This report highlights civic leaders who have built a base of followers and, acting collectively, wield power in public decision-making. We aim to re-energize the traditions of civic leadership and organizing that are vital to building a democracy that reflects the voice and interests of all people.

This report weaves together the most important lessons from dozens of DPI-sponsored research and program innovation projects and offers a vision for a new paradigm of multiracial democratic practice rooted in people, organizations, and power.