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- EIN 13-4105066
- (212) 633-1405
- 80 Broad Street 4th Floor New York NY 10004-2258 USA
- www.demos.org
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Causes: Civil Rights, Voter Education & Registration, Voting Rights
Mission: Demos is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Headquartered in new york city, demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuit of three over-reaching commitments: achieving a true democracy by reducing the role money in politics and guaranteeing the freedom to vote; creating pathways to ensure a diverse, expanded middle class in a new, sustainable economy; and transforming the public narrative to evaluate the values of community and racial equity.
Programs: Demos' visionary opposition on voting team works to strengthen our democracy and increase access to the ballot for our multi-origin, multi-racial citizenry. Our work to achieve this includes increasing voter registration of low-income people by enforcing the public agency provisions of the national voter registration act; expanding the freedom to vote by advancing pro-voter election reforms, anchored by same day registration; shifting popular opinion to reverse or halt measures that restrict voting rights; and addressing structural barriers to fair redistricting and representation.
demos' race forward economic agenda team works to ensure all americans have an equal chance in our economy. We fight to rebuild pathways to the middle class so that it is diverse, strong, and expanding. This includes in-depth analysis and policy proposals to improve job quality and access, advance worker rights, and seek reform in our flawed credit system. We seek to end the debt-for-diploma system by advocating for debt relief for borrowers, addressing the causes of declining affordability, and exposing the role of wall street in the financialization and privatization of higher education.
demos' narrative team seeks to embed narrative ideas that support a more inclusive country, economy and democracy. We work with opinion research experts to develop narratives that can be used by grassroots organizations, policymakers and other thought leaders to advance an equity agenda. We use trainings, social media, press and other strategies to disseminate those narratives into the field.