Get a sneak peek at upcoming Tides’ Perspectives this Election season: From energizing women of color voters to movements on climate change and racial justice. Read more below and stay tuned for additional stories later this month in Daring Change.

As the fastest-growing voting bloc in the country, women of color voters can be the margin of victory in any election ‑ and have the power to dramatically shift the political landscape. We’ve already seen a paradigm shift through the historical number of BIPOC women elected into Congress in 2016, and now the first bi-racial woman vice presidential candidate for a major party. And yet, mobilizing women of color voters and ensuring that they can fully and freely exercise their right to vote remains a challenge – one which Tides Healthy Democracy Fund grantees are working tirelessly to address. What are the unique challenges these women voters face? And what can we do as individuals, foundations, or corporate donors to help? Find out in a new Perspective by Tides Interim CEO Tuti B. Scott and Tides Senior Philanthropic Advisor Alex Rojas. Read more»

From a global pandemic to ravaging wildfires to protests against police violence, it seems the stakes have never been higher in this election. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, voters agree – somewhat. While 84 percent of registered voters say it matters who wins the presidential election, issues such as climate change and racial inequality play less-than-second fiddles to issues such as the economy and jobs. So how do we connect the dots in a way that energizes voters and makes long-term impacts on the climate crisis and racial justice? The answers may be in initiatives such as the Green New Deal Network and the United Front Campaign. Find out why in a new Perspective by Ben Malley, Political Director at Tides Advocacy. Read more»