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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / March 11, 2021
As We Take a Victory Lap for the American Rescue Plan, Let’s Acknowledge What Got Us There – and What We Still Need to Do
by Gara LaMarche March 11, 2021 The American Rescue Plan that President Biden just signed into law is a landmark achievement for the advancement of social welfare in the United States – the most significant anti-poverty measure since the Great ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / January 14, 2021
Who Will We Be?
by Gara LaMarche January 14, 2021 Inauguration Day and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday are a few days apart this year, and the juxtaposition is particularly striking. In 2009, as we inaugurated our first Black President, the confluence ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / November 18, 2020
A few thoughts on emotion and politics: Opening Remarks at the Fall 2020 DA Conference
by Gara LaMarche I want to take a few moments to talk about an aspect of the recent election, and of our work together as progressives, that we don’t usually deal with, caught up as we are in strategy, tactics, numbers, messaging, ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / November 16, 2020
Moving on after 7 years at the DA
I am writing with personal and institutional news: I plan to step down as Democracy Alliance President after seven years in the position. John Stocks and the DA board will soon be sharing the plans they have developed for the search ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / November 11, 2020
Democracy has been battered and bruised but Joe Biden’s victory shows it has survived
by Gara LaMarchePublished 11/10/2020 in the Irish Independent My wife and I were at home a little after 11 on Saturday morning, and I was wrapping a few presents for our grandson’s birthday while keeping an eye on MSNBC, the cable news network, ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / October 14, 2020
Gearing Up to Win – and To Be Ready for What Comes Afterward
by Gara LaMarche We are going all out for victory – and within reach of an historic one – on November 3. But at the same time, we have to think and plan about what happens AFTER Election Day. If you’re not already doing everything you can ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / June 18, 2020
Defund the Police? Abolitionist Movements Have Always Blazed the Way to Change.
by Gara LaMarche It’s not for me to define “defund the police,” the rallying cry of many on the streets at this moment. I take my cue from those fighting for their lives. Many have lifted up this call because it’s abundantly clear, with ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / April 8, 2020
While Vigorous Advocacy Moves Forward, We Need to Support Frontline Communities Directly
No person, community or country is unaffected by the global pandemic known as COVID-19. As an organization focused on politics, democracy and social justice, the Democracy Alliance has focused quickly and sharply, as we must, on policy debates ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / From The President / April 1, 2020
Opening Remarks by Gara LaMarche – DA Donor Meeting – April 1, 2020
This is an adapted version of remarks delivered by DA President Gara LaMarche at the opening of the DA’s Spring Donor Meeting on April 1. The last time the DA staff and I had to overhaul a DA conference at the last minute – with even less ...
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Democracy Alliance Blog / September 26, 2019
Impeachment and Elections Are the Dual Paths Toward Saving Our Democracy
We are now on a path to impeachment. Today’s smoking gun of the transcript of Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine’s President is a blatant evidence of his rampant lawlessness and disregard for every weave in the fabric of constitutional government ...
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