🌍 Join the GAINiverse Democracy Advisory Committee
Building the Infrastructure for the People Who Power Democracy
Tuesday’s election gave us the boost we needed. It’s the energy that will help us through the challenges ahead. The fight for democracy continues. Whether we’re celebrating wins or facing setbacks, one thing is clear: the people who make democracy work need support, structure, and community now more than ever. As we move forward, it’s time to choose our next steps.
We’re entering a crucial time. The next three years will decide if we can rebuild the foundations of democracy or risk losing more ground to authoritarianism. This moment calls for fresh strategies and renewed commitment.
To meet this challenge, we need to organize more effectively, work together, and establish strong support systems that benefit our people, not just our campaigns. That’s why GAIN Power and Global GAIN are bringing together the GAINiverse Democracy Advisory Committee.
GAIN Power and Global GAIN are starting the GAINiverse Democracy Advisory Committee to support the people behind democracy: grassroots organizers, digital strategists, policy experts, campaign managers, and civic innovators. This is not about governing, but about building real community.
This is not about governing. It’s about coming together, connecting, and caring for each other.
🧭 What This Is—and Isn’t
✅ What It Is
- A space for coordination, not control
- A hub for talent support, learning, and collaboration
- A complement to existing tables and networks—not a competitor
- A shared infrastructure initiative—not a new institution
🚫 What It’s Not
- A voter contact or policy program
- A campaign or advocacy coalition
- A governing board or compliance entity
🌅 Post-Election 2025: Rebuilding Phase
The 2025 elections are over, but our work is just beginning. Now, we’re organizing, aligning, and growing our working groups and advisory teams to shape the next phase of progressive infrastructure as we head into 2026 and 2028.
We’ll announce the founding participants in early 2026. Step up now to help shape this group. Your input will make a difference.
🛠 How to Get Involved
We’re organizing two interconnected bodies:
🟢 Advisory Committee & Working Groups
This is for active democracy professionals. Join our Slack community, attend calls if you’d like, share resources, and collaborate at your own pace.
🔵 Honorary Advisory Committee
A high-visibility network of electeds, donors, labor champions, and civic influencers lending credibility, storytelling, and moral support.
🧵 Founding Working Groups (all see program concept notes and our donor prospectus here)
| Talent Table & Democracy Guard | Hiring pipelines, DEI, pay equity, retention |
| Democracy Spaces & Hubs | Physical and virtual organizing infrastructure |
| Consultant Class: Marketplace + Accountability | Ethical, transparent ecosystem for consultants |
| Movement Mapping | Ecosystem intelligence, resource alignment |
| RootsCamp & Powerful IDEA Awards | Convening and celebrating the people behind progress |
| Powerful: Storytelling & Media | Media platform uplifting democracy workers |
| Fundraising & Resource Development | Shared donor relations and aligned investment strategies |
| International Democracy Exchange | Global learning and support for democracy professionals |
| Training & Democracy University | Shared training ecosystem for civic talent |
We welcome new groups, especially those focused on identity, specific issues, or state-based missions.
🧓🏽 The Elders & Emeritus Circle
This is a place for experienced democracy professionals to mentor, guide, and share important lessons. Institutional memory gives us strength.
💬 Ways to Participate
| Working Group Member | Slack + occasional calls | Share insights, collaborate |
| Working Group Lead | Light coordination | Help guide projects and small pilots |
| Honorary Advisor | Minimal | Lend your name, amplify our mission |
| Elders Circle | Flexible | Mentor, advise, and keep history alive |
🔓 Culture & Values
We’re building a network based on trust and openness, not one with barriers.
Our norms are simple:
- Engage with respect and transparency.
- Treat shared ideas as public and additive.
- Center care, collaboration, and curiosity
This work is important, but it should also bring us joy.
We believe in laughter, creativity, and connection as acts of resistance.
🌺 Our Shared Values
- Multiracial, inclusive, representative democracy
- Equity, justice, and sustainability
- Dignity and fair treatment for all democracy workers
- Collaboration over competition
- Long-term care for the people doing the work
Our work is rooted in our Declaration of Democracy & Interdependence, and we invite you to sign it.
Who is this for? If you’re a campaign staffer between jobs, a digital strategist who feels burned out but hopeful, a hiring manager rethinking your approach, or an organizer looking for community, this is your home.
Act now. If you help power democracy, claim your place in this movement today.
📣 Join Us
- 👥 Join the GAIN Power Slack Community
- 🖋 Sign the Declaration of Democracy
- 💡 Start or Join a Working Group
- 💚 Become a Member or Supporter
- 📚 Learn more about our programs by checking out program concept notes and our donor prospectus here
🙏 An Open Invitation
Join us. Share your ideas, stories, and feedback now to help shape this movement.
Tell us:
- How can we support you better?
- What keeps you in this work—or drives you out of it?
- What kind of infrastructure do you wish existed?
Contact us now: info@gainpower.org or find us on slack.
We’re listening. We’re building. With you.
Together, we’ll power the next era of democracy.
