This week's Democracy Notes

Dec 05, 2024

Howdy!

Welcome to post-election democracy conference season!

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at conferences hosted by Bipartisan Policy Center (yesterday), Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, and the National Conference on Citizenship (next week).

This week’s newsletter is a bit pithier than usual due to all the travel.

That said, last week’s edition was particularly juicy (unlike overcooked turkey). If you were out of office for Thanksgiving, take a look here!

A brief reminder: our first-ever event is coming up on 12/17 at 2pm ET! It’s on “The Role of Fun & Joy in Civic Life.” Register here!

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement has a new CEO! Congratulations to Shannon Green, current Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Rights, and Governance at USAID.
There isn’t too much new philanthropy news given the holiday, so here are a few tidbits we covered in past issues you may find useful:
- Packard and JPB Foundation’s new strategies (from June).
- Omidyar Network’s big pivot in July.
- What Hewlett has been up to (from May).

More In Common has the scoop on why voters voted how they did in November’s election. Check out their new survey/report here.
Help Library Futures craft a positive library policy agenda for the next four years!
Foreign adversaries took advantage of tech companies rolling back trust & safety efforts (and more). Yikes! Issue One’s new report here.
What is authoritarianism? Helpful explainer from The Horizons Project.
Meet the 5th annual Civic Season Design Fellows! Young people! Nice!

Today at 3pm ET! Panel on “Leadership for the Movements of the Future” from Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice.
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation event on “Reviving Local Journalism: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help” with American Jouranlism Project CEO Sarabeth Berman. (12/9.)
Speaking of AI…podcast episode on “AI and the Future of Civics.”

JPB Foundation Executive Coordinator — NYC, $117K
Movement Innovation Collaborative (MIC) Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) — remote, $180K-$200K
American Oversight Strategic Partnerships Associate — remote, $56K-$70K
Inatai Foundation Research Manager — WA, $98K-$120K
Microsoft Democracy Forward Project Manager (Contract) — remote, 6mo contract, $40.50-46 per hour
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Senior Manager, Civics — DC, $86K-$107K
Marguerite Casey Foundation Grantmaking Coordinator — remote, $90K-$108K
Morrison Family Foundation Program Associate — Chicago, $70K-$75K
Brennan Center for Justice Digital Content Associate — New York, $72K-$83K
UChicago Office of Civic Engagement Associate Director, Student Civic Programs and Leadership — Chicago, no salary listed :(

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Take care,

Gabe