Program Overview

Highlander’s Electoral Justice programming, led by Denzel Caldwell, is supporting communities across the U.S. and global South in defending and protecting democracy this year. Denzel joined a delegation to Cuba in 2023 to learn more about economic and governance solutions and how blockade policies are impacting communities there. These lessons are being shared back with communities in our region who are organizing to shift their own work and local governance toward deeper collective decision-making and democratic principles and practices. Denzel is also developing a Critical Civics curriculum to support organizers and community groups in strengthening their understanding of local systems and structures impacting policies and decision-making and to accompany folks on the ground who are envisioning and developing solutions to build power together and create more just processes and practices.