NCNG Building Inclusive Futures: How Democracy Shapes Our Lives

In this forward-looking session, we’ll explore how funders, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations are working together to protect and expand voting rights across North Carolina. Through a panel discussion, participants will gain practical insights into the vital connection between grassroots power-building and sustainable, systemic change to protect and strengthen our democracy.

Our panel will examine:

• How grassroots organizing and voting rights is essential to make progress on any of the issues we care about and are funding
• Real-time challenges and opportunities in NC’s landscape
• Success stories of year-round democracy-building work that has achieved tangible policy changes
• Practical strategies for funders who want to support and strengthen voting rights work

Speakers: 

• Bryan Perlmutter, Piece by Piece Strategies
• Alesha Brown, For The Struggle
• Tanaya Suddreth Lynch, Cypress Fund