Tue, Sep 19th, 2023: The Importance of Educating & Equipping Young People for Civic Participation to a Healthy & Thriving Democracy
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DeNora Getachew is the Chief Executive Officer of DoSomething.org, the national hub for youth activism. Under her leadership, the thirty year old nonprofit focuses on fueling young people to change the world. DeNora is a native New Yorker; mother of three, including a son she had as a teenager; and a nonprofit leader who leverages her passion and expertise for civic engagement to center young people in taking action to create an inclusive and accessible democracy.
Since joining DoSomething in April 2021, DeNora has led DoSomething to develop and launch a new mission, vision and strategic plan to evolve the organization to support the change demanded by new generations of young digital natives who are coming of age amidst a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, and an intersectional reckoning for equity and justice. DeNora began her career as a legislative attorney at the New York City Council advancing campaign financing, ethics, lobbying and government reform. Prior to joining DoSomething, she served as the New York Executive Director of Generation Citizen, a national nonprofit transforming how civics education is taught in our country’s secondary schools. DeNora was responsible for the region’s profit and loss, as well as communications, donor relations and revenue strategy. During her tenure, DeNora doubled the region’s revenue and programmatic impact, as well as substantially increased the organization’s brand and visibility nationwide.
DeNora also led issue campaigns at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Citizens Union, a 100-year-old New York good government group, and directed policy for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio. DeNora has shaped state and local law and policy on a diverse portfolio of issues, including campaign financing of elections, education, economic development, ethics, police accountability, social services, and voting reform.
An alumna of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Fordham University School of Law and avid writer and speaker, DeNora has contributed to the Des Moines Register, Gotham Gazette, Huffington Post, the New York Times’ City blog, and Newsday, and has been featured on Pod Save the People with DeRay McKesson, Nonprofit Lowdown, on MSNBC, NY1, WNYC, among other media sources.
DeNora is Chair of the Board of Higher Heights for America, a national organization providing Black women with a political home exclusively dedicated to harnessing their power to expand Black women’s elected representation and voting participation, and advance progressive policies. DeNora recently served as an appointee to the New York State Public Campaign Financing Commission, the New York State Civic Readiness Task Force, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams’ Transition Team, and New York City Community Education Task Force. She formerly served on Manhattan Community Board 7 (Upper West Side of Manhattan), as well as on John Jay College’s Pre-Law Institute Law Advisory Board and the boards of directors of Planned Parenthood New York City Votes, the New York Junior League, and Union Settlement.
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