Hi friends and followers of DPN! Wanted to send one more reminder that Statehouse Futures — our annual virtual summit of transformative policy and strategy for state leaders — is back this coming Wednesday, July 31st! Join hundreds of statehouse leaders — electeds, staff, wonks, advocates, and journalists — to be energized and illuminated

Statehouse Futures — our annual virtual summit of transformative policy and strategy for state leaders — is back July 31st! Join hundreds of statehouse leaders — electeds, staff, wonks, advocates, and journalists — to be energized and illuminated by sharp panels from Run for Something Action Fund (RFS), the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC)

Today, DPN has released three new policy kits, authored by Colleen Herrmann, on empowering tenants through increasing housing supply and enshrining tenant protections in state and local law: 1. Social Housing: On how states can enable and empower the creation of municipally-owned, mixed-income housing developments Read DPN's kit

Today, DPN has released our Deliberative Democracy Processes policy kit, an open resource for legislators, advocates, journalists, and citizens to learn how states can utilize citizen deliberation models to break gridlock, reduce special-interest capture, and build consensus. The kit was organized by Michael Swerdlow, Tenzin Kartsang, and Jordan Lari, in

Today, DPN has released our Voting Modernization policy kit, an open resource for legislators, advocates, journalists, and citizens to learn how states can modernize election infrastructure and processes to expand voting rights, access, and participation. The kit was organized by Anna Seigel, Chuck Park, Giovanna Antoniazzi, and Jake Indursky. Read

We're thrilled to invite you to attend the third annual Statehouse Futures, a free, virtual policy and strategy summit for leaders working to deepen democracy in cities and states across America, happening on Wednesday, July 19th from 12PM - 4PM ET. Co-hosted by the Democracy Policy Network, the

We are excited to announce that Wednesday, July 19th from 12PM - 4PM ET, the Democracy Policy Network, in partnership with the Run for Something Action Fund and the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, are hosting Statehouse Futures, a virtual policy and strategy summit for a state leaders working to deepen

On May 3rd, we hosted a DPN Conversation on the topic of Local News Dollars — a model of funding local journalismin which residents are issued vouchers to donate to journalism outlets of their choice. We spoke with Dean Baker (Senior Economist at the Center for Economic & Policy Research), Maya

Wanted to send out a final reminder that this coming Wednesday, May 3rd at 4PM ET, the Democracy Policy Network is hosting a DPN Conversation on the topic of Local News Dollars — and public funding of journalism, generally. The policy briefing will explore how states can establish “Local News Dollars”

Today, DPN has released three new policy kits, authored by Nourel-Hoda Eidy, on Democratizing Entrepreneurship — state policies to help make it easier for more Americans to launch startups, coops, and other ventures: Access to Startup Capital policy kitEntrepreneurship Infrastructure policy kitStartup Technology Diffusion policy kit As we have written about

On Wednesday, May 3rd at 4PM ET, the Democracy Policy Network is hosting a DPN Conversation on the topic of Local News Dollars. The policy briefing will explore how states can establish “Local News Dollars” systems — in which residents are issued vouchers to donate to journalism outlets of their choice

Over the coming months, the Democracy Policy Network (DPN) aims to compile three policy kits about transformative state policy to expand affordable housing and tenant rights: * (1) A policy kit on state policy to promote social housing and create state housing developers * (2) A policy kit about the best tenant

We at the Democracy Policy Network (DPN) are seeking a policy-minded, democratically-spirited volunteer to work with us this summer to research the potential of antimonopoly reform organizing in California. If you would like to organize with us, we would love to hear from you: Apply to be a California Antimonopoly

On March 1, DPN hosted our second 2023 DPN Conversation on the topic of Civil Legal Reform. The policy briefing explored: (1) the growing wave of “Right to Counsel” legislation expanding access to justice in cities and states across the country; and (2) the Consumer Education Foundation’s groundbreaking Model

Today, DPN has released our Local News Dollars policy kit, an open resource for legislators, advocates, journalists, and citizens to learn how states can establish “Local News Dollars” systems — in which residents are issued vouchers to donate to journalism outlets of their choice — to expand and revitalize local journalism. Read

On Wednesday, March 1st at 4PM ET, the Democracy Policy Network is hosting a DPN Conversation on the topic of Civil Legal System Reform. The policy briefing will explore: (1) the growing wave of “Right to Counsel” legislation expanding access to justice in cities and states across the country; and

On February 8, DPN hosted our first 2023 DPN Conversation on the topic of Green Finance. The policy briefing explored what state leaders can do to ensure their state’s financial policies, regulations, and institutions best mitigate climate change and support green energy transitions. We spoke with Jordan Haedtler (former

On February 8 at 4PM ET DPN is hosting our first 2023 DPN Conversation on the topic of Green Finance. The policy briefing will explore what state leaders can do to ensure their state’s financial policies, regulations, and institutions best mitigate climate change and support green energy transitions. RSVP

DPN Conversations are monthly briefings for state leaders, staffers, advocates, and journalists interested in learning about transformative state policies for deepening democracy. Each month, DPN brings in a panel of experts, advocates, and legislators to share their story and answer questions about the nuts and bolts of raising up an

As we wrap up the year, I first wanted to send along my sincere gratitude to everyone who engaged with the Democracy Policy Network this year. From the beginning, we have designed ourselves to be more like an open platform than a closed bureaucracy, relying on networks of state leaders,

Today, DPN, alongside the Democracy Collaborative and T1International, has released our Public Pharmaceuticals policy kit — an open resource for legislators, advocates, journalists, and citizens to learn how states can publicly manufacture and distribute pharmaceuticals. Read DPN's policy kit on Public Pharmaceuticals Americans pay sky high drug prices — nearly

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