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MoveOn is Joining Action Network!
We’re thrilled to announce our newest partnership with one of our movement’s most impactful organizations
Marvin Steele December 6, 2024
I have exciting news to share with you: MoveOn is joining Action Network!
We are beyond thrilled to partner with MoveOn, which has been one of our movement’s most impactful organizations for over two decades now. Together, through our cooperative development model, we’ll work to build mobilization and organizing tools for progressives everywhere that are innovative, powerful, and sustainable.
In a story this week in The Connector, MoveOn explained the significance of this move for the progressive movement:
“The mutual benefit between Moveon and Action Network and other Action Network customers is given the scale and complexity that we have if it works for us, it works for everyone else, too.” -Erica Mauter, MoveOn’s Chief of Digital Membership Experience via a story in The Connector, Micah Sifry (The Post-’24 Democratic Tech Reckoning Has Begun).
You can read more about this partnership here.
We want to make sure you have the powerful mobilization tools you need to meet this moment. If you have any questions about Action Network or want to get started, email me at marvin@actionnetwork.org.
https://actionnetwork.blog/moveon-is-joining-action-network/
>In a story this week in The Connector, MoveOn explained the significance of this move for the progressive movement:
News: The Post-'24 Democratic Tech Reckoning Has Begun
MoveOn is leaving private equity giantBonterra for non-profit tech platform Action Network. Plus, what the "too woke" vs "too corporate" debate is missing about the Democratic party.
Micah L. Sifry
Dec 05, 2024
For the last three years, much of the core technology platforms and tools used by Democratic and progressive organizations to connect with voters—NGP VAN, Every Action, ActionKit and Mobilize–have been owned by a giant overseas private equity fund, Apax Partners, operating under the corporate name Bonterra.Last year, in two rounds of restructuring, Bonterra laid off about one-third of its overall workforce, setting off alarm bells across the political tech ecosystem. As I wrote in an in-depth report back in April, “VANxiety” about these core tools failing to function well in 2024 was overstated. But it was clear back then that we’d face a reckoning after the election was over.
Today I can report that the reckoning has begun. The leaders of the giant online mobilization groupMoveOn have told me that after a careful review, they’ve decided to end their longstanding reliance on ActionKit and embark on a new partnership with the non-profit movement tech platform Action Network (AN).As part of this shift, MoveOn—which boasts more than 10 million members on email and text–will be joining AN’s Product Development Committee (PDC), which currently includes theAFL-CIO, Canada’s Central Labor Committee, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and DailyKos.
“This decision was not made lightly,” Amy White, MoveOn’s chief technology and data officer, said. “ActionKit has been central to our operations for over 25 years. MoveOn funded its precursor for our own infrastructure beginning in 1998 and later transitioned to the publicly marketed version in 2015. The team of engineers and product directors at ActionKit has consistently provided a top-tier tool with exceptional levels of service, and we deeply appreciate their efforts and dedication,” she added.
She went on, “However, due to the consolidation of core progressive technology platforms under the private equity owned firm Bonterra, coupled with repeated company layoffs and restructuring over recent years, we believe it’s in the best interest of our organization’s long-term sustainability and risk management to move in a new direction.” The break will formally happen next May 31,when MoveOn’s contract with ActionKit expires.
Last year, after Bonterra laid off half of ActionKit’s staff, MoveOn led a public pressure campaign that resulted in the rehiring of two senior engineers. But the experience clearly taught MoveOn leadership that their reliance on Bonterra was untenable. Erica Mauter, MoveOn’s chief of digital membership experience, told me that the switch was not triggered by any performance problems they experienced with ActionKit this past year. But, she said, “given our history with them, we wouldn’t be surprised if they attempted to make cuts again.” She also said they had considered a new platform being developed by Demtech.ai in India, led by Jhatka founder Avijit Michael, but they felt it was too risky to stake their whole technology stack on a completely new platform.
moar.. https://theconnector.substack.com/p/news-the-post-24-democratic-tech
>MoveOn is Joining Action Network!
>embark on a new partnership with the non-profit movement tech platform Action Network (AN).
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