Agenda Project / What We Do

asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf

The Agenda Project’s goal is to build a powerful, intelligent, well-connected political movement capable of identifying and advancing rational, effective ideas in the public debate and in so doing ensure our country’s enduring success.

Between out-dated political parties, self-interested multi-national corporations, and ineffectual elected officials, good values and common sense have lost their power in the public debate. Our goal is to return normal Americans to the center of the policy debate by cultivating an understanding of public policy, facilitating common action, and connecting the best ideas and the strongest leaders with engaged citizens, elected officials, the media, political insiders, and experts through a variety of in-person and on-line platforms.

The Patriotic Millionaires are a group of 200 people across the country with incomes over $1 million a year who have signed a letter calling for higher taxes on incomes of that level.

TOP WONKS is your single-source directory for locating knowledgeable authorities actively involved in a broad range of public policy issues. TopWonks.org is a multimedia website at with videos, links to writings, full professional profiles and more. Journalists, researchers, public officials and conference planners find it to be an indispensable guide for locating just the policy wonk they need at a moment’s notice.

Three years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression the “Too Big To Fail” (TBTF) banks are bigger than they were before the crisis. They have already cost the American people over $700 trillion and continue to pose a systemic risk to financial markets, the economy and American families. Regulation designed to mitigate this risk is inadequate and is weakened while being implemented. The agencies responsible for overseeing financial institutions are grossly under-funded and likely to remain so. While it is safe to assume that TBTF institutions have moderated some of the risky behaviors that led to the crisis, it is equally probable that those behaviors will return in some form very soon. These banks continue to gamble with our economy and unless we stop them, their actions will cause another crisis. We must reform the banking system before they trigger another financial meltdown.

Established 2006

The Breakfast Series was formed to provide substantive insight into critical public sector ideas and policies and to offer independent analysis of the political strategies necessary to accomplish them. It quickly became THE hub for vibrant, interdisciplinary discussion among influential New Yorkers committed to engaging in the public debate.

Notable Guests Include:

The Breakfast Series began in 2006 as an informal discussion series developed by Erica Payne and co-hosted with Maureen White and Gail Furman, two New York leaders with long histories of activism. It was formally incorporated in 2009. Since inception, the Series has hosted more than 40 gatherings, highlighted more than 30 organizations, more than 100 leaders and engaged more than 800 different participants.

The AP Action Fund is the 501 (c)(4) branch of the AP brand. It is a progressive policy organization dedicated to ensuring that public officials - and the policies they implement - serve regular Americans. It produces the Daily Agenda which is an online research and publishing platform used to amplify certain progressive messages within the political media.