Charting the Way Forward

This week on Charting The Way Forward: The one and only Jessica Byrd! A nationally recognized political strategist, Byrd has spent the last 18 years intentionally focused on building multiracial democracy and the last 6 years developing a visionary, relational approach to leadership development called Black Camp. She joined us to discuss how she is bringing that vision into reality, and the continued vision Democrats will need to build their midterm momentum into a broad, durable coalition po...

Today we continue our 2-year-anniversary Closing Argument series with Ryan O'Donnell, Executive Director of Data For Progress, to survey the greater political landscape with just over 2 weeks left until Election Day! Ryan is a master of electoral polling methodology—something sorely needed in a Democratic campaign ecosystem that often leaves candidates looking wishy-washy instead of helping them stick to their values. All this and more on this week's episode of Charting The Way Forward!

Everyone’s favorite Latino expert Chuck Rocha has some news: the old adage that ‘Latinos are not a monolith’ might actually be a lot less true this cycle! Trump has uniformly ticked off Latinos across the country, and Republicans will bear the brunt of that ire, says Chuck. The real question now is whether Democrats can figure out how to keep Latinos in their corner. Join us for the second installment of our Closing Argument series this month, celebrating two years of Charting The Way Forward!

Today we're dropping the first episode of our "Closing Argument" series celebrating TWO YEARS of Charting The Way Forward. First up: Indivisible's Leah Greenberg on The Grassroots and the largest early vote mobilization in history! Plus—her closing arguments are 🔥🔥. Jenifer Fernandez Ancona and Dan Ancona join host Kerry Eleveld for this truly inspiring conversation. We'll be dropping special episodes every Thursday this month, so stay tuned!

As Ian Bassin, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Protect Democracy, said on this week's episode, few people would disagree that we're in a crisis of democracy — but we're also in a crisis of spirit. And yet, it may be the crisis that precedes the opportunity. Because if we can, in fact, Protect our Democracy, we can start implementing real reforms to make sure our country rewards regular people who have good values, not just people who have good financial positions. We have a big fight ahe...