Moving Forward: Ideas for the DNC (Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL )

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Cross posted from Democrat's Group

Thank you to Brooklynite for the heads up that there will be a forum in Denver coming up soon where those running for the DNC leadership position will give their case why they should be the next DNC chair. The article mentions Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL, is is also considering running.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141629622



Here is Ilyse Hogu's ideas for the DNC moving forward:

Moving Forward: Ideas for the DNC

President of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Proud Texan. Pastimes include #sharkweek & hound dogs. Love new ideas, so bring 'em.
4 days ago


The devastating losses of the recent election have motivated me — like many others — to spend time with close friends, colleagues and family, sharing both a profound sense of pain and vulnerability but also refilling our reservoirs of determination to fight back for the future of our country and for the health and dignity of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.

In conversations with family, friends, colleagues, fellow activists, and DNC members, a number of people have suggested I run for Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Having devoted my career to a wide range of progressive causes, from economic inequality to environmental justice to campaign finance reform to corporate accountability to my current position advocating for women’s rights, I know that the pathway to our vision of justice and equality is going to have setbacks. And even though this feels less like a setback and more like a freefall down a dark hole, experience has taught us that there’s only one way forward — to organize, organize, and organize the large majority of Americans who share our values.

We know how to do this. This year in Nevada and North Carolina, social movements and Party members came together, and won. In Nevada, where my organization, NARAL Pro-Choice America, collaborated with the presidential, Senate, House, and state legislative campaigns, we won the whole ticket, top to bottom, even taking back both chambers in the state legislature. In North Carolina, a prophetic, multi-year fight by community and Party leaders defeated the Governor infamous for suppressing voting rights, attacking women’s rights, and demeaning trans people.

These two examples are proof that when we are smart about leveraging our collective power on an ongoing basis — not only when it’s election time — we can get our candidates in office and, as importantly, do so with a movement that can help our elected officials advance a progressive agenda after election day. This is one of the greatest promises of the last year — not from the ballot box, but from a generation of progressive activism that has already helped to shape the direction of the Party: from the Fight for $15 to the energy around Bernie’s run to fight income inequality and campaign finance corruption to the struggle for LGBTQ rights to a resurgence of pro-choice activism to the Movement for Black Lives. We have witnessed a building of a new political muscle and a boldness of vision in what we demand from our country, which will be absolutely critical moving forward...


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