Events & Live Video Gatherings
Want to be more in touch with what’s happening on the ground? Want a behind the scenes briefing on the issues? What groups need support, donations, volunteers, or other help? The first Wednesday of every month, P4D hosts live gatherings to hear from the leaders, the thinkers, and the groups from the front line in the fight for our democracy. Click the videos below for the gatherings in their entirety or edited highlights of each group’s presentation.
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Videos from Our Previous Live Events
On April 24 we continued our focus on battleground states when P4D takes a hard look at two midwestern states that are critical to President Biden’s path to victory: Wisconsin and Michigan. Democrats carried both states in the 2020 election, but the landscape is more complicated in this election. A replay of the event is posted on the right.
The road to a Democratic victory for the White House goes through seven critical states —Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In this special event aired on 2/27/24, three experts on the issues discuss the specific dynamics underlying the vote in Arizona and Nevada.
P4D dives deep into why the Wisconsin Election for the State Supreme Court is so important for the rest of country.
Norm Ornstein has plenty to say about the Republicans in Congress, and he doesn’t hold back! Watch the full event here.
WATCH: Former Sen. Al Franken talk serious about MAGA, Trump, and the critical election we face in November!
WATCH: An Evening with Jamie Raskin. A P4D Special Event featuring Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the bipartisan House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection, and with Cristina Ramirez, President of NextGEN America, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to getting out the vote! P4D founder Ed Cohen handles the introduction.
WATCH: Veteran political analyst and former host of MSNBC’s “Hardball” Chris Matthews shares his views on the upcoming midterm elections followed by leaders of grassroots get-out-the-vote groups in critical target states – Kadida Kenner from the New Pennsylvania Project, Reverend Greg Lewis of Souls to the Polls in Wisconsin and Kate Fellman from You Can Vote in North Carolina.
WATCH: A P4D Special Event “A Bright Blue Senator in a Red State” A candid evening with Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown and why it is so critical to vote this fall! Plus, from the grassroots “PowerTheVote” and “18By.Vote” and the hard work getting young voters to the polls.
WATCH: A P4D SPECIAL EVENT: Big issues facing Democrats in the fall. Former NPR Journalist Robert Siegel speaks with P4D. Watch the full video.
Robert Siegel
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America Votes – Michigan and Nevada
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Living United for Change in Arizona
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WATCH: A P4D SPECIAL EVENT: Why Democratic Association of Secretary of States (DASS) elections are critical to protect your vote. Plus Souls to the Polls, why grassroots “Get Out the Vote” campaigns make a difference.
WATCH: Kim Rogers, Executive Director of the Democratic Association of Secretary of States (DASS), points to those GOP Secretary of State candidates whose election in November would threaten the right to vote in key states around the country.
WATCH: Reverend Greg Lewis from the Milwaukee chapter of Souls to the Polls describes the critical need to get out the vote in November and how African-American churches across Wisconsin are helping and why they need your help.
WATCH: A P4D SPECIAL EVENT HIGHLIGHTS VERSION (8:45) National Pollsters Peter Hart and Jeff Horwitt.
WATCH: Alicia Rockmore and Kane Miller of DigiDems explain during this Partners For Democracy gathering how their organization helps fill the technology and data gap that Democratic campaigns traditionally have experienced competing against Republicans. 11:07
18By.Vote
WATCH: Ava Mateo, Executive Director of 18BY.VOTE, describes the unique, peer-ro-peer approach her organization is taking to promote the youth vote during a webinar hosted by Partners For Democracy. 11:08
Circle
WATCH: Albert Medina, Communications Director for the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, shares CIRCLE’s research into youth voting trends and presents his analyis during a webinar hosted by Partners For Democracy. 10:49
WATCH: P4D Webinar April 6,2022
You Can Vote and New Pennsylvania Project
WATCH: Kadida Kenner, founder and executive director of the New Pennsylvania Project, and Katy Personette, the organization’s director of development and policy, explain NPP’s mission to register the commonwealth’s demographically changing population, provide education about the issues and mobilize them to vote in every election – twice a year! A P4D Special Event April 6, 2022
WATCH: Kate Fellman, executive director of You Can Vote (YCV), explain how her organization is working to ensure that all eligible North Carolinians can vote to build long-term participation in our democracy. They register, educate, and mobilize voters through 1:1 conversations.
P4D Webinar March 3rd, 2022
“Voter Suppression and Subversion”
Kim Allen, Saira Amir Drape and Jamil Favors from Power The Vote explain the success of their voter protection program in Georgia during the 2020 election cycle and how they have expanded their work to other states. Partners for Democracy’s Ed Cohen introduces the participants and manages the Q&A. This was the first in a series of P4D special events.