Roosevelt Network

Roosevelter shout-out! 📣 Last week we hosted a Fireside Chat with Roosevelt Society’s Author in Residence and one of the key architects of the Green New Deal, Rhiana Gunn-Wright! Rhiana is a fierce advocate for climate justice and helps us understand the work that's underway and the work that still needs to be done in order for the United States to live up to it's climate commitments and aspire to the principles of the Green New Deal. Learn a little more about Rhiana and her work at Roosevelt! https://lnkd.in/e_9qr94J

It’s #ClimateWeek 2024 🌍! Advancing environmental justice in local communities is something our fellows are familiar with. 💡 In their contribution to the 2024 “Bold Ideas, Emerging Leaders: Emerging Fellows Journal,” student fellow Mara Pusic highlights the need for governance reforms that ensure community engagement and democratic accountability in Michigan’s renewable energy transition. https://lnkd.in/gZB6SayV

It’s time for another Roosevelt Network Fireside Chat ‼️ Join the Network this Wednesday at 6:30 pm ET for an exciting conversation with Roosevelt resident author and one of the key architects of the Green New Deal, Rhiana Gunn-Wright. The conversation will focus on the state of our national reliance on fossil fuels and help us understand the work that's underway and the work that still needs to be done in order for the United States to live up to it's climate commitments and aspire to the principles of the Green New Deal. You won’t want to miss it! Register now ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ecB8TZWZ

I had the opportunity to sit on a couch with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, it was an absolute pleasure to meet him along with several other inspiring progressives at a Roosevelt Society event a few weeks ago!

Last week the Roosevelt Society gathered Roosevelters from all walks of life for an exciting evening of conversation with Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz about politics, economics, and so much more! 📚 The Roosevelt Society brings together the Roosevelt Network, Roosevelt Institute Fellows, and our community of progressive economic academics, political staffers and appointees, fellow think tanks, and philanthropic allies under one roof. 

📣Attention young professionals 📣 It’s no myth. You CAN build a career working on issues that matter to you! In TeenVogue Roosevelt Institute VP of Field Building Programs and National Director of the Roosevelt Network Katie Kirchner details how to get a job in progressive politics or organizing and what resources are available to help. Different organizations in the progressive ecosystem offer diverse areas of opportunities. There are nonprofits (501c3s), social welfare organizations (501c4s), unions, etc. — that offer a full range of professional opportunities. You could be an organizer, a trainer/facilitator, or a comms professional, a fundraiser, work in operations, finance, events-—the list goes on and on. Read more and learn what career opportunities could be waiting for you in the progressive ecosystem ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eNJJFqnX

🔈 Roosevelters everywhere: Help us welcome our newest member of the Network staff—Jeanne Tilley! 🫂 Jeanne is a relationship builder and network weaver, skills honed over 15 years of working in fundraising for education nonprofits. And she’s not new to Roosevelt! 😎 She’s has been part of the Roosevelt community for many years, as a student in the Campus Network at UNC Chapel Hill and as an active alumni organizer. As the new deputy director of alumni programs, Jeanne will work to connect Network alumni across Roosevelt initiatives and career phases, helping create a pipeline of new leaders who champion ideas that rebalance power in our economy and democracy. Drop Jeanne a welcome message in the comments! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gQjHY4Mk

Sci-fi 🤝Public policy In “Parable of the Sower,” Octavia Butler once wrote: “The only lasting truth is change.” The book, written in 1993, is set in a dystopian 2024 where the planet has been destroyed by climate change and the country is undergoing massive civil unrest. What we do in the real 2024 will help decide whether we can avoid the kind of collapses she was warning about in the novel. Progressives must fight for the *kind* of change we want and need, which is what the Roosevelt Network’s Emerging Fellows aim to do by developing around-the-corner policy ideas that could transform their communities. These ideas “are affirmatively trying to steer us away from that dystopia and toward a future where people thrive and communities are safe and inclusive of all,” write the Network’s leader, Katie Kirchner, and deputy director, Eric A. Paul Check out their full blog reflecting on the 2024 Emerging Fellows Journal ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/grEtqePP

2 weeks out from Hyde Park 2024, and we’re still smiling!! (Even the people who had flight chaos getting home). A huge thank you to all those who made the weekend as connecting and exciting as it was—and that includes every last Roosevelter in this photo 🙏 We see you and appreciate you!

🆕: Today, we released the '23-24 collection of undergrad research papers from the Roosevelt Network Emerging Fellows 🎉 Each student-authored paper engages deeply with research that embraces the intersections of policy, power, and narrative change to develop around-the-corner policy ideas that could fundamentally change their communities. A big congratulations and thank you to Evelyn De La Cruz, Lina Hunt, Olivia Ligman, Henry Means, Mara P., Aryen Shrestha, Catherine T., and Casey Williams! https://lnkd.in/eMHfxeEv