This is the third part in our three-part series on Community Works. Thomas Bates is an ex-federal prosecutor and the founder of Democrats Work, a precursor to Community Works. He discusses Democrats Work’s experiment with a service-based approach to politics and the path forward he sees for Democratic politics today.

[1:29] Getting his start in campaign politics

[4:36] How do bake sales win elections?

[10:35] Democrats Work: proving that service-based politics work

[20:11] Voters can be persuaded

[34:15] Does the Democratic party have a future in America?

More about Thomas:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/batesthomas/

https://cssp.org/team/thomas-bates/

Get involved with Community Works:

https://ruralurbanbridge.org/our-work/community-works