July 25, 2024
NCG: How We Strengthen Democracy from the Ground Up
By Eduardo (Lalo) Gonzalez, Program Officer, Power, San Francisco Foundation, and Kimi Lee, Executive Director Bay Rising Action
With this month’s presidential immunity ruling, the Supreme Court put the president above the law. It should now be clearer than ever that democracy is under attack at every level of government. From the Supreme Court to our local ballot boxes, we’re seeing coordinated attacks in cities across the country – including right here in the Bay Area. Conservative and corporate interests are doing everything they can to weaken the voices and votes of people of color and low-income youth, workers, and families. But we already have the antidotes to these attacks, and they lie in local organizing efforts already underway. As funders and concerned community members, we have the ability – and the responsibility – to direct more resources to local organizations that are fortifying our democracy from the ground up.
