Worldview
One of our three pillars is about centering the people who contribute to the economy and are left out of economic prosperity.
"We are the Economy"
As of June, these four staff members currently reside in VA.
Giselle, Stacy, Kendall and Q
This artist's concert tour sparked controversy around Live Nation-Ticketmaster's unchecked monopoly power.
Taylor Swift
Name three of our co-hosts for EconCon 2023
American Liberties Project, CEPR, Community Change, EPI, Economic Security Project, Groundwork, In the Public Interest, Maven Collaborative, Omidyar, Oxfam, Roosevelt, Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Well Being Economy Alliance.
"Trickle-down economics doesn't work. That's why we're rebuilding the economy from the bottom up and the middle out."
President Biden
The goal of this Groundwork entity is to advance our worldview in key moments through credible and compelling spokespeople.
Economic Speakers Bureau
(ESB is acceptable)
The number of staff members who reside in DC
In January 2023, it took this number of voting rounds to elect the Speaker of the House
Fifteen
Name this coalition seeks to secure a healthy and thriving economy via robust public investment.
ProsperUs
"Workers finally have enough power to demand a pay raise? The Fed plans to throw millions out of work with extreme interest rate hikes." - Mass. politician
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
DOUBLE JEOPARDY -- One of our core audiences, this group has extra influence at the campaign level, can mobilize support, and has a relationship with politicians of influence.
Grasstops Leaders/Organizers
(Grassroots is not acceptable)
These two staffers both had a love of teaching French
Maria and Emily
This western state was the first to ban TikTok -- a popular moneymaking site for social influencers.
Montana
Several of our partners are vocal in supporting this nominee for Secretary of Labor.
Julie Su
"You can't have too much consolidation,... as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say we know 'All Too Well'". Minn. politician
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
EconCon 2023 mostly revolved around this pilar of our worldview by bringing together key partners of the progressive ecosystem.
Public Power
We have the most staff birthdays in these two months
January and July
What was the first bank to fail during the 2023 banking crisis?
Silvergate Bank
These two EconCon speakers are both leaders of this newly formed organization that spun out of the Insight Center.
Maven Collaborative
"I'm going to get sworn in at 1 a.m. on Saturday after two members almost got into a physical altercation on the House floors... on my fourth day here." Fla. politician
Rep. Maxwell Frost
Strategic communications, research, and advocacy is our proven strategy for what theory of change.
Narrative change.
Over 60% of Groundwork staff fall into four astrological signs. Name two of them.
Capricorn, Cancer, Virgo, and Scorpio
DOUBLE JEOPARDY -- This committee is one of the oldest in the House and part of its oversight deals with consumer protection, interstate & foreign commerce.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee
This CEPR project works to scrutinize executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve public interests over corporate.
Revolving Door Project
"We are producing fossil fuels. That saves people's lives, people die in the cold. This earth-warming and carbon is actually healthy for us." GA politician
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene