Policylink

Flourishing democracy - the flourishing democracy portfolio aims to build towards a flourishing democracy fueled by governing standards that advance the power and well-being of all people in all placesgoverning for all. This includes establishing government bodies and governing structures that can advance and protect human, social, environmental, spatial, and political rights.

Equitable economy - the equitable economy portfolio aims to create an economy in which all people have good jobs, dignified and rising standards of living, and increased voice, power, and ownership. This work focuses on establishing standardsparticularly corporate and industrial policy standardsdesigned to ensure the market serves all people, where the government produces and regulates the flow of money as commodity that is available to all, where work is honored with compensation that affords self-determination and mobility, and where wealth produced by the many is enjoyed by the many.

The crosscutting strategies portfolio includes initiatives that provide an underlying service to all areas of policylink's work, creating an enabling environment for policy change, supporting and growing the equity movement, and building new alliances and partnerships. These include:a. Data + research - developing data and research to equip community leaders and policymakers with the tools necessary to advance equitable growth and to inform community action.b. Communications - establishing a national voicethrough narrative, arts, and cultureto advance policy and catalyze the imagination necessary to envision alternative futures and build the will to make them real.c. Impact - leveraging results-based accountability to measure the effectiveness of our work and drive continuous improvement of our programs and internal operations.d. Other programs - included here are: the equity summitheld every few yearswhich assembles thousands of leaders to co-design and chart the course of the equity movement; fiscal sponsorship of projects aligned with policylink's mission; our podcasts; and consulting engagements.