The Çï¿ûÊÓƵ report Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century, released in June 2020, was an ambitious call to action for democracy renovation. The bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democracy Citizenship rooted the report in the belief that a healthy constitutional democracy depends on a virtuous cycle in which responsive political institutions foster a healthy civic culture of participation and responsibility, while a healthy civic culture keeps our political institutions responsive and inclusive.
Since the report’s release, the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ has joined with partner organizations to launch interdisciplinary working groups, commission new research, and engage policymakers. The collective efforts have inspired legislation, catalyzed public and private investment in civic life, and broadened support for the report’s recommendations and theory of change. This article sets forth some of these key achievements.
Support for advancing the recommendations in Our Common Purpose is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, The Suzanne Nora Johnson and David G. Johnson Foundation, the Clary Family Charitable Fund, Alan and Lauren Dachs, Sara Lee Schupf and the Lubin Family Foundation, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, and David M. Rubenstein.