DemocracyFest 2025
🇺🇸 About:
📍 Virtual – Streaming Nationwide
📅 Monday, August 11, 2025
Dream for America (501c3) and Dream for Action (501c4) are launching our first-ever national conference: DemocracyFest 2025 — a virtual one-day, high-energy, youth-led summit bringing together hundreds of young progressive, pro-democracy leaders for a powerful day of organizing, learning, and connection.
The conference features high-profile speakers, networking opportunities, and issue-focused discussions — all while celebrating freedom, democracy, and the promise of America.
Whether you’re tuning in from a campus dorm or your living room, DemocracyFest is your opportunity to plug into a national movement for change. After the conference, participants will return to their campuses and communities more energized than ever to fight fascism and defend democracy.
This experience is designed to help students, chapter leaders, and attendees of all kinds develop leadership skills, build organizing power, and access incredible resources and opportunities from Dream for America and its partner organizations.
DemocracyFest is THE must-attend event for students, organizers, patriots, and democracy defenders across the country. If you want to hear from the biggest names in progressive politics and connect with young leaders from every corner of the U.S. — this is where YOU need to be.
🎟️ Get Tickets!
Journalists looking to cover DemocracyFest can request a press pass by emailing: press@dreamforamerica.org.
If your company/organization is interested in becoming a sponsor of DemocracyFest 2025, please reach out to us directly at sponsor@dreamforamerica.org.
Speakers
William He
Founder & CEO of Dream for America
Vice President Kamala Harris*
Former Vice President of the United States
Gov. Andy Beshear
Governor of Kentucky
Sen. Mark Kelly
U.S. Senator for Arizona
Sen. Andy Kim
U.S. Senator for New Jersey
Jaime Harrison
Former Chair of the DNC
TX Rep. James Talarico
Texas State Representative
PA Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
Vice Chair of the DNC
Pennsylvania State Representative
Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois
Stacey Abrams
Lawyer & Voting Rights Activist
2018 & 2022 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia
Lt. Col. Amy McGrath
Founder of Democratic Majority Action PAC
Dream for America Senior Advisor
Rep. Jamie Raskin
U.S. Representative (MD – 8)
Rep. Ro Khanna
U.S. Representative (CA – 17)
MI Sen. Mallory McMorrow
Candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan
Michigan State Senator
Rep. Eric Swalwell
U.S. Representative (CA – 14)
Rep. Angie Craig
U.S. Representative (MN – 02)
Candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota
Alexis McGill Johnson
President & CEO of Planned Parenthood + Planned Parenthood Action
A’shanti Gholar
President & CEO of Emerge America
Rep. Seth Moulton
U.S. Representative (MA – 6)
Rep. Grace Meng
U.S. Representative (NY – 06)
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam
U.S. Representative (VA – 10)
Rep. Jimmy Gomez
U.S. Representative (CA – 34)
Rep. Melanie Stansbury
U.S. Representative (NM – 01)
Former Rep. Conor Lamb
Former U.S. Representative (PA – 17)
Former Rep. Joe Walsh
Former U.S. Representative (IL – 8)
John Avlon
Journalist & Bestselling Author
Chairman of Citizen’s Union
Aaron Parnas
Attorney, Creator, & Journalist
Mayor Phillip Jones
Mayor of Newport News, VA
Brad Jenkins
Founder & CEO of Enfranchisement Productions
Dream for America Senior Advisor
Isaiah Martin
Gen-Z Candidate for Congress (TX – 18)
MA Rep. Tram Nguyen
Massachusetts State Representative
Tim Fullerton
Co-Founder of FindOut Podcast
Dream for America Senior Advisor
Joshua Reed Eakle
Founder & Executive Director of Project Liberal
Dream for America Senior Advisor
Tahra Hoops
Director of Economic Analysis @ Chamber of Progress
Malynda Hale
Executive Director of The New Evangelicals
Micah Erfan
Executive Committee Member of the Texas Democratic Party
Haley Lickstien
Creator & Strategist
Steve Boyle
Executive Director of YIMBY Democrats for America
Jevin Hodge
Former Vice Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party
2022 Democratic Nominee for (AZ – 01)
Former NE Sen. Tony Vargas
Executive Director of Square One
Rich Logis
Executive Director of Leaving MAGAe
More speakers coming soon…👀
*a written letter from Vice President Harris will be read aloud during the program