Since 2019, DPI has nurtured a community of organizers, researchers, and funders committed to building 21st century multiracial democratic practices that enable regular people to exercise real power and to make government responsive to their needs. Through practitioner-driven research and programmatic innovation and a deep commitment to a culture of learning, DPI strengthens three foundational pillars for inclusive, multiracial democratic practices: understanding people and their complex values and identities, building effective civic organizations, and advancing these organizations’ capacity to build and wield power to achieve material benefits for their members and communities.

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