The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy

Now that the World Cup is over (everything else in my life shuts down during the WC - and, btw, shout out to La Furia Roja and all the team's supporters), it's time to move on to other (not *more* but *other*) serious business: where I work.

The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a progressive public policy think tank located in New York City's Financial District. Why do we matter? Because the Left needs an answer to the Right's 40 year lead on building the infrastructure to support and promote their conservative ideology. This infrastructure (credit to The Practical Progressive by Erica Payne) - ideas generation, litigation, message framing, lobbying, etc. - has assured the Right its political dominance, which the Left is only now learning - and beginning - to break. As Ms. Payne said, we are "structurally outmatched."

Yes, you should be scared.

But DMI exists to help address this disparity, and for that, we can all be thankful - and supportive. Here's a bit more about my awesome organization:

The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), a think tank founded during the civil rights movement, partners with advocates, organizers, elected officials, and other leaders to strengthen policymaking in cities and for cities. The most progressive urban policies expand our national understanding of what government can accomplish. Historically, the results have been seen and felt in a variety of ways: better housing options, better safety net protections, better transit access, better workplace rights, better environmental regulations, better assimilation of immigrants, better infrastructure investments. We help cities advance in order to improve the lives of all people in the United States. Our research, analysis, communications, and media efforts focus on how the biggest opportunities for addressing America’s challenges can be found—and seized—in cities.

BOO-YAH! :)