“Marginal Victories: career advising and opportunities for U.S. democracy preservation & political work” by Annika Burman 🔸
About this episode
Annika Burman discusses the Marginal Victories initiative aimed at providing career advising and resources for those interested in U.S. democracy preservation and political work.
TL;DR: Marginal Victories is a new initiative to provide 1:1 career advising, opportunities, and resources for people exploring high-leverage U.S. democracy preservation and political work. Built by impact-oriented people doing pro-democracy work, the early MVP is now up at marginalvictories.org. Fill out the 10-minute form now to receive these resources as they become available over the next few weeks. Why this should exist Over the past year, through 1:1 conversations I’ve had with people working on U.S. democracy, I’ve grown increasingly convinced that this work is tractable. If I hadn’t had these conversations, I doubt I would have come to the same conclusion — most organizations in this space don’t post about their work online due to its sensitive nature, and as a result, it's hard to find examples of people breaking into this space and quickly getting results, even though there are plenty of success cases. Our goal with Marginal Victories is to create a pathway for people considering transitioning to work on U.S. democracy and politics to get plugged into this field and hear about high-leverage opportunities they can get involved with. If all goes well, we will have…
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