The crisis of American democracy is a deeper, more chronic one arising from systemic racial and gender exclusion, entrenched economic inequality, and technological and ecological transformations that undermine dreams of collective action and inclusive shared self-governance.

An Analytical Framework

This Giving Tuesday, we encourage you to give whatever you can to support our critical work to win the next 20 years.

Fully engaging and including Black people of all genders will strengthen the political power of Black communities.

Our communities are threatened, and our democracy is falling apart. Why any real solution requires understanding civic power and then building it.

K. Sabeel Rahman and Hollie Russon Gilman's new book, Civic Power, calls for a broader approach to democratic reform, offering a critical framework and concrete suggestions to support those reforms that meaningfully redistribute power to citizens.

Rebuilding American Democracy in an Era of Crisis

About the event series for black and brown millennials

Why we've organized an event series for black and brown millennials.