Political Organizing
In 2011, Wimsatt co-founded the American Dream Movement (along with Natalie Foster and Van Jones), and currently serves as its Partnerships and Political Director. Wimsatt previously founded the League of Young Voters (2003) and co-founded the Generational Alliance (2005) and the Coffee Party (2010). As a philanthropic consultant, he coined the term "Cool Rich Kids" (1999) to refer to young progressive philanthropists associated with the organization Resource Generation. He has consulted for dozens of organizations including Rock The Vote, MoveOn.org, and Green For All. He was a Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center and the New Organizing Institute, and ran the Ohio Youth Corps in 2008, a joint project of the Ohio Democratic Party and the Obama Campaign.
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