FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 21, 2020 For Our Future, Priorities USA Action, Senate Majority PAC, LCV Victory Fund, NextGen America, And America Votes Announce Partnership Aimed at Expanding Vote By Mail Program WASHINGTON, D.C. – With Election Day less than two months away and the coronavirus pandemic still raging across the United States because of […]
POLITICO: Kanye flops among Black voters
Rapper and former Donald Trump supporter Kanye West is running for president with the backing of a handful of GOP operatives who are betting he can pull Black voters from former Vice President Joe Biden. But Democrats aren’t sweating West at this point — and Republicans don’t view him as a boon to their cause, […]
A Call for Remembrance and Action For George Floyd
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2020 A Call for Remembrance and Action For George Floyd Washington, D.C. – In response to the killing of George Floyd and the massive uprisings in our communities, Justin Myers, CEO of For Our Future and For Our Future Action Fund released the following statement: “The brutal death of George […]
Former U.S. Ambassador Rufus Gifford Joins For Our Future as 2020 Co-Chair
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2020 Former U.S. Ambassador Rufus Gifford Joins For Our Future as 2020 Co-Chair Washington, D.C. – For Our Future has tapped former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark and Obama Campaign Finance Director Rufus Gifford to serve as its first national Co-Chair for the 2020 cycle. Gifford will help the organization expand […]
The New Yorker: How Milwaukee Could Decide The Next President
The New Yorker ran a deep dive profile on our core Wisconsin partner BLOC in “How Milwaukee Could Decide The Next President.” The feature highlights BLOC’s community organizing efforts, with For Our Future’s support, to help Milwaukee’s Black residents reclaim their political, social, and community power. “In 2018, BLOC knocked on just over a quarter […]
SF Chronicle: Trump’s acquittal and the election: Partisans battle for the few on the fence
Joe Garofoli of The San Francisco Chronicle talked to CEO Justin Myers about the acquittal of President Trump in his impeachment trial and the impact on voters in the paper and for the “It’s All Political” podcast. When asked about the impact of impeachment, Myers explained: “Is it a top five issue? Not to the voters we […]
Isthmus: Will it be a Democratic 2020? A “permanent progressive field program” is working on it
In its latest issue, Madison’s Isthmus editor Ruth Coniff opines about the factors at play in the contest to win the heavily-contested battleground state of Wisconsin this November. Coniff highlights the organizing For Our Future has invested in the badger state to advance progressive change. In “Will it be a Democratic 2020? A ‘permanent progressive […]
Philly Inquirer: Democratic groups are going door-to-door while their 2020 candidates are distracted by the primary
On December 15, The Philadelphia Inquirer profiled For Our Future’s organizing efforts in Pennsylvania in “Democratic groups are going door-to-door while their 2020 candidates are distracted by the primary.” Reporter Julia Terruso highlighted our operations and followed an organizer connecting with community members in South Philadelphia: “The group, which plans to spend $80 million across […]
POLITICO: Trump shocks black voters — by trying to get their votes
POLITICO’s Alex Isenstadt and Maya King interviewed For Our Future CEO Justin Myers as they took a closer look at President Donald Trump’s heightened outreach to African Americans. They report while Trump is unlikely to receive substantial black support, Democrats worry his outreach could dissuade African Americans from turning out in force for the Democratic […]
Bloomberg: Democrats Use Super-PACs to Blunt Trump’s Funding Dominance
Bloomberg’s Bill Allison highlighted For Our Future in a story about the super PACs that are competing with the Trump campaign in battleground states: “For Our Future, another super-PAC, and a related nonprofit are running year-round voter contact programs in seven swing states. The groups plan on spending $80 million to talk about Trump and other […]