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    As 2021 comes to a close, we are thrilled to bring our community together to welcome our two new Co-Executive Directors and to say our final farewells leading the Center for Popular Democracy and CPD Action (CPD/A) network as Co-Executive Directors over the past ten years.

    On Thursday, November 11th, we will be hosting a small in-person gathering in New York City to celebrate our impact over the past year, to honor the new leadership, and kick off the work ahead in 2022, when we will celebrate our ten year anniversary.

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    Meet Our New Executive Directors

    Analilia Mejia
    Analilia is the former Deputy Director of the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor and the former state director of New Jersey Working Families. She is a longtime activist in New Jersey and served as national political director of Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
    Damareo Cooper
    Damareo Cooper is a Black political organizer who worked with Common in the recent pre-election in Georgia, political activist group BLACKPAC, and was the Director of Place Based Power at the Center for Popular Democracy.

    Leading Together Fund

    Make a special contribution

    Make a special contribution to the Leading Together Fund today in honor of Ana, Jen, and Andrew and to give our two Co-Executive Directors a successful start to their first year leading the Center for Popular Democracy and CPD Action (CPD/A).

    CPD/A launched the Leading Together Fund to raise $1 million in unrestricted funding to support our new Co-EDs as they embark on their leadership of the progressive movement’s largest federated network of community-based grassroots organizations—during a critical election year and our 10th anniversary—and to build a bench of BIPOC organizer leaders within CPD/A, in local communities, and across the progressive movement.

    If you'd prefer to make your gift to Leading Together via our sister organization, CPD Action, please reach out to giving@populardemocracy.org.

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