and
  4. To encourage both political parties to work intensively on legislation to ensure free and fair election processes.

What We Do

Education has become our primary work as many members desired a more sophisticated understanding of how “civil society” and party politics interface and create public policy. We set out to give our members an overview of how these worlds interact and highlight opportunities to invest in the progressive/ political or citizen engagement areas in smart and strategic ways.

We have held a series of symposia that focus on Building a Permanent Progressive Majority & Opportunities for Women in Future Elections. We have brought in consultants from around the country to share their experiences and their knowledge, We have invited speakers such as Anna Burger of SEIU, Mary Hughes of Staton Hughes Consultants, and Amy Dacey of The Fund for America, and Sarah Jaynes of the Washington Progress Alliance.

We have highlighted cutting-edge work that WDN members are engaged in regionally, such as “Pro-Co” or Progressive Colorado and The Progressive Era Project, a municipal strategy to forward progressives, especially people of color, in California.

We talk about 501(c)(3) funding opportunities, and we brainstorm about how we can be more effective in changing the landscape in which we all do our work. We also sponsor conference calls on timely matters such as immigration; women and youth; and co-sponsor, along with other WDN circles, topics such as Affirmative Action and writing successful Op-Ed pieces.
 

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Resource list coming soon!

 

The Progressive/Political Infrastructure Education Circle reflects WDN’s key theme of Civic Participation and Progressive Infrastructure: Strengthening our democratic institutions and community-based organizations to ensure that all people have the capacity to actively engage in shaping the policies that impact their lives. This is one of our seven key areas of work and study. 

 

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