Pete Davis

Thank you to everyone who came out to Statehouse Futures 2024, our annual virtual summit of transformative policy and strategy for state leaders. We heard great keynotes from Florida's Fentrice Driskell on progressive leadership in a red state, Colorado's Jason Wiener on using state policy to

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 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

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,

In the coming weeks, we at the Democracy Policy Network [democracypolicy.network] are releasing three kits about Democratizing Entrepreneurship — state policies to help make it easier for more Americans launch startups, coops, and other ventures. American entrepreneurship is currently dominated [https://www.kauffman.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/kauffman_compilation_

This past Tuesday, we at DPN [democracypolicy.network], alongside the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center [https://democracypolicy-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1SNJZDuANYQ7PgnGil_8QioDtLBsRWvnveRq5NVHdYPpPmlaxgQGnocliBy_92CfzDbSyOlIZRkor-edyd0hAItTZ1us5HyVdFMSI0tLltygxzeefcY9uPtr019-VsGA] and Run for Something Action Fund [https://democracypolicy-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/1KObDFAs8wcAp-cII_ZBxJYuRwOxzgqD62DP13jPoK1ZTmlaxgQFrDGbBapCnZWLAJcvK8O_6IOiY_wc6CK15nlgC6dc7RXaybplnOgRpEmasRezIlb2qPAl2JwM8yE

On May 16, DPN hosted a state policy briefing on Public Medications with experts, advocates, and legislators at the cutting edge of promoting publicly-owned pharmaceutical enterprises, created by states to develop, manufacture, and distribute medication in the public interest. Video and notes from the event are below. Welcome — Pete Davis

When it comes to policy, the state leaders fighting for a deeper democracy are understaffed and outgunned. Movement politicians are often inspired to run for office because they have experience in a few issue areas. However, when considering whether to run or not, they are faced with the daunting task