Testimonials

If have great admiration for the Institute and… the materials you send find an important place on my shelves.

— Bill Moyers

The work of the Drum Major Institute needs to become a more urgent priority for our nation.

— President William Jefferson Clinton

Change to Win labor coalition members will be using the Drum Major Institute scorecard…to determine who is with working Americans when it counts, and who isn't.

— Anna Burger , Change to Win Federation

I don’t have time to read everything that is going on in the news. DMI keeps me real.

— Annetta Seecharran , Executive Director South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!)

As an elected official I find DMI to be a constant resource of information on many of today’s crucial issues. DMI is a key support structure in providing progressive policy ideas and resources to a generation of young leaders.

— Andrew Gillum , Vice Mayor of Tallahassee, Young Elected Officials Network

To this day, the best set of principles I've read for dealing with immigration is the Drum Major Institute's middle class framework.

— Ezra Klein , The American Prospect

My only fear is that we'll call on DMI so much that they'll change their phone number.

— Hon. Christine Quinn , Speaker, New York City Council

DMI is a new progressive superstar. We want lawmakers to have DMI's work in hand as they make public policy.

— Nancy Scola , MyDD.com

The Drum Major Institute will ensure that the next generation of progressive leadership is waiting in the wings.

— Gloria Totten , Progressive Majority

The Drum Major Institute's recent forum…. was both informative and enlightening. I found it so useful….

— Hon. Liz Krueger , New York State Senator

The Drum Major Institute is a voice for people who need someone to speak for them.

— Senator John Edwards

We need groups like DMI that take the long view: to help make our candidates smarter, our policymakers more effective, our electorate more informed, and our agenda more resonant.

— Arianna Huffington

Now, it's time to use that power to help change policy for the good of our society—and DMI is perfectly positioned to do just that.

— Tom Watson , Journalist, DMI Board Member

In the forefront of advocacy orgs using blogging and other online tools to spread your message.

— Micah Sifry , Personal Democracy Forum

DMI does an excellent job of communicating vital information about policy and lawmakers.

— Dan Cantor , Working Families Party

Like ARC, DMI is one of the few think tanks that appreciates the need to connect policy work with on-the-ground-organizing. DMI and ARC advance a mutual agenda—progressive public policy for social and economic fairness, albeit from two different but very important lenses.

— Rinku Sen , Applied Research Center

There are very few places… where we actually honor dialogue, debate, discussion, and challenging orthodoxy…. So, I want to thank DMI for being one of the places that allows us to have these kinds of conversations.

— Andy Stern , Service Employees International Union

DMI consciously cultivates an environment where liberal leaders, Democratic electeds and progressive thinkers can — and do — challenge each other.

— Justin Krebs , Living Liberally

2/3 of the time that I find out something new and insane and that society should know about, it's coming from someone at DMI... I’ve been seriously blown away by the quality of work you guys do.

— Matt Singer , Forward Montana

It's wonderful that DMI is taking names and keeping score of which politicians are fighting on behalf of working families-- and which ones are selling them out.

— Nathan Newman , Progressive States Network

Working families desperately need the independent voice Drum Major provides.

— Dr. Elizabeth Warren , Harvard Professor, Author of The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle Class Mothers and Fathers are Going Broke

The world would be a better place if DMI got more money!

— Ari Berman , The Nation