Democracy Policy Network

There’s a new generation of state leaders rising up to deepen democracy in statehouses across the country. They need policy backup. That’s where the Democracy Policy Network comes in. Learn about our launch below and support our mission at: patreon.com/DemocracyPolicy 🌱

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Come one, come all to our "Cultivating Civic Membership" workshop on September 25th — will draw on the ideas and case studies from our “City Membership” toolkit, featuring three leaders experimenting with civic membership in their local communities: newsletter.democracypolicy.network/cultivating-ci…

New essay from Hayden Rooke-Ley on what states can do to mitigate federal Medicaid cuts: statnews.com/2025/07/24/med…

Learn more here — and if you are an entrepreneur, legislator, activist, expert, or journalist looking to help promote social cooperatives in your community, please get in touch: democracypolicy.network/agenda/strong-…

What is needed most now are “early adopters” who work to advocate, do further research, and launch demonstration enterprises

🚨 New DPN policy kit by @elias_crim: on how SOCIAL COOPERATIVES, a powerful, tested model for organizing social care can ensure that the growing caring economy is co-created by caretakers and communities: democracypolicy.network/agenda/strong-…

What could enable economic democracy at scale? At the @DemocracyPolicy, Júlia Martins Rodrigues and I have a new report on lessons for state-level policy, based on experience from Colorado to Brazil: democracypolicy.network/agenda/open-co…

Learn more in DPN's FINANCING SHARED OWNERSHIP policy kit: democracypolicy.network/agenda/open-co…

✅Developing public investment funds and revolving loan programs to support shared ownership ✅Learning from successful precedents in Colorado, Italy, Brazil, and Quebec

New policy kit out today by Júlia Martins Rodrigues and @ntnsndr on FINANCING SHARED OWNERSHIP — how policymakers can support the creation of financing infrastructure for shared ownership models (like cooperative enterprises and employee-owned businesses): democracypolicy.network/agenda/open-co…