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Expanding the Future Caucus network, preparing for Future Summit, and highlighting the policy accomplishments of our legislators have made for an eventful couple of months here at MAP! We've seen what happens when legislators choose to come together, push partisan differences aside, and get things done.
As we embark on the summer months, we are excited to continue supporting Millennial and Gen Z legislators across the country and provide them with the tools and resources they need to amplify their message and change our political culture.
Read on to learn how young lawmakers are bridging the partisan divide and leaving a lasting legacy for generations to come.
Onward,
Millennial Action Project
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2022 was a big year at MAP! We had nearly 200 legislators take active leadership roles in our organization, and thirteen percent of all young legislators nationwide participated in our programming. As we look towards the future, and as more Millennials and Gen Zers step into public office, we feel the need for MAP and our Future Caucus network more than ever. We're excited by the progress that has been made and look forward to continuing to build a healthier democracy.
Read the 2022 Impact Report [[link removed]]
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Mark your calendars! MAP has the biggest event of the year coming up.
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APPLY NOW: [[link removed]] Future Summit 2023 will be held August 9-12th in Indianapolis . Join us for the nation’s largest bipartisan convening of young state legislators. Future Summit is the premiere opportunity to network with Gen Z and millennial lawmakers across the country. Discover future-oriented policy to bring to your state. Workshop your own legislative solutions with the people in your shoes. Explore new strategies to build coalitions and win policy victories. The application closes tomorrow, June 30th.
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Across the country, young elected leaders are transcending polarization and bridging partisan divides to create better outcomes for their shared future. From taking on issues like maternal health to legislator pay, our lawmakers are hard at work finding creative solutions to the most pressing problems. See for yourself by checking out the work they accomplished in the last quarter alone.
We energized returning caucuses and launched new ones…
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New York became the 33rd Future Caucus state!
In April, Assemblymembers Ed Ra and Alex Bores announced that New York would be joining the Future Caucus Network as the 33rd state! The two co-chairs will lead the group of Millennial and Gen Z legislators throughout the lawmaking process and create an environment fostering trust, collaboration, and bipartisan relationships.
Pennsylvania names new Future Caucus leadership
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Members of our team went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in May to announce the new leadership for the Pennsylvania Future Caucus with a legislators-only meeting, press conference, and reception. Thank you to co-chairs Rep. Justin Fleming and Rep. Thomas Kutz, and to our reception sponsor Triad Strategies, for supporting this celebration!
Future Caucuses came together in Alabama, Delaware, New York, and North Carolina
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Future Caucus Co-Chairs gathered their members for training meetings, lunches, and reception hours in Alabama, Delaware, New York, and North Carolina. They built relationships, discussed their goals for the Caucus and professional development, and their policy aspirations for the future.
Indiana legislators are excited to host Future Summit 2023
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In early June, we traveled to Indianapolis to meet with young Indiana lawmakers and members of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans for Future Summit 2023! Apply now. [[link removed]]
Lawmakers came to MAP to refresh their policymaking toolbox
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MAP reached new and returning legislators alike through our training and leadership development programming. Each month, we offer exciting programs to teach lawmakers how to overcome toxic polarization. This spring, we partnered with the Center for Effective Lawmaking and the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy to host trainings on becoming an effective lawmaker and how to strengthen state legislative oversight programs.
All of this convening led to real impact...
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The Arkansas Future Caucus recently announced the passage of 39 bipartisan, future-focused bills and discussed their plans for the next legislative session. View all 39 Arkansas Future Caucus bills here. [[link removed]]
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MAP released a piece [[link removed]] on the story behind SB511, a bipartisan harm reduction bill that is having a profound impact on the state's opioid epidemic. Two Future Caucus members were able to tackle the issue together – despite partisan gridlock. Watch the video [[link removed]] to learn more about how the two legislators understood that the well-being of their constituents transcended party lines.
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We have been thrilled to partake in several opportunities to advance our mission by sharing the MAP message to unique audiences.
Oklahoma Future Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Ajay Pittman on MSNBC
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Oklahoma Future Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Ajay Pittman was interviewed by Ali Velshi on MSNBC about why it's important to have young lawmakers in state legislatures and how a new generation of leaders are showing up authentically in state capitals.
Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women: Next Gen Conference
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Last month, MAP President and CEO Layla Zaidane was highlighted by Fortune as a featured panelist at the conference to discuss "A Path Forward: Collaboration for Change." Each year, the summit brings together rising leaders in business, along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education, sports and the arts. Watch Layla's full remarks! [[link removed]]
The Exhausted Majority Summit
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On May 9th, Georgia Future Caucus co-chairs, Rep. Steven Sainz and Rep. Jasmine Clark joined MAP COO, Rochelle Colburn, in a session, Depolarizing the Legislature, to discuss efforts of bipartisanship at the Exhausted Majority Summit.
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This quarter, MAP was able to catch the attention of major national platforms such as Fortune Magazine, Teen Vogue, and The Boston Globe. MAP was also able to land hits in local outlets for our work in the states – being featured in Sunday newspapers, local broadcast, and radio networks. It’s clear that people – and the press – are interested in legislators who are more interested in solving problems than just talking about them. Some of our top hits from this quarter include:
1) We’re teaching the wrong things about leadership to young women: ‘Being a leader everywhere is not sustainable,’ says an expert on millennials [[link removed]] Fortune Magazine
2) Everytown Will Train Young Anti-Gun Violence Activists to Run for Office in New Program [[link removed]] Teen Vogue
3) Gen Z and millennial lawmakers want to end gun violence. But they disagree on how to get there. [[link removed]] The Boston Globe
4) Arkansas lawmakers discuss dozens of bipartisan bills passed this session [[link removed]] KARK
5) Pennsylvania Future Caucus aims to bring lawmakers from both sides of the aisle together [[link removed]] CBS21 News
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STORYBANK
At the start of the year, MAP launched the “ Young Lawmakers Storybank” [[link removed]] – a curated database of stories about young lawmakers governing effectively – in order to share these stories. This quarter, we featured pieces such as “ Maternal Leadership: How Young Mothers in Public Office Are Driving Policy Change [[link removed]] ” which discusses the remarkable shift we're seeing with more young mothers stepping into elected office and our “On the Rise” [[link removed]] series which profiles individual lawmakers in the Future Caucus network. We look forward to sharing the hundreds of other stories from our work. To submit your own story on how young leaders in your community are forging future-focused solutions, email [email protected].
-- On the Rise - Rep. Rui Xu (D-KS) [[link removed]]
-- Profiles of Effective Lawmakers: Rep. Sami Scheetz (D-IA) [[link removed]]
-- Creating a Greener Future: Young Lawmakers' Bipartisan Solutions to Climate Change [[link removed]]
-- Opinion: New York Needs to be a Future-Focused State [[link removed]]
-- Maternal Leadership: How Young Mothers in Public Office Are Driving Policy Change [[link removed]]
-- Anatomy of a Bill: How Rep. Daniel Pae and Sen. Carri Hicks Defied Political Gridlock with a Needles Exchange Program in Oklahoma [[link removed]]
-- On the Rise - Rep. Devin Carney (R-CT) [[link removed]]
-- Pennsylvania Future Caucus Re-Launch [[link removed]]
-- Profiles of Effective Lawmakers: Rep. Daniel Singh (R-WY) [[link removed]]
-- On the Rise - Rep. Jo Ella Hoye (D-KS) [[link removed]]
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