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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / December 13, 2021
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 taking hold. As Legal Advisor to the African National Congress (ANC) Parliamentary ...
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From The President / September 23, 2021
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 in History (Washington, DC) — The Democracy Alliance, a preeminent ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / June 3, 2021
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 much more than the sum of its parts, will stay with me. I want to bring us forward ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / March 25, 2021
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 basis, back to the forefront of the national conversation. Vast majorities ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / March 11, 2021
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 in the United States – the most significant anti-poverty measure since the Great ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / January 14, 2021
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 striking. In 2009, as we inaugurated our first Black President, the confluence ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / November 18, 2020
A few thoughts on emotion and politics: Opening Remarks at the Fall 2020 DA Conference
by Gara LaMarche I want to take a few moments to talk about an aspect of the recent election, and of our work together as progressives, that we don’t usually deal with, caught up as we are in strategy, tactics, numbers, messaging, ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / November 16, 2020
Moving on after 7 years at the DA
I am writing with personal and institutional news: I plan to step down as Democracy Alliance President after seven years in the position. John Stocks and the DA board will soon be sharing the plans they have developed for the search ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / November 11, 2020
Democracy has been battered and bruised but Joe Biden’s victory shows it has survived
by Gara LaMarchePublished 11/10/2020 in the Irish Independent My wife and I were at home a little after 11 on Saturday morning, and I was wrapping a few presents for our grandson’s birthday while keeping an eye on MSNBC, the cable news network, ...
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