“Achieving a radical democracy seems indispensable and unimaginable, but it’s closer than we could possibly think. Nobody thought during a pandemic we would have the largest racial and social justice movement of our lifetime.”
Maurice Mitchell | National Director, Working Families Party and Working Families Power
Voter suppression, intimidation, and disinformation campaigns pervaded the general election of 2020, both online and on the ground. In the upcoming 2022 election, the most powerful way to maintain and uphold democratic processes continues to be well-resourced organizing — particularly at the state and local levels. Tides Foundation recently brought together a panel of grantees from Tides-led initiative Healthy Democracy Fund to share their most current strategies in supporting state-based efforts and how funders can play a role in building a reflective multiracial democracy.