This program is hosted by our partner, Democracy Funders Network, who has extended an invitation to PNY members.
A great deal of pro-democracy work and funding rests on an unspoken assumption. If only people better understood the threats to democracy, the thinking goes, they would act with more urgency to defend it. A new ethnographic study of conservative Americans starts from a different premise: if we truly want people to care about democracy, we first need to better understand them.
Drawing on immersive fieldwork, Faith, Family, Freedom, Place: An Ethnographic Study of Conservative Americans' Relationships to Democracy—from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and ReD Associates, with support from the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation—takes an important step in doing just that for a vital segment of Americans. The study's authors offer a respectful, close-up view of how many conservatives experience self-government, how they connect democratic life to values like faith, family, freedom, and place, and why appeals to "save democracy" often fail to resonate.
In this session, the study’s authors will present its core insights, followed by a conversation with panelists and funders focused on implications for philanthropy.
Who should attend?
DFN programs are open to donors, foundation professions, and philanthropic advisors. If you’re not a funder, please email info@democracyfundersnetwork.org to discuss your participation before registering.
How do you sign up?
Registration is required by July 27th.
Members and Non-Member Funders: Please click on the "Register Now" link above. Webinar information will be emailed to you before the webinar.
Please email info@democracyfundersnetwork.org with any questions.