The Agenda Project
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The Agenda Project is Washington, D.C.-based non-profit political organization. It was founded in 2010 by political strategist, commentator, and author Erica Payne, founder of the consulting firm the Tesseract Group. The Agenda Project was founded to connect participants, progressive leaders, and stakeholders to build critical relationships and to deepen the understanding of progressive ideas and specific policy issues.[1][2][3]
Campaigns
The Agenda Project started campaigns such as F*ck Tea, Hate Begets Hate, Vote Sanity, and Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength. F*ck Tea was launched in the summer of 2010 and included "F*ck Tea" mugs and T-shirts, which on the back read: "Progress is the Real American Party". The campaign was intended to urge Americans "to dismiss the Tea Party and to promote the progressive cause", Erica told Politico.[4][5]
Republican Cuts Kill Commercial
On October 12, 2014, AP Action Fund released a 1:00 commercial entitled "Republican Cuts Kill". The commercial showed various federal and state elected Republicans saying "cut" alongside the amount of reduction in spending for the Center for Disease Control and National Institute of Health,[6][7][8] "Like rabid dogs in a butcher shop, Republicans have indiscriminately shredded everything in their path, including critical programs that could have dealt with the Ebola crisis before it reached our country. Yesterday, a health worker tested positive for the virus — now, the effects of the GOP's fanatical hatred for our government may finally be exposed," said Erica Payne, president and founder of the progressive Agenda Project Action Fund.[8]
References
- ^ Agenda Project Profile, Idealist.org
- ^ What We Do, Agendaproject.org
- ^ "Agenda Project on Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
- ^ Dem group launches 'F*ck Tea' campaign, Politico
- ^ Progressive Dems Launch Potty-Mouthed Campaign Against Tea Party, Mediaite.com
- ^ "Ads target Republicans on Ebola funding | National Elections | Fresno…". Archived from the original on 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Ads target Republicans on Ebola funding | National Politics | NewsObserver.com". Archived from the original on 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Democrats blame Ebola on Republicans". Washington Examiner. October 13, 2014.
External links
- Practicalprogress.org Archived 2008-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Agendaproject.org Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine