Future Caucus - formerly Millennial Action Project

Future Caucus - formerly Millennial Action Project 2,000+ bipartisan Gen Z + millennial lawmakers transcending polarization and building a better future.

If you’ve ever picked up Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain” for your summer bookclub (you know, just a little light...
06/11/2026

If you’ve ever picked up Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain” for your summer bookclub (you know, just a little light reading), you know that America’s opioid crisis is a public health **emergency.**

Reps. Dr. Megan Srinivas, D-Iowa, Dr. Jennifer Mandelbaum, D-N.H., and Daniel Pae, R-Okla., understand the emergency all too well and are each proposing innovative approaches to harm reduction. Woven through all their stories is the amount of dedication, listening, and cross-partisan negotiation it takes to address such a complex and widespread crisis — a threat that doesn’t care who you voted for.

When you have a background in medicine or public health research, like Srinivas and Mandelbaum, and you have the data to back your stance, like Pae, trust comes much more easily, and with that trust come policies that save lives.

The latest story in our Young Lawmakers’ Storybank highlights the work these three lawmakers are doing to shape harm reduction in their states. Link to the story in our comments!

✨ Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 9th Annual Rising Star Awards! ✨Three awards spotlight exceptional cross-partisan lea...
06/01/2026

✨ Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 9th Annual Rising Star Awards! ✨

Three awards spotlight exceptional cross-partisan leaders in statehouses and Congress:

✨ The Rising Star Award recognizes Gen Z and millennial state legislators from both parties whose cross-partisan work has led to measurable impact on a state-level challenge.

🤝 The Cherisse Eatmon Collective Impact Award honors a partnership of two or more young state legislators who have driven cross-partisan progress on a challenging public issue.

🇺🇲 The Jacob K. Javits Prize for Bipartisan Leadership is awarded to members of Congress who have bridged partisan divides on issues of urgent national concern, resulting in legislative achievements that advance the public interest.

If you know a leader reshaping what politics can be, this is your chance to elevate their work. Submit your nominations at the link in our comments below!

When Rep. Justis Gibbs, D-Miss., stood on the steps of a Jackson courthouse in early 2025, he was surrounded by women wh...
05/22/2026

When Rep. Justis Gibbs, D-Miss., stood on the steps of a Jackson courthouse in early 2025, he was surrounded by women who had survived Mississippi’s correctional system. One of them was Susie Balfour, who later passed away from cancer after years of exposure to industrial cleaning chemicals while incarcerated.

That day was the catalyst for House Bill 1444.

Signed into law last month, HB 1444 requires the MS Dept. of Corrections to (a) maintain written policies for handling cleaning and dangerous chemicals and (b) ensure incarcerated people can read those policies at any time.

As a freshman Democrat in a superminority, Gibbs—Mississippi Future Caucus Co-Chair and Innovation Fellow—saw an earlier version of the bill die on the Senate floor. He didn’t refile and hope. He rebuilt it, built and leaned on relationships across the aisle, and got it passed unanimously in both chambers.

“I did this in honor of Ms. Balfour and all the ones who did not have the capacity to fight for themselves.”

Read the full story of how this law came to be—link in bio.

05/18/2026

📣 NEW Lawmakers on Lawmakers just dropped!

Nobody really talks about the whiplash of becoming a lawmaker. One day you’re living your normal life, working your job, seeing your friends, remembering to eat three meals a day… and then suddenly your calendar owns you, your phone never stops buzzing, and “free time” becomes a myth your former self once believed in.

When Rep. Vanessa Grossl, R-Ky., and Asm. Duy Nguyen, D-Nev., sat down together at Future Summit, they compared notes on the transition to public service. Across conversations about tech startups, small business ownership, family life, and the pressures of serving in a part-time legislature, Grossl and Nguyen found common ground in something new lawmakers often learn the hard way: this job changes your life.

For Grossl, serving meant stepping away from a career in tech she genuinely loved because there just wasn’t enough of her to go around anymore. For Nguyen, Nevada term limits and short biannual sessions mean constant turnover, negotiating complex policy on tight deadlines, and a STEEP learning curve.

That’s what makes Lawmakers on Lawmakers special. It’s not politicians spouting talking points at each other. It’s young leaders from across the country and political spectrum comparing candid, personal notes on how it actually feels to serve in office.

Watch the full conversation now on YouTube. Link in bio.

05/18/2026

Earlier this month I attended an Future Caucus - formerly Millennial Action Project reception in Harrisburg. The Future Caucus is a bipartisan group of state legislations under 45 focused on finding ways to collaborate, sharing ideas across our Nation, and turning down the political tone. As a member of their nationwide AI Taskforce, I'm looking forward to continuing to work with them and my colleagues in Harrisburg.

05/18/2026

Times have changed since was 22. People don’t dress up like hipsters and make fun of their exes like they used to. Instead, they turn 22 and run for office.

At least, that’s what Reps. Bryce Berry, D-Ga., and Angel Roeser, R-Kan., did.

In this BRAND NEW Lawmakers on Lawmakers, Berry and Roeser share what motivated them to run for office. Spoiler alert: neither of them actually wanted to initially. But both felt called to step up and serve their communities anyway.

So while others their age kept on dancin’ like they’re 22, Berry and Roeser were knocking doors, balancing school, planning weddings, teaching classes, and campaigning to represent their communities. (And *some* dancing, when the demanding legislative schedule allows!)

Fun fact: Berry and Roeser were sworn into office on the same day! January 13, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day they became Rep. Berry and Rep. Roeser.

Get to know both lawmakers and hear their stories by heading to the link in our bio to watch Lawmakers on Lawmakers!

Some politicians are talking about “beautiful maps.” Others are lawyering up over them. And amidst all the noise around ...
05/13/2026

Some politicians are talking about “beautiful maps.” Others are lawyering up over them. And amidst all the noise around redistricting, state lawmakers are just trying to do their jobs.

Across the country, the topic of redistricting has turned congressional maps into political spectacle. But for the lawmakers tasked with governing in states that are being redistricted, the stakes feel higher. They’re not worried about who has the most “beautiful map” (can Gen Zers even read a map?), they’re concerned about the process of redistricting and ensuring the people of their state are represented fairly and accurately. 

In our latest Young Lawmakers’ Storybank, Rep. Brandon Woodard, D-Kan., and Rep. Doug Fiefia, R-Utah, share what happened when the national redistricting fight landed in their statehouses.

Despite hailing from vastly different states and serving in opposing parties, both lawmakers arrived at the same place: the best governance is transparent, accountable, and grounded in the will of the voters.

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

A new chapter of leadership is beginning in Delaware! We’re excited to welcome Senator Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, as th...
05/12/2026

A new chapter of leadership is beginning in Delaware! We’re excited to welcome Senator Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, as the newest co-chair of the Delaware Future Caucus, where he’ll join Rep. Michael Smith, R-Pike Creek Valley, in leading a new generation of cross-partisan leadership in the First State.

Since being elected in 2018, Brown has built a reputation as one of Delaware’s leading voices on criminal justice reform and economic opportunity, helping advance landmark bipartisan legislation like the Clean Slate Act and Adult Expungement Reform Act. As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a Future Caucus Criminal Justice Innovation Fellow, he’s shown what bold, solutions-oriented leadership can look like in practice.

We’re excited for what’s ahead in Delaware. Join us in welcoming Sen. Brown to Future Caucus leadership! 👏

Gen Zers and millennials across the country are proving that when elected, they get sh*t done. (Y’all mind if we cuss a ...
05/11/2026

Gen Zers and millennials across the country are proving that when elected, they get sh*t done. (Y’all mind if we cuss a little?) 🤭

A new feature from The Renovator on Substack tells the story of two lawmakers in our network who are getting sh*t DONE! Rep. Aaron Pilkington, R-Knoxville, and Rep. Ashley Hudson, D-Little Rock, both co-chairs of the Arkansas Future Caucus, came together across party lines to confront their state’s maternal mortality crisis. 

Through Future Caucus’ Prenatal-to-Three Innovation Fellowship, Pilkington and Hudson spent months researching the issue, consulting with healthcare providers, Medicaid administrators, policy experts, advocates, and families to better understand the gaps in care and what meaningful solutions could look like.

What emerged became the bipartisan Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act, a sweeping maternal health package signed into law last year by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

But this story is about more than one bill.

The article highlights how at Future Caucus we’re helping a rising generation of leaders to tackle the issues shaping everyday life for young Americans: maternal health, childcare, housing affordability, AI, workforce development, and more.

This story is worth your time. Head to the link in our bio to read it.

05/01/2026

In 2024, just months into his freshman term, Rep. Justis Gibbs, D-Miss., came to Washington, D.C. to begin his Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship experience. On day one, he sat down with Rep. Dawson Holle, R-N.D., to film this Lawmakers on Lawmakers conversation, where he told Holle about a bill he hoped to introduce back home in Mississippi.

The idea for the bill came after hearing the story of Susie Balfour, a formerly incarcerated woman with breast cancer she believed was linked to years of handling harsh cleaning chemicals in prison every day, for hours on end, without protective equipment such as respirators. When Gibbs learned Mississippi had no written policies to protect inmates doing janitorial work, he knew something had to change.

So he got to work.

In 2025, he introduced legislation to address the problem. It fell short of the votes needed to pass in the Senate. But he didn’t walk away. He spent the next year refining the bill, building relationships, and doing the hard work of finding common cause across political lines.

On April 6, 2026, Gov. Tate Reeves signed H.B. 1444 into law.

Gibbs’ story is a reminder that meaningful change rarely happens in one dramatic moment. It happens when leaders are willing to listen deeply, stay in the fight after setbacks, and demonstrate vulnerability to build the trust required to move good ideas forward.

That is the work Future Caucus was created to champion: equipping a rising generation of lawmakers to bridge divides, lead with courage through uncertainty, and prove that politics can still be a force for dignity, problem-solving, and results.

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