Insights From  Our President - Democracy Alliance

3 Ways the Right is Rigging the Rules of our Democracy

By Pamela Shifman, Democracy Alliance President It’s been a tough summer. First came the one-year anniversary of Dobbs, stripping millions of bodily autonomy and...

Dobbs was the result of 40 years of conservative vision. Where’s ours?

By Pamela Shifman When news broke last June of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, it was confirmation that a 40-year conservative strategy to...

A global ‘anti-gender’ movement is coming for our democracy. Here’s how we fight back.

Originally published by The Hill on May 1, 2023 By Pamela Shifman This year alone, over 460 bills targeting LGBTQ rights have been introduced in states across the...

DA Spring Conference Opening Remarks from Pamela Shifman

Democracy Alliance Spring Conference Opening RemarksPamela Shifman, Democracy Alliance PresidentCharlotte, North Carolina—May 8, 2023 I’d like to begin by telling...

To Effectively Support Democracy, Donors Need to Support Workers’ Rights

Originally published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy on May 1, 2023By Pamela Shifman and Shekar Narasimhan Today — May 1— is celebrated as Labor Day around the...

Donors Need to Recognize the Link Between Abortion and Democracy — and Fund Accordingly

Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy on June 30, 2022 By Brook Kelly-Green and Pamela Shifman The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs...

A Message from Democracy Alliance President Pamela Shifman

When I was a young lawyer, I saw firsthand the power of progressive leadership at a critical moment in history. I arrived in South Africa just as democracy was...

The Democracy Alliance Names Pamela Shifman New President Amid Unprecedented Right-Wing Assault on Democracy

Shifman’s Appointment is a Recognition of an All-hands on Deck Moment that Requires Building the Most Expansive Progressive Electoral and Legislative Infrastructure...

DA Spring Conference Final Remarks from Gara LaMarche

Spring 2021 Fran Rodgers did a beautiful job laying out the themes of our two-day virtual conference last week, and her metaphor of a mosaic, where the whole is...

EVERY Issue Depends on Democracy Reform

by Gara LaMarche March 25, 2021 The horrific attacks in Atlanta and Boulder have brought gun violence, the national scourge that resurfaces on a sickeningly regular...

As We Take a Victory Lap for the American Rescue Plan, Let’s Acknowledge What Got Us There – and What We Still Need to Do

by Gara LaMarche March 11, 2021 The American Rescue Plan that President Biden just signed into law is a landmark achievement for the advancement of social welfare...

Who Will We Be?

by Gara LaMarche January 14, 2021 Inauguration Day and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday are a few days apart this year, and the juxtaposition is particularly...

A few thoughts on emotion and politics: Opening Remarks at the Fall 2020 DA Conference

Champagne bottles were popped outside the White House after Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory was announced. Credit: Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times by Gara...

Moving on after 7 years at the DA

Gara LaMarche I am writing with personal and institutional news: I plan to step down as Democracy Alliance President after seven years in the position. John...

Gearing Up to Win – and To Be Ready for What Comes Afterward

by Gara LaMarche We are going all out for victory – and within reach of an historic one – on November 3. But at the same time, we have to think and plan about what...