Democracy Notes

🔄DEMOCRACY TRANSITIONS🔄 📍 Kelly Clark is Generation Citizen's new Director of National Expansion 📍 Blair Beverly is New_ Public's new Senior Software Engineer 📍 Cori Zarek is Apolitical's first VP of North America (Thanks to Lisa Witter for sharing!) 📍 Claire Woodall is Issue One's new Faces of Democracy Senior Advisor 📍 Rachel White is the inaugural executive director of The Associated Press Foundation for Journalism 📍 Adam Gismondi, Ph.D. is the new Senior Director of DKP Learn (Democratic Knowledge Project) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Congrats to all these movers and shakers! 🎉

Campaign Legal Center President Trevor Potter tackles delayed vote certification in his latest article for Democracy Notes. Discover what the Electoral Count Reform Act says, recent developments in Georgia, and CLC's response. 🌟Link in the comments🌟

As the presidential debate dominates the airwaves, you may have missed some worthwile #democracy happenings. That's where we come in. ⤵

It's Democracy Notes day📒, meaning the latest in philanthropy, democracy happenings, jobs, and more.⬇

Who better to explain the threat of delayed vote certification than Trevor Potter, Campaign Legal Center's President? What does the Electoral Count Reform Act say about delays? What's been happening in Georgia? And what is CLC doing about it? Read his piece in Democracy Notes to find out. (Link in the comments.)

How do you know when it's time for a new look for your democracy org❓ We asked recently rebranded iCivics CEO Louise Dube just that. Check out her piece! ⤵

Legislators want fair salaries (and we want more "sheroes" in office) Check out our new #DemocracyTakes piece by Arianna Conte and Steph S. on compensation commissions' important role in ensuring fair pay for local legislators! https://lnkd.in/e2Dw3YgP Want to learn more? We have a full report on compensation commissions on our website: https://lnkd.in/e_gSUTFb. Democracy Notes

As part of our new brand rollout, I shared a few insights with Democracy Notes about why and how we came up with the essential message of our brand promise at iCivics. Particularly why building confidence in American democracy is critical. Check it out!

✨ When (and why) should a democracy org consider a brand refresh? ✨ Just last month, iCivics did just that. So I asked their CEO, Louise Dube, to pull back the curtain for Democracy Notes' readers. Check out her piece! (Link in the comments.)

📣JOB ROUNDUP📣 💼 New_ Public Social Media Fellow (Oct-Dec) — remote, $40/hour, 20-25 hours/week 💼 McCain Institute at Arizona State University Program Coordinator, Human Rights & Freedom (HRF) Program — DC, $50K-$65K 💼 Rest of World Labor x Tech Editor — $75K (one-year contract) 💼 Interfaith America Program Assistants (five roles!) — Chicago, $26/hour 💼 AI & Democracy Foundation Head of Operations — remote, $110K-$200K Details and links to apply in the latest edition of Democracy Notes (in the comments)! ⤵ #democracy #jobs