Feminist Philanthropy Is Essential To Democracy

Executive Director of Groundswell Action Fund, Quanita Toffie, is featured in this installment of Women & Democracy from Ms. Magazine. This series is focused on feminist philanthropy and the visionary leaders charting new ground to demonstrate exactly what it looks like to fund and mobilize at the intersection of gender and democracy.

 

Voters have affirmed the decision to maintain bodily autonomy in every state where it has been on the ballot since 2022. And there is no greater expression of direct democracy than citizen-initiated ballot measures.

Quanita Toffie, Executive Director, Groundswell Action Fund

 

Toffie’s piece, To Counter Anti-Democracy Efforts, It’s Time to Invest in Florida Year-Round, calls for the end of boom-and-bust patterns of c4 funding and discusses how Florida retains its authoritarian stronghold in America.

An excerpt from the piece:

Strong, successful campaigns take years of strategic building and grit. It’s expensive to bring communities along in a democratic process that actualizes their power and improves material conditions. The focus during a presidential election year is always at the top of the ticket, but the real gains come when investment is made at local and state levels over time. Read the entire piece on MsMagazine.com