State Voices
Alec Saslow serves as the Deputy Director of Communications at State Voices since June 2022, previously holding the position of Communications Director at MapLight from March 2016 to June 2022. With extensive experience in managing communications for progressive advocacy organizations, Alec has a proven track record in media relations, strategic planning, and promoting original reporting on political issues. Notable prior roles include Senior Director of Media Relations at FitzGibbon Media and Senior Account Executive at Fenton Communications, where Alec developed effective strategies to advance public interest causes and worked closely with influential media outlets. Alec began a career in education as an English teacher at Universidad San Francisco de Quito before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture from Syracuse University.
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State Voices
State Voices is a national network – built from the states up – that helps grassroots organizations win civic engagement victories and build long-term political power. Since 2008, we’ve been employing the principles of collective impact, building the capacity of partners with data analysis and shared resources, and strengthening our democracy by amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. State Voices sustains a dynamic ecosystem of 23 state tables comprised of 784 partner organizations. We provide the organizations in our network with the data, tools, and support they need to help create a healthy and thriving democracy through a racial equity lens. We advance this work through three national programs: Civic Engagement (voter registration and turnout, issue advocacy and constituency engagement), Civic Access (voting rights and election administration) and Civic Representation (census and redistricting). It’s our collective duty to end the systemic, relentless disenfranchisement targeting communities of color, young adults, LGBTQ people, and single women. That’s why State Voices works year-round to create a more accessible, inclusive, and representative democracy.