Demand Progress
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| Motto | "...win progressive policy changes for ordinary people through organizing, and grassroots lobbying." |
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| Formation | 2010 |
| Type | 501(c)4, with 501(c)3 sponsorship from the Citizen Engagement Lab Education Fund |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Civil liberties and government reform advocacy |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC and Providence, RI |
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Region served
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Worldwide, most focus on U.S. |
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Membership
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Approx 2 million members, open enrollment via email. |
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Executive Director
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David Segal |
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Co-Founder
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Aaron Swartz |
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Program Director
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David Moon |
| Website | http://demandprogress.org |
Demand Progress is an internet activist-related 501(c)4 entity, with 501(c)3 sponsorship from the Citizen Engagement Lab Education Fund specializing in online-intensive and other grassroots activism to support Internet freedom, civil liberties, transparency, and human rights, and in opposition to censorship and corruption. The organization was founded through a petition in opposition to the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, sparking the movement that eventually defeated COICA's successor bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act, two highly controversial pieces of United States legislation.
The organization has continued to fight for such causes in the wake of the successful shelving of these two acts. Demand Progress has also played key roles in forwarding the passage of net neutrality rules, blocking expansion of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, under which co-founder Aaron Swartz was indicted, and other key legislative efforts. Estimated membership numbers in early 2015 weigh in at over two million. As of late 2013, the organization encompasses the Demand Progress, Rootstrikers and Watchdog.net wings/brands,
Demand Progress' Executive Director David Segal is a former Democratic Rhode Island state representative and served on the Providence City Council as a member of the Green Party. The organization was co-founded by Aaron Swartz, an internet activist, and Segal. Immediately prior to the founding of Demand Progress, the pair had worked together on Segal's unsuccessful campaign for Congress, which had been backed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which Swartz had also co-founded. Program Director David Moon was elected to serve in the Maryland House of Delegates in 2014.
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