How to Get Activists Into Politics

How do we get more passionate activists into political power? In this episode, we talk to movement builders Colombe Cahen-Salvador and Andrea Venzon about barriers to political office, what they look for in a future politician and what will happen if activists on the street continue to feel unrepresented in the halls of power.

Colombe and Andrea are co-founders of pan-European political party Volt Europa (volteuropa.org) and, more recently, global movement and party in the making Atlas (atlasmovement.org/about?locale=en).

This episode was produced at the 2022 Athens Democracy Forum in partnership with the Democracy and Culture Foundation.

Andrea's book recommendation: Atomic Habits (jamesclear.com/atomic-habits), by James Clear
Colombe's book recommendation: Invisible Women (carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women), by Caroline Criado Perez

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