Republicans like to say Democrats are finished — that their brand is so toxic no one wants to be associated with them. But in Alaska, the opposite is true.
The Democratic Party, working alongside a web of progressive organizations that are surrogate tentacles of the party, is quietly and steadily training the next generation of political leaders through its Alaska Women Ascend program.
Next month, Alaska Women Ascend will host its 2025 Leadership Training on the Alaska Pacific University campus. The program is a 2.5-day intensive, billed as an empowerment track for “progressive women leaders” from across the state. Since its launch in 2017, nearly 400 Alaska women have completed the training. Graduates have gone on to serve as assembly members, nonprofit directors, campaign staffers, mayors, and even state legislators.
The effort is a partnership between the Alaska Democratic Party and a slate of progressive allies, including Progress Alaska, Alaska March On, SEIU, IBEW Local 1547, and 907 Initiative. Former Democratic Party Executive Director Kay Brown, a former legislator and Alaska Democrat royalty, was among the program’s original founders.
This year, AWA is also introducing a “Next Gen Cohort” aimed at women ages 18 to 24, a move that demonstrates the party’s focus on cultivating leadership from the youngest possible ranks, and also its possible realization that it is getting long in the tooth in Alaska. Participants receive hands-on training in campaign work, fundraising, and field operations, alongside mentorship and networking opportunities with party insiders.
By contrast, Alaska Republicans are not offering anything comparable. While conservatives insist Democrats are fading, Democrats are quietly ensuring a pipeline of trained, motivated, and connected leaders will be ready to step into positions of influence for years to come.
The takeaway: The narrative that the Democrats are mortally wounded by their own sword is a possible case of wishful thinking.
Reminder that long term use of hormonal birth control and/or SSRI’s causes brain damage that alters your decision making abilities, as well as your ability to process emotion and risk management.
I’m becoming convinced that there is indeed a fundamental difference in conservative vs. liberal thinking. Conservatives want to focus on living their lives, often with faith that God is in the background, guiding all. Liberals? They see a world without God, with themselves as mini-demi-gods, leading the doddering masses (or, us!) to the ‘revelation’ of their ‘god’- an all-encompassing, foster parent government. Why we people on the right don’t see the wonder of their godlike government is beyond them. It’s scary! But when you take God out of the picture, what else is ‘left?’ (Pun intended!)
There is a fundamental difference between conservatives and leftists. (Not liberal, leftists. There is nothing liberal about the left anymore.)
That difference? The way they consider, and how comfortable they are about violence.
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I do not mean violence on an individual scale, or riots. It is about how quickly they will choose to enforce their ideals using State sponsored violence (or the threat of it.) Consider the approach to… well, any issue facing the nation. The leftist want to use the threat of force to make you buy health insurance, they take your tax dollars under threat of force to help the homeless, the left threatens to take away your children if you do not support their gender choice immediately and wholeheartedly.
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And the list goes on and on. The sides of the political aisle are not that far apart in their intent. They want to make the country better, want to improve the economy, want a better quality of life for all. Where they differ is how they want to see it happen. One chooses the path of individual freedom, the other chooses the path of all powerful government control.
I don’t know who told these women they had no power. “Empowerment” is just a term democrats use to indoctrinate people in communist rhetoric.
Also, they are not the “Democratic” party, they are the Democrats. They couldn’t be farther from democratic if they suspended all elections and declared themselves Tsars.
Boot Camp for Stalinists.
Anybody that thinks these communists are going away needs to pick up a history book.
“Republicans like to say Democrats are finished — that their brand is so toxic no one wants to be associated with them.”
And, they would be wrong, not just in AK, but nationwide.
No matter how toxic the Dems go, there will be a large percentage of the voting population (hovering around 45-47%) that will vote Democrat anyway. And, before our dedicated leftists on MRAK jump me, the Republicans are no different.
The problem lies within the Alaskan Republican party leadership. They are talkers, not doers.
in other words, “Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians”
One of and the most, reason of dropping declaration of being a Republican,
became tired of carrying the ladders and posting the signs. Found it not my bag. Liking “Non Declared”.
Cheers
Maybe get Matt Walsh to dress up as a woman and attend this thing for one of his documentaries?
Grooming young women is a soft target.
A Democrat training anyone for anything is headed for embarrassment and failure, Unless you want to be a lying crook.
All those Democrat “partners” are nothing but a bunch of commie rats.
Suzanne,
Are you forgetting about the Alaska Leadership Academy? Is is for conservative men and women and has been in operation for a number of years. The curriculum spans many months, not 2.5 hours, and you cannot just walk in you must apply and be selected.