Democracy Notes

Building Multiracial Democracy...in an Evangelical Megachurch (with Hahrie Han)

What can an evangelical megachurch teach us about racial solidarity? What can church "small groups" teach us about organizing? And what should democracy funders and practitioners know about both? I sat down with Hahrie Han to discuss her new book, Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669326/undivided-by-hahrie-han/]. Hahrie is the inaugural director of the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and faculty director of the P3 Research Lab. Thanks for listening. If you haven't already, check out the Democracy Notes [https://democracynotes.substack.com/] newsletter on Substack, written by me, Gabe Lerner [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabe-lerner/].

Civics, Democracy, and Civic Learning Week (With Elizabeth Clay Roy and Abbie Kaplan)

What does civics education have to do with our moment of democratic crisis? How do we create citizens with a sense of agency over society? I sat down with Elizabeth Clay Roy [https://www.generationcitizen.org/team-member/elizabeth-clay-roy/], CEO of Generation Citizen [https://www.generationcitizen.org/], and Abbie Kaplan [https://www.icivics.org/our-team/3134739], Associate Director of Federal Policy at iCivics [https://www.icivics.org/about], to discuss. Thanks for listening. If you haven't already, check out the ⁠⁠⁠Democracy Notes⁠⁠⁠ [https://democracynotes.substack.com/] newsletter, written by me, ⁠⁠⁠Gabe Lerner⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-lerner-293313a8/].

The Conservative, Pro-Democracy Movement — Recapping the Principles First Summit (With Matt Germer and Scott Warren)

Is there a home for pro-democracy conservatives in 2024? I sat down with Matt Germer and Scott Warren to discuss the efforts (both elite and grassroots) to create community among Republicans who the Republican Party has left behind. Matt Germer [https://www.rstreet.org/people/matt-germer/] is director of the Governance Program at the R Street Institute [https://www.rstreet.org/], a center-right think tank. Scott Warren [https://snfagora.jhu.edu/person/scott-warren/] is a fellow at the SNF Agora Institute [https://snfagora.jhu.edu/] at Johns Hopkins University where he is exploring, researching, and convening for a pro-democracy conservative agenda. Thanks for listening. If you haven't already, check out the ⁠⁠Democracy Notes⁠⁠ [https://democracynotes.substack.com/] newsletter, written by me, ⁠⁠Gabe Lerner⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-lerner-293313a8/].

What Went Down at the Knight Media Forum? (With Elizabeth Green and S. Mitra Kalita)

Welcome to the Democracy Notes [https://democracynotes.substack.com/] podcast! I'm your host, Gabe Lerner [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-lerner-293313a8/]. What went down at the 2024 Knight Media Forum in Miami? What does local news have to do with democracy? I sat down with Elizabeth Green and S. Mitra Kalita to discuss. S. Mitra Kalita [http://mitrakalita.com/] is the co-founder and CEO of URL Media [https://url-media.com/], a network of Black and Brown community news outlets that share content and revenue. She is also co-founder and publisher of Epicenter-NYC [https://epicenter-nyc.com/]. Elizabeth Green [https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethgreen/] is the founder and CEO of Civic News Company [https://civicnews.org/] which publishes Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/] and Votebeat [https://www.votebeat.org/]. She also co-founded the American Journalism Project [https://www.theajp.org/].