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5TH ANNUAL FUTURE SUMMIT
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On July 29-30, 2021 Millennial Action Project hosted its fifth annual Future Summit. MAP hosted the event virtually, which allowed a diverse group of speakers to get involved and more legislators than ever to attend. A bipartisan group of 79 state legislators from 36 states and one territory convened to hear from expert speakers, participate in bridge-building breakout sessions, and evaluate tactics to foster a more collaborative governing culture in their statehouses. The Future Summit serves as an invaluable opportunity for these elected officials to convene around issues that impact America’s present and future.
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Record legislators in attendance
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Record states and territories represented
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawai’i, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Guam
Future Summit provides a real opportunity to connect with legislative colleagues from across the country, discussing bipartisanship, important policies issues, and the need to work together to solve today’s challenges.
— Asm. Michael Lawler (R-NY)
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FEATURING WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND SNAPCHAT CEO, EVAN SPIEGEL
Future Summit kicked off with the Aspen Institute’s Better Arguments Project, holding a workshop on taking winning off the table to have more productive conversations.
President and CEO of Millennial Action Project, Layla Zaidane, sat down for a fireside chat with Evan Spiegel, Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
Legislators tuned in for a morning plenary address from White House officials Julie Chávez Rodriguez, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Gabe Uy, Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
*This event was not sponsored by the White House.
The Future Summit was an amazing venue to engage with legislators across the aisle and across the country about the greatest challenges facing our generation. The event offered solutions focused discussions and strategies to build a path out of this period of partisan division.
— Rep. David LeBoeuf (D-MA)
2021 RISING STAR AWARDS
The Rising Star Award highlights young leaders — one Republican and one Democrat — and their contributions to the State Future Caucus Network (SFCN) over the last year. It aims to celebrate SFCN members who embody MAP’s vision of transcending political division. The Rising Star Award honors leaders who take initiative in shepherding bipartisan legislation that addresses priority issues in today’s political climate.
RISING STARS
State Representative Devin Carney (R-CT) State Representative Jamie Scott (D-AR)
I am honored to be chosen by the Millennial Action Project and I love that we share the same mission to find common ground with our adversaries. In my service to the Arkansas legislature and as a young woman of color, I have led by example to build relationships across party and demographic aisles to wage inclusive efforts to pass meaningful legislation. I believe our generation needs to be the change we have been waiting on. Our generation owes a great debt to the ones that came before us. I cannot think of a better way to repay that obligation than by working across partisan and racial divides to solve the great challenges of the 21st century. It is time to reunite these great states of America.
— Rep. Jamie Scott
CHERISSE EATMON COLLECTIVE IMPACT AWARD: KANSAS
For four years, Cherisse Eatmon brought tenacity, grace, and leadership to MAP as our State Future Caucus Network Director. We mourn her unexpected passing in 2020, and continue to honor her legacy through presenting the second annual Cherisse Eatmon Collective Impact Award. The Cherisse Eatmon Collective Impact Award recognizes an outstanding state caucus for their future-focused leadership and political bridge-building. MAP proudly presented the award to the Kansas Future Caucus, which is led by Kansas State Representatives:
Rep. Tory Marie Arnberger-Blew (R) Rep. Rui Xu (D) Rep. Nick Hoheisel (R) Rep. Brandon Woodard (D)
MAP created a National Week of Post-Partisan Action (NWPA) in 2020. The annual week of action provides a venue for young leaders of all stripes — from congresspeople to state legislators to active citizens — to model good-faith conversations and promote a new post-partisan political culture. The second annual National Week of Post-Partisan Action was held March 1519, 2021. Over five days, MAP’s network of young lawmakers demonstrated sincere commitment to building a new narrative of collaborative problem-solving. Connecticut state legislators unveiled the 31st chapter of the State Future Caucus Network, Congressional Future Caucus emeritus co-chairs reflected on their experiences with post-partisanship at the federal level; women state legislator leaders discussed women’s leadership in collaborative policymaking; and social media saw a buzz of enthusiastic post-partisan discussion among young state legislators from across the country and political spectrum.
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