PPI | Overview | June 1, 2009
About The Progressive Policy Institute
"One person with a belief is a social power
equal to
ninety-nine who have only interests."
-- John Stuart Mill
Organization: The Progressive Policy Institute is a research and education institute that is a project of the Third Way Foundation Inc., a nonprofit corporation organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Mission: PPI's mission is to define and
promote a new progressive politics for America in the 21st century.
Through its research, policies, and perspectives, the Institute is
fashioning a new governing philosophy and an agenda for public innovation
geared to the Information Age.
President, PPI: Will Marshall
Address:
1301 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
Web: www.ppionline.org
Phone: (202) 525-3926
Fax: (202) 525-3941
Email: ppi_admin@ppionline.org
PPI's mission arises from the belief that America is ill-served by an
obsolete left-right debate that is out of step with the powerful forces
re-shaping our society and economy. The Institute advocates a philosophy
that adapts the progressive tradition in American politics to the realities of the
Information Age and points to a "third way" beyond the liberal impulse to defend
the bureaucratic status quo and the conservative bid to simply dismantle
government. The Institute envisions government as society's servant, not its
master -- as a catalyst for a broader civic enterprise controlled by and responsive to
the needs of citizens and the communities where they live and work.
The Institute's work rests on three ideals: equal opportunity, mutual
responsibility, and self-governing citizens and communities. Building
on these cornerstone principles, our work advances five key strategies
to equip Americans to confront the challenges of the Information Age:
- Restoring the American Dream by accelerating economic growth, expanding
opportunity, and enhancing security.
- Reconstructing our social order by strengthening families, attacking
crime, and empowering the urban poor.
- Renewing our democracy by challenging the special interests and returning
power to citizens and local institutions.
- Defending our common civic ground by affirming the spirit of tolerance and
the shared principles that unite us as Americans.
- Confronting global disorder by building enduring new international structures
of economic and political freedom.
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