Grassroots Funding

Women still lag behind men when it comes to political donations. When we heard about The States Project, we knew it had the potential to be a gamechanger. Giving Circles, the organization's grassroots funding program, was founded by Melissa Walker in 2018 and it allows ordinary concerned citizens -- and especially women -- to pool donations of small sums, which can then be used to help flip state legislatures. As Walker told us, it is often cheaper to change the balance of power in an entire state chamber than it is to win a single Congressional seat. Over the past three years, as a member of a giving circle myself, I have witnessed firsthand how The States Project works, and wanted to share what inspired Walker, a former professional writer, to start the program. The result is the above video.

Grassroots Funding

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