State Policy, Budget, and Revenue Outlook

A Focus on the South

Southern communities have been navigating some of the most challenging political and economic climates for decades. Too often, the South is a laboratory for regressive policies that are exported to other places. But the South is also a springboard for visionary thinking, the birthplace of national movements with a rich history of innovative organizing. Home to more than one-third of the country’s population, including many of the fastest growing cities and regions, what happens in the South will have a profound impact on the entire country and our collective future. Join us to learn more about key battles and opportunities in the South and lessons learned and insights from campaigns in Alabama and Florida.

• Ethan Frey, Program Officer, Civic Engagement & Government, Ford Foundation (Moderator)
• John Simpkins, President, MDC
• Robyn Hyden, Executive Director, Alabama Arise
• Zelalem Adefris, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, Catalyst Miami

Cosponsors: Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable and Workforce Matters.

This program is free and open to FPN members and nonmembers, but all must be from funder organizations.

Related Resources

• Policymakers Should Craft Compromise Build Back Better Package: Pressing National Needs Require Action, By CBPP Staff, February 1, 2022.
• Advancing Equity in Year 2 of the Biden Administration, Policy Link and Race Forward, 2022.
• Dead Racists, the Filibuster, and the Debt Ceiling: A conversation about what’s standing in the way of progress towards an inclusive democracy and a just economy, Demos blog, December 17, 2021.
• How the Stolen Supreme Court is Defeating Democracy and Why Expanding the Court Can Save it, By Laura Williamson, Demos, December 17, 2021.
• Economic Democracy: Framing the Future, Demos blog, July 12, 2021.

For programmatic questions, please contact Geula Ferguson.
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