SiX National Conference 2024

Our work together to build a new world where all people have power and agency over their lives requires that each of us can access hope with a generational lens. But amidst the continued erosion of our democracy, normalization of political violence against elected officials and our communities, and unrelenting attacks on our most basic civil and human rights, it can be challenging to keep the future that we are working towards in focus. In this fireside chat, the SiX Co-Executive Directors will discuss their own journeys of moving from impossible to inevitable by centering love and healing, transforming our relationships with one another, and building a new world by living it with those around us.

State legislators and advocates are on the frontlines of defending our democracy. But successfully defeating authoritarianism also requires worldbuilding strategies as much as it requires defensive tactics; we must actively build broad, multi-issue coalitions and build out an affirmative vision for a people-centered democracy. It’s our imperative, in this pivotal moment in our nation’s history, to show that states can deliver a clear path to a better future—one that will become irresistible to others when they see their own hopes and dreams in the future that we unfold. In this session, we’ll discuss what it will take for each of us to bring our vision into view and to collectively move towards a vibrant, multi-racial democracy.