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Dear Friend,
We made it to the “-ber” months! Bring on the sweaters, boots, hats, and scarves ASAP.
Yes, I’m choosing to focus on the cool weather good times rather than the upside down political world we’re living in right now. I’m not sure what the true low point of the week was — RFK Jr.’s testimony? Florida’s vaccination announcement? The jobs numbers?
These days, I try to remember that things are darkest before the dawn. How dark is dark, well that’s a mystery. But together, we will get to the other side. 💥 And thankfully I can include a bit of good news here. Last week, we saw a huge win in Iowa! Catelin Drey won the Iowa Senate special election, breaking that state’s GOP supermajority. 📣 SHARE YOUR GOOD NEWS HERE I’ll also add a little teaser here — make sure you continue to open these weekly newsletters. We’re going to have a few big announcements in the coming weeks. 💸 Can you donate today to support this work? Even a $5 donation can help us grow this movement’s talent pipeline, promote ethical consultants, and power up democracy. In exhaustion and frustration,
Natasha + Team GAIN Power |
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 Want to help shape what GAIN Power builds next? We're expanding our Advisory Committee and looking for thoughtful, creative leaders across campaigns, advocacy, consulting, media, and government. If you care about talent, democracy, and building sustainable infrastructure for our movement - and WINNING - please join us but read this first. Note we’ll be following up with everyone who signed up later this month.
Amy shared her thoughts about some of the problems that we believe are solvable if we work together and hold each other accountable. Check out our draft GAIN Power Consultant Class, Political Trust, and Marketplace Initiative for more details. |
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There are a lot of people talking about how we talk to people. I wonder what you all think about this - I have some strong feeling that I’ll share in my own posts - but for now share a few that I think are worthy of a read and some other on other topics. Let us know what you think and are reading. |
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| | | Nearly $678 million was raised by scam PACs during the 2024 election cycle, yet less than $11 million of that sum went to Democratic candidates or the party’s national committee. That devastating ... |
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| | | 🔵 Join the GAINiverse Democracy Advisory Committee Building the Infrastructure for the People Who Power Democracy We are only six months into this |
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There are so many ways to support GAIN Power’s mission to uplift the progressive democracy ecosystem- here’s a snapshot: |
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We recently launched a community Slack to keep folks updated on our programs and to create more space to connect, network, and exchange information. We have channels for the Powerful IDEA Awards, RootsCamp, Resistance activities, Events, Career Advice, Advisory committee & working groups, and more. We’d love you to join us there and feel free to invite others you think may want to be part of it. |
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Democracy DirectoryGAIN Power hosts a democracy directory. This is the place to list and promote the pages of companies, products or services, nonprofits, or other community resources. Much like LinkedIn or Facebook but only for the Democratic & Progressive community. |
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