Dear John,

As we close out 2025, we’re marking a special milestone for our network: 15 years of 50CAN.

This has always been the ultimate group project. When we set out to tell the story of our first 15 years, the only way to do it justice was to tell it through the voices of the people who made it possible. That’s why we’re excited to end the year with the launch of a special project, Built to Last: An Oral History of 50CAN’s First 15 Years.

Over the past several months, we sat down with 29 leaders, partners and advocates who shaped 50CAN from its earliest days to today, including:

• Hanna Skandera
• Joe Williams
• Jonah Edelman
• Lori Armistead
• Maryellen Butke
• Michelle Rhee
• Sunny Larson
• Vallay Varro
• and many more!