Brenda Carter – Medium

Brenda Carter

Brenda Carter

Keeping up with the Reflective Democracy Campaign

As the demographics of power come under increased scrutiny at the local, state, and federal levels, the project I lead, the Reflective…

Feb 22, 2019

Keeping up with the Reflective Democracy Campaign

Feb 22, 2019

Brenda Carter

Women and People of Color Run for Office; Panic Ensues

As experts on the demographics of political power in America, we at the Reflective Democracy Campaign are avidly following the aftermath of…

Mar 9, 2018

Mar 9, 2018

Brenda Carter

Running for office: an open, competitive field or induction into a fraternity?

Oct 24, 2017

Oct 24, 2017

Brenda Carter

Boosting Self-Esteem Won’t Result in More Female CEOs… or Senators

According to a recent article in the New York Times, the dearth of female CEOs in America can be traced back to women’s lack of innate…

Sep 27, 2017

Sep 27, 2017

Brenda Carter

Greater Race & Gender Equity Jump-Starts Criminal Justice Reform

When the Christian Science Monitor recently announced the advent of “a new breed of prosecutors,” the Reflective Democracy Campaign stood…

Aug 22, 2017

Aug 22, 2017

Brenda Carter

The movement for reflective democracy continues

Since 2014, the Reflective Democracy Campaign has asked the fundamental question: Who Leads Us? We’ve dug into the demographics of…

Apr 17, 2017

Apr 17, 2017

Brenda Carter

CALL FOR ACTION: OPEN THE GATES!

Public opinion research shows that a majority of Americans — across party lines — want to see leaders who represent the “best and the…

Jul 14, 2016

Jul 14, 2016

Brenda Carter

Research by Danny Hayes and Jennifer Lawless highlights an important truth: voter bias is not the…

But one could only conclude that “systemic gender bias” is absent in political campaigns by ignoring the complex and entrenched system that…

Jun 8, 2016

Jun 8, 2016

Brenda Carter

It’s Structural.

When the data you present makes people cry, you know it captures something important. The event was in Raleigh, NC, and the people were…

Jun 1, 2016

Jun 1, 2016

Brenda Carter

BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS: Investing in solutions to pave the way for Reflective Democracy

The Reflective Democracy Campaign has asked some important questions about the racial and gender disparities of our elected officials — Who…

Mar 21, 2016

Mar 21, 2016

Brenda Carter

Brenda Carter

Director of the Reflective Democracy Campaign, aka @WhoLeadsUs. Organizer | Writer | Occasional academic | Politics | Labor | Other outrages

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams