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Supercharge Your Activism

The right to vote. Choice. LGBTQ+ rights. Schools. Why are we seeing attacks on these fundamentals of democracy during a Biden presidency? Because these attacks aren’t happening at the federal level in DC. They’re happening in state capitals, where current governing majorities are attacking our right to vote and keeping women from making decisions about […]

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Breaking Ceilings and Blazing Trails

“It’s important to get more women in legislatures overall, but also into positions of power where they also get to set the agenda. We spend a lot of time talking about what they add to the conversation; these women in leadership get to determine what conversations are had.”  —Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research at the […]

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The Road to 2022 Starts Now

State majorities mean governing power. As we look at the voter suppression bills making their way through state legislatures—more than 400 bills in 49 states as of July 14—we are keenly aware that rightwing majorities in the swing states can enact voter suppression into law.  If our democracy dies, it will be in the states […]

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We Came This Close to the Unthinkable

What if …the results of the popular vote were closer? …the attacks on our democracy were more coordinated?…state lawmakers had been less concerned about ignoring the will of the people? Last summer, The States Project publicly identified the crucial role that state legislatures in swing states could play in stealing the presidential election for Donald […]

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The States Project: From the Root

The word “grassroots” has permeated our national consciousness with good reason. In 2020, organizers from across the political spectrum turned out record numbers of voters by going into communities, ensuring that folks registered, and then getting them to the polls.  This building of collective power by mobilizing people around shared values is what makes grassroots […]

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5 Questions With a Giving Circle Leader

Sarah wears many hats. Kentucky native. Journalist and food writer. Cookbook author. Wife, mom of two, and grandmother. A value chain coordinator who matched local farmers to markets in her home state. In 2020 Sarah also became a Giving Circle Leader of the Bluegrass Blue Wave Giving Circle for North Carolina.  What attracted you to […]

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