Our Mission
The Millennial Action Project has an audacious mission: activate young leaders to bridge the partisan divide and transform American politics.
Our Vision
A diverse democracy where the political culture is grounded in empathy and leaders pursue innovative policy solutions.
Our Founding Story
Over the past decade, the United States has descended into one of the most dysfunctional periods of our political history, with the highest level of polarization since the end of Reconstruction after the Civil War. In 2011, this dysfunction snowballed into nothing less than a national crisis, nearly forcing a national default and causing the first-ever downgrade of U.S. debt.
That same year, a small group of college students gathered near the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. Even as they received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for public service, they were deeply concerned about the direction of the country they would inherit – but inspired by the potential for the next generation of American leaders to change course.
Over the next year, they formed a founding team to build a new organization dedicated to renewing American democracy. In collaboration with dozens of Millennial leaders across the country, and with the generous support of visionary philanthropists, the Millennial Action Project was formed and officially launched in 2013.
What We Do
The Millennial Action Project works directly with our nation’s leading young policymakers on both a national and state level to spur bipartisan legislation and innovative policy solutions. As a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit dedicated to activating millennial policymakers, MAP gives our nation’s young leaders the resources and support to create, introduce, and pass legislation and forge productive partnerships on the issues affecting the youngest generation of Americans. Working in concert with lawmakers, MAP has advanced legislation on issues including entrepreneurship, technology, 21st century skills training, veterans' employment, immigration, volunteerism, and more – including the introduction of the first bipartisan legislation on ridesharing and social impact bonds.
MAP and its work have been featured in: CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NBC News, NBC’s Meet The Press, the New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and more.
In 2013, MAP organized the nonpartisan Congressional Future Caucus with the millennial members of Congress to forge pragmatic cooperation on future-oriented challenges. The Congressional Future Caucus is America’s first and only bipartisan caucus for young members of Congress. The Future Caucus movement has spread into numerous state legislatures through the creation of the State Future Caucus Network, consisting of young, high-potential state legislators. The national Advisory Board includes Senator Bill Bradley, Senator Olympia Snowe, Governor Jennifer Granholm, Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., Congressman Chris Gibson, Ambassador Donald Gips, Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton, and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra.