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REDEFINING DEMOCRACY FOR A NEW MAJORITY

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

People of color want to improve

their communities, but the barriers
to engaging with government and
nonprofits seem insurmountable.

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BARRIERS TO ENGAGEMENT

In less than 27 years,

people of color will
emerge as the nations
new majority.
But theyre absent from
the elected bodies and
nonprofits that make
decisions about their
lives and communities.

Minorities in the US Population

US Population 2042 50%
US Population Today 38%

Minorities in the Social Sector

Police Officers

25%

13%

Nonprofit Employees 18%

20%

Elected Officials 10%

28%

Nonprofit Executives

8%

30%

Nonprofit Boards

7%

31%

Prosecutors

5%

33%

SOURCES: BoardSource, Nonprofit Governance Index 2012. Fandos, Nicholas, "A Study Documents The Paucity Of Black Elected Prosecutors: Zero In Most States, NY
Times, 7/7/15. Park, Jeremy, "The Race Gap In Americas Police Departments," NY Times, 4/8/15. Reflective Democracy Campaign, Who Leads Us? [website]. Schwartz, R
obert et al: The Voice of Nonprofit Talent: Perceptions of Diversity in the Workplace, Commongood Careers/Level Playing Field Institute. Teegarden, Paige, Nonprofit E
xecutive Leadership and Transitions Survey, 2004, Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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Due to participation
barriers, the New Majority
either disengages from the
social sector

6%

OF LIKELY VOTERS ARE

HISPANIC/LATINO

10%

OF LIKELY VOTERS ARE

YOUNGER THAN 30

43%

OF NON-VOTERS ARE
PEOPLE OF COLOR
SOURCE: Pew Research Center, The Party of Nonvoters: Younger, More Racially Diverse, More Financially Strapped, 10/31/14.

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 or fights the social sector.

1,047

BLACK LIVES MATTER

DEMONSTRATIONS

924

ARRESTED AT MORAL
MONDAYS IN N.C.

211

ARRESTED AT
FERGUSON PROTESTS

32+

CONFEDERATE
MONUMENTS DEFACED
(SUMMER 2015)

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SOURCES: At least 1047 Black Lives Matter demonstrations have been held in the last 435 days, Elephrame [website]; By the numbers: General Assembly protest arrests, WRAL.com; Black Lives Matter vandalism wave strikes Confederate
memorials around the country, Brietbart, 6/24/15; Confederate monument in Charlotte vandalized twice in month, Brietbart, 8/4/15; "Another local Confederate monument vandalized, WRAL.com, 6/7/15; North Carolina Confederate Mon
ument Vandalized: Raleigh Women of the Confederacy Statue Spray-Painted With 'Black Lives Matter, International Business Times, 7/21/15; "Confederate monument vandalized, Fox43.com, 6/26/15; "Vandals target Confederate monument
s in half-d ozen states, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, 6/26/15; "'Black Lives Matter' painted on Rockville Confederate statue, Baltimore Sun, 8/4/15; "Texas town retains Confederate monument despite civil rights activist's 16 years of protes
t, Truthout.com, 8/9/15; "Confederate flag raised again at South Carolina Statehouse after Bree Newsome climbs pole to remove it, NY Daily News, 6/27/15; "Police: Vandals cause $1,000 in damage to Confederate memorial, Fox10TV.com,
7/31/15; "Confederate monument in Reidsville cemetery vandalized, FOX8.com, 7/24/15; "Nathan Bedford Forrest statue spray-p ainted with 'Black Lives Matter, (Memphis) Commercial Appeal, 8/10/15; "Confederate flags removed by Atto
rney Penn, Union Springs Herald, 5/13/2015; "Anonymous donor ready to pay $125,000 cost for removing New Orleans' Confederate monuments, The (New Orleans) Advocate, 9/16/15; "Tillman statue vandalized, security increased on SC
State House grounds, The (Columbia, SC) State, 6/30/15; "Vandals tag Columbus statue with 'Black Lives Matter,WCVB.com, 7/1/15; "Monument Plaque Stolen From Georgetown Cemetery, LEX18.com, 5/29/15

MISSION STATEMENT

To spark data-driven systems of

self-governance that
REMOVE BARRIERS &
TO PARTICIPATION

MATCH LOCAL
CULTURE

within communities of color.

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VISION STATEMENT

All communities can face reality themselves by either

solving problems or seizing opportunities.

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We open Innovation Labs that train and

coach everyday people how to identify
and solve their own civic challenges:

ORGANIZE
NEIGHBORS

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COLLECT & ANALYZE

DATA

DESIGN NEW

CIVIC IDEAS

FUND
THEIR IDEAS

MVP

PILOT

ENTERPRISE

Data Boot Camps

Innovation Labs

New Majority
Enterprises

Hire 10 problem solvers

Train them to collect
data from 10 neighbors
Train them to analyze
the data
Brainstorm solutions
One-week engagement
Open source data

Data Boot Camps

Organic Leadership
Shark Tank
FUBU Philanthropy
Coaching
Municipal Competitions
Annual engagement

Market Research
Polling and Call Centers
Management Consulting
Economic Development
International
Engagement

Nonprofit Stage

Nonprofit Stage

For-Profit Stage

2016

2017

2020

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OUTCOMES

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02
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Culture of civic and private

enterprise creation

Reshaped government and nonprofit work to be inclusive

Participated in formal power systems
Taught other communities how to become self-determined

Paid and volunteer civic

opportunities created

Launched a community-derived venture

Organized neighbors and fundraised
Engaged power structures and existing social sector systems

Paid skill-building
through civic technology

Used data and technology to affect community change

Collected and interpreted data
Brainstormed solutions community problems

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FRONTIER GUIDES

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Alvin McElveen
Lab Manager
Experienced community
organizer from Southeast DC

Derwin Dubose MPA

Vedette Gavin MPA MPH

Joshua Patterson MS

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Co-Founder & Strategic Partnerships

Consulting Data Engineer

International expert in
nonprofit management
and cross-cultural leadership.
Trained at Harvard, Duke, and UNC.

International expert in
community change. Trained at
Harvard, Maryland, and Ohio State.
Taught at Case Western Reserve.

Presidential Innovation Fellow

Data Science Principal at
Accenture Data Labs.
Trained at UNC and South Carolina.

Grew up in low-income communities

In rural Alabama and Mississippi.

Led multi-neighborhood organic

community change in Cleveland, Ohio.

Visualized data for state and federal

government and banking.

Loves the TV show Empire.

Total foodie.

Licensed general contractor in SC.

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Errin Douglas
Tribal Manager
Administrative Assistant at
Harvard Kennedy School

CONSULTING TEAM

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Dorothy Smith

Tom Raffa

Tara Williamson

Ellen Wasyl

Deloitte
Strategy Consulting

Raffa Inc.
Fiscal Agency and Accounting

Arnold and Porter LLP

Legal Counsel

The Possibility Experience

Leadership Coach

Dick Balzer

Ryan Ross

Lisa Oberstoetter

Sage Salvo

Mossavar-Rahmani Center
Leadership Coach

Halcyon Incubator
Advisor

Halcyon Incubator
Advisor

Words Liive
Advisor

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ADVISORY BOARD

Patricia Bellinger
Executive Director
Harvard Kennedy School
Center for Public Leadership

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Lynn Holmes
Visiting Lecturer
Duke University
Sanford School of Public Policy

Christine Letts
Senior Lecturer
Harvard Kennedy School

Tiziana Dearing

Mayor Bill Bell

Assistant Professor
Boston College
School of Social Work

Durham, NC

Lisa Fitzpatrick

Eileen Seeholzer

Medical Director
District of Columbia
Department of Medical Finance

Medical Director
MetroHealth
Cleveland

Sheila C. Johnson
Advisory Board Chair
CEO, Salamander Resorts
Partner, Monumental Sports

Travis McCready
CEO
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

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David King
Senior Lecturer
Harvard Kennedy School

Carol Goss
Retired CEO
Skillman Foundation
Detroit

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PROGRAMMING

45%

$8,039
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COST PER
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24 DATA BOOT CAMPS

RAISED TO DATE
OUR ASK TO YOU

10
Data Boot Camps

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