Giving Compass' Take:

· Shannon Baker shares what the team at New Media Ventures has discovered about the progressive movement from 500 new startups and where America is going in the future. 

· Where is the progressive movement going next? 

· Since the Trump administration came into office, many changes have taken place. Learn how Trump is changing the landscape of hate in America.

Over the past year, we’ve seen too many regressive political developments to list. But we are also experiencing a thrilling wave of generative, bottom-up activism. People who’d never painted a protest sign showed up by the thousands last year to the Women’s March, turning it into the largest march in history. Waves of activists flooded airports in response to the Muslim ban. White supremacist violence in Charlottesville spurred rigorous counter-protests and the toppling of confederate statues. Newly energized volunteers carried first-time candidates to victory in Virginia, and sent a Democrat to the Senate in Alabama for the first time in decades. And in the wake of revelations about Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and others, women and allies have come forward to say #MeToo and to demand change.

Here at New Media Ventures, we’ve had a front-row seat. We’ve seen hundreds of tech-fueled progressive startups launch, and dozens of new social change incubators and accelerators pop up to support them. Last year, when we launched our Resist & Rebuild fund, our goal was to identify nonprofits and companies focused on resisting fear, lies, and hate. We also wanted to find leaders who were tapping into this moment to build something better. We had more than 500 startups apply (five times what we received the year before) and invested in 17 promising companies and organizations. Along the way we’ve learned a lot about the progressive movement — both where we are and where we need to be.

Read the full article about resistance & rebuilding by Shannon Baker at Medium.