SPEAKERS
Lucy McBath, US Congress (GA-6)
Andy Kim, US Congress (NJ-3)
Lauren Underwood, US Congress (IL-14)
Jon Ossoff, US Senate (GA)
Susan Wild, US Congress (PA-7)
Rev. Raphael Warnock, US Senate (GA)
Cory Booker, US Senate (NJ)
Kathy Tran, State Delegate (VA-42)
Tony Vargas, State Legislature (NE-7)
Katie Porter, US Congress (CA-47)
Markers For Democracy hosts speakers during our regular weekday morning postcarding sessions, as well as during special evening and weekend events. All of our events have been virtual since the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling us to host and have access to speakers from all over the country.
Candidates
To learn about the issues facing our country and to directly support candidates, Markers For Democracy has hosted well over 150 Democratic candidates from around the country. While our original meetings were held in person around the farm table at a New York City Le Pain Quotidien, Zoom has allowed us to expand our scope and hear from a wide array of politicians from near and far.
Click below to see a full list of candidates that have visited with Markers For Democracy.
Our guests have included candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, state legislatures, city and local government, judgeships, and more. On the national front, our visitors have included Senators John Hickenlooper, Jon Ossoff, Raphael Warnock, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer; Representatives Antonio Delgado, Jahana Hayes, Andy Kim, Lucy McBath, Katie Porter, Haley Stevens, and Lauren Underwood; and many wonderful candidates who lost their close races in swing districts in 2020. This list is always changing as we schedule new visits on an ongoing basis.
We are based in New York City, and since 2021 was a big year for local elections, we hosted many of the candidates for New York City Mayor, City Council, Comptroller, Borough President, District Attorney, and Public Advocate.
Grassroots Organizations
We host founders and leaders of a variety of grassroots organizations, including those focused on candidate recruitment and support, voter registration, college student and youth voting, environmental and social justice, and rural voters. Click below to see a full list of grassroots organizations that have visited with Markers For Democracy.
Authors, Film Makers, Legal Experts, Political Thought Leaders & More
We host film screenings, including discussions with producers and directors. Our latest screening was My Name is Pauli Murray, a look at the life and ideas of a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall. We also host authors, political thought leaders, and legal experts to further educate our members on the finer points of the political process. Recent speakers have included David Pepper, Kathryn Kolbert, Julie F. Kay, Bill McKibben, Barry Berke, Counsel to the House Impeachment Managers in the 2021 impeachment trial, Farai Chideya, Host of "Our Body Politic," author and humorist Nell Scovell, Princeton Professor Julian Zelizer, and Jeremy Travis, Dean Emeritus of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.