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Reclaiming Freedom and Liberty As We Honor Black History

Our work doesn't end when Black History Month does.
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February 28, 2023
Taifa Smith Butler
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Meet Estee Konor, Associate Director of Litigation 

Konor uses litigation to build power and support movement work 
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Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler Statement on the 58th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

We need a democracy that works for everyone in it
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Meet Anoa Changa, Director of Communications

Changa leverages the power of media to build power for Black and brown communities and change the status quo. 
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Meet Estee Konor, Associate Director of Litigation 

Konor uses litigation to build power and support movement work
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Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler Statement on the 58th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

We need a democracy that works for everyone in it
Press release
Taifa Smith Butler
Anoa Changa

Meet Anoa Changa, Director of Communications

Changa leverages the power of media to build power for Black and brown communities and change the status quo.
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Reclaiming Freedom and Liberty As We Honor Black History

Our work doesn't end when Black History Month does.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Dēmos Responds to Supreme Court Hearing on Student Debt Relief

"Any action, plan, or agenda not rooted in equity to address the student loan debt crisis undermines America’s legitimacy in being a world leader that truly cares about the future of its people."
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Taifa Smith Butler
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The SCOTUS Case Quietly Threatening Worker Power

It's no coincidence that SCOTUS is choosing a moment when Black and brown workers are building power to threaten labor's gains.
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Daniella Zessoules
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Dēmos Responds to President Biden's State of the Union Address

“The state of the union will be strong as long as the Biden Administration focuses on an agenda that creates a just economy and strengthens our democracy.”
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler: Police Violence Threatens Lives, Communities and Our Democracy

This epidemic must stop, and it must stop now
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Statement From Dēmos President Taifa Smith Butler on Recent Gun Violence Across the Country

We know that curbing the influence of lobbyists, money, and organized interest groups while strengthening working families' voices in our political system is the only way to end the devastation of gun violence in America.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Building Power! Angela Hanks on the Breaking Through Podcast

Angela joins Moms Rising CEO Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner to talk worker power and a new generation of unions, and why a multiracial democracy is essential for a thriving economy.
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