 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||||||
Our Mission
The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank generating the ideas that fuel the progressive movement. From releasing nationally recognized studies of our increasingly fragile middle class to showcasing progressive policies that have worked to advance social and economic justice, DMI has been on the leading edge of the public policy debate. DMI is also noted for developing new and creative ways to bring its work to the advocates and opinion leaders that need it, from starting one of the first public policy blogs to pioneering the use of Google Adwords to hold elected officials accountable for their votes on issues of importance to their constituents.
DMI's approach is unwavering: We do not issue reports to see our name in print or hold forums for the sake of mere talk. We seek to change policy by conducting research into overlooked but important social and economic issues, by leveraging our strategic relationships to engage policymakers and opinion-leaders in our work and by offering platforms to amplify the ideas of those who are working for social and economic fairness. The goal: progressive public policy to strengthen and expand our ever-more squeezed middle class and aspiring middle class. From releasing an almost instantaneous analysis of the President's State of the Union Address to launching a fellows program that highlights the unique insights of activists, DMI consistently demonstrates that its reach extends far beyond the tired orthodoxies of both the right and the left.
Click here to read about the Drum Major Institute Board of Directors.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger
Executive Director
Amy M. Traub
Associate Director of Research
Elana Levin
Communications Manager
Kia Franklin
Civil Justice Fellow
Lauren Su
Operations Manager
Penny Abeywardena
Director of Strategic Relations
Suman Raghunathan
Immigration Project Coordinator
Tsedey Betru
Director of DMI Scholars
DrumMajorInstitute.org
Point Five Design – Graphic Design
Point Five Design specializes in editorial, identity, print and web design with an educational, cultural or political focus. The studio has been recognized for its work for The American Prospect, Legal Affairs, The Paris Review, and The Feminist Majority, among others.Principal Alissa Levin and Designer Karin Wood make up the Drum Major Institute web design team. In an engaging and accessible web resource, Point Five's design reflects DMI's active contributions to the conversation about progressive change in America.
Michael Murphy – Website Development and Construction
Michael Murphy specializes in matching ambitious clients with talented designers and building the websites they envision together. He has created websites for The Monacelli Press, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, BOMB Magazine, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas and over 70 other publishers, magazines, design firms, entrepreneurs, musicians, filmmakers, artists and non-profits.Murphy constructed and maintains DrumMajorInstitute.org with team members Robert Yagley, Dean Pajevic, Elizabeth Torbert and Zahra Hamamji.
Print Design by multipod
Randi Hazan founded multipod in 2001 to create customized design solutions that make her clients irresistible in the marketplace. An award-winning designer, Randi works with a diverse clientele, including Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, The New York Observer, Jewish Fund for Justice, Drug Policy Alliance, and the New York Center for Law and Justice. The work she has done for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, such as the 2004 Annual Report and Middle Class 2004: How Congress Voted have been widely regarded as some of the most striking communications materials to be coming out of any think tank today.
DMI Photography
Camera One (DMI Events)
Pascal Perich (DMI Events)
David Land (Staff and Fellows)
DMI Video
Kokobaz (All DMI Event video)
DMI Media Consultants
The Public Advocacy Group LLC is a progressive, premiere quality advocacy firm led by Executive Principal Advocates Christina E. Daigneault, Esq. and Chad A. Marlow, Esq. The Public Advocacy Group's innovative "multi-disciplinary" approach to advocacy includes providing services in the fields of lobbying, political consulting, public/media relations, negotiation, speechwriting, legal and non-legal issue research and analysis, and multi-disciplinary strategic planning. And although doing so is highly uncommon in their industry, The Public Advocacy Group abides by a strict "do no harm" operational philosophy, meaning they do not work for clients whose interests they believe are contrary to those of the public-at-large.
Last updated: July 12, 2006
The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of visitors to our websites, whether registered or unregistered. Here is our online privacy policy for information collected through our website and through email lists.
DMI expects it may need to revise its privacy policy as it develops the features of its future site. DMI will make reasonable efforts to inform users of any changes, but the spirit of this policy will be maintained, and our policy to never sell, exchange, rent, trade, or give email lists to unaffiliated third parties will never be altered.
Use of DMI's websites is not restricted to registered users, and we expect to provide a robust experience to all users.Ê
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please fell free to email us at: dmi@drummajorinstitute.org
You can also reach us via US Mail at:
Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
40 Exchange Place, Suite 2001
New York, NY 10005
What DMI will do with your information:
DMI will not sell or share the personal information you provide or we collect through our website to any unaffiliated organization without your permission, with the following exceptions. We may share personal information with third parties who provide services, such as website hosting or other services of an administrative or technical nature, solely for the purpose of providing such services and subject to confidentiality obligations. In addition, we reserve the right to disclose personal information about visitors:Ê if we believe in good faith that the law permits it; to protect the rights, property, safety or security of DMI, our visitors, our registered users or the public; to respond to an emergency; or to enforce any terms of use agreement governing use of a website controlled or operated by us.
From time to time, we may send you information from other like-minded organizations whose products or services we think subscribers might find interesting, but we do not exchange, trade, rent, or give email lists to unaffiliated third parties.
If you sign up for one of our mailing lists:
DMI is committed to providing timely updates to our users by email. We will request information from you to enhance our ability to customize our communications with you so you get the information you want. We will collect relevant contact information and enable you to self-select the type of information that you'd like to receive. You will be able to unsubscribe from communications you receive from us by following the directions included in each such communication.
If you submit information to public areas of an DMI site:
Please be aware that if you decide to disclose personally identifiable information on a publicly-accessible areas of a DMI site (such as the DMIblog), this information may become public. DMI does not control the acts of other visitors to its sites, so please be cautious when deciding to reveal personal information a public area of any site. Please contact us if you believe a visitor to a DMI site is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users.
If you contribute money online:
DMI appreciates and will accept online contributions. Users will be asked to submit contact information for verification purposes. Contact information will be stored in a secure location, and financial information will not be stored except when it is needed for record-keeping purposes.
Cookies:
A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store on a computer and later use to recognize a user. The purpose of cookies is to enhance your ability to receive the information you want. DMI may use cookies to enhance the experience of users. A session cookie expires when a user closes the browser in which DMIÕs website was viewed. As with all cookies, users can personalize their browser settings to reject session cookies.
IP Addresses and Log File Data:
IP addresses are ID numbers for the location of your computer or network on the internet. Log files are recordings of the traffic to and from a server. DMI' servers log IP addresses for systems administration and troubleshooting.ÊÊ We track page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit. With that information we can improve the quality of the site.
Children's Privacy:
DMI is concerned about the safety and privacy of children online. Because of this, we will make all efforts to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not and will not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we will develop our site with the capacity to block acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.
It is possible that by fraud or deception by others we may receive information given to us or pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or else delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please do so by e-mailing us at dmi@drummajorinstitute.org. Security
DMI has measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of visitor personally identifiable information that is under our control. For example, only select DMI staff and contracted individuals have access to personally identifiable information provided by visitors to non-public areas of our sites. We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving sensitive personal and financial data from our site.ÊPlease note, however, that security breaches can occur even if reasonable steps are taken to prevent such breaches; for example, we cannot guarantee that information provided through our sites will not be illegally accessed on our servers or intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. Please contact us if you believe there has been any breach of the security of our sites.
Please Note:
DMI plans to regularly update and add new features to our websites. Because of this, DMI expects to revise its privacy policy as its site develops. Such amendments will be posted in the privacy policy section of the site. You can determine whether privacy policy has been modified since your last visit by checking the "Last updated" legend at the top of the policy. As stated above, the spirit of this policy will be maintained, and our policy to never sell, exchange, rent, trade, or give email lists to unaffiliated third parties will never be altered. DMI links to other like-minded websites, but is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of those websites.