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Millennial Action Project

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Millennial Action Project
FounderSteven Olikara
TypeAdvocacy
Location
Websitemillennialaction.org

The Millennial Action Project (MAP) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 2013 to convene young lawmakers around postpartisan policymaking at a state and national level. It founded the Congressional Future Caucus, a bipartisan caucus led by millennial lawmakers in the United States Congress.[1] It also leads the State Future Caucus Network, which is active in 31 state legislatures and includes over 1,600 lawmakers around the United States.[2][3]

MAP educates and engages legislators on bipartisan solutions to policy issues including criminal justice reform, democracy reform and election modernization, as well as climate change and energy policy. During the 2020 election, MAP was a part of the Vote Safe Coalition, which advocated for safe elections and informed voters of voting options during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

The group is organized as a 501(c)(3) organization, and is based in Washington, D.C.

Founding[edit]

MAP was founded in 2013 by a group of Harry S. Truman Scholarship recipients. They believed that political polarization led to "one of the most dysfunctional periods of [American] political history," and that young people could "bridge the partisan divide and transform American politics."[6] MAP was co-founded by current CEO Steven Olikara, who had previously worked for the Akon Lighting Africa initiative and as a Truman Fellow at the World Bank.[7]

Future Caucuses[edit]

Congressional Future Caucus[edit]

The Congressional Future Caucus (CFC) is a bipartisan caucus of young lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Rep. Blake Moore and Rep. Sara Jacobs co-chair the CFC in the 117th Congress. Past chairs include Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI). The caucus includes 39 members of both the Democratic and Republican Parties.[8]

The CFC began in 2013 with the mission to find “long-term solutions to issues facing America’s next generation.” The caucus was initially led by U.S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Aaron Schock (R-IL), two of the youngest members of Congress at the time.[9]

CFC members have drafted and co-sponsored a number of bipartisan bills to re-authorize the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research on gun violence;[10] modernize federal government electronic systems;[11] direct funding to examine issues such as deepfakes, opioid addiction and suicide;[12][13][14] provide job training for United States Armed Forces veterans;[15] and reauthorize the National Estuary Program.[16]

State Future Caucus Network[edit]

The State Future Caucus Network (SFCN) is a national consortium of young lawmakers in state legislatures. It is comprised of more than 1,500 state legislators under the age of 40 from across United States.[17] Like the Congressional Future Caucus, the SFCN is a bipartisan body. The SFCN is currently active in 31 state legislatures.[18]

Future Caucus States[edit]

Issue Areas[edit]

Criminal Justice Reform[edit]

In October 2020, MAP created the Criminal Justice Reform Advisory Council as part of its State Future Caucus Network. The council is co-chaired by Colorado State Representative Leslie Herod (D) and Louisiana State Speaker pro tempore Tanner Magee (R). The council identified "bail reform, prison depopulation, sentencing guidelines and adjustments in budgeting" as policy priorities during 2021 state legislative cycles.[46][47]

Democracy Reform[edit]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, MAP created the Partnering to Ensure Election Resiliency (P.E.E.R.) Project. The project sought to reach "young policymakers and partners across sectors to take action now to safeguard upcoming elections while protecting voters as they conduct their civic duty." As part of the project, MAP created guidelines for states to follow while planning election administration, as well as state-by-state resources and monitoring of voting rule changes.[48] MAP was also a partner in the VoteSafe Wisconsin coalition, which advocated for safe elections and informed voters of voting options during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2018, MAP created the Democracy Reform Task Force to pursue campaign finance reform and ethics reform, end gerrymandering and "re-engage an entire generation in the democratic process." The task force is made of 12 State Future Caucus Network members from 11 different states.[49]

Climate Change & Energy Policy[edit]

In 2019, MAP created the Energy Learning Network (ELN), which "connects young lawmakers across state and party lines to modernize energy production, grid infrastructure, and environmental protections that improve Americans’ quality of life." The ELN includes 10 State Future Caucus Network members from six different states.[50]

Through the ELN and as an organization, MAP supports policies to establish microgrids, expand use of renewable energy and generally address the effects of climate change.[51][52]

Future of Work & Economic Innovation[edit]

Since its founding, MAP has focused on issues relating to the future of work and the gig economy, specifically as the issue relates to young entrepreneurs. In testimony before the House Committee on Small Business in 2018, MAP co-founder and CEO Steven Olikara stated that "We also need to improve portability of benefits from gig to gig—benefits such as health care, retirement savings, workers compensation, disability and life insurance, paid sick leave, education and training benefits, and more."[53] In 2017, Olikara interviewed AOL co-founder Steve Case in Green Bay, Wisconsin on the same subject. [54]

Future Summit[edit]

The Future Summit is the largest bipartisan convening of young state legislators in the United States. [55] The event is organized to include representatives from throughout the State Future Caucus Network and the Congressional Future Caucus, and is designed for legislators to collaborate, share policy ideas and gain insight from national policy experts. In 2020, Martin Luther King III served as guest-speaker for the event, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first annual Future Summit was held in 2018.

Red & Blue Dialogues Series[edit]

From 2018 to 2019, MAP co-sponsored a series of discussion-based events in a number of Wisconsin cities and towns. The events invited people with differing political beliefs to hold civil political conversations, and was "aimed at improving dialogue about issues people in the community say they care most about."[56] Nine events were held in total, with topics ranging from energy, fake news, and financing higher education.

Other co-sponsors of the event included the Wisconsin-based Zeidler Group and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ideas Lab.

Awards[edit]

Rising Star Award[edit]

The Rising Star Award is given annually to two members of the State Future Caucus Network. The award "honors leaders who take initiative in shepherding bipartisan legislation that addresses priority issues in today’s political climate."[57] The award was first given in 2018, and is usually given annually to one Democrat and one Republican representative.

Past Winners[edit]

2020[edit]
2019[edit]
2018[edit]

Cherisse Eatmon Collective Impact Award[edit]

The Cherisse Eatmon Collective Impact Award is given annually to the individual State Future Caucus that "best embodies an unwavering commitment to bipartisan cooperation and generational change in their state." [58] The award was first given in 2020.

References[edit]

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