Meet the change leaders: Debilyn Molineaux

Nevins is co-publisher of The Fulcrum and co-founder and board chairman of the Bridge Alliance Education Fund.

Debilyn Molineaux is a visionary, storyteller, innovator and entrepreneur. Her life’s purpose is bringing about a thriving, just and healthy democratic republic in the United States. She launched the latest expression of her work, American Future, in late 2023, noting that imagination lays the tracks for the reality train to follow.

Unleashing Americans’ imagination about the future we want is the antidote to the malaise left by the conflict profiteers.

As a pioneer in the democracy ecosystem, Molineaux also offers consulting services to nonprofits, philanthropists, corporate leaders and foundations. She has co-founded or led initiatives over her 20-plus-year career to reach millions of Americans. Empowering her fellow citizens and scaling the work of her fellow leaders continue to be Debilyn’s passion and mission. Her actions help nurture and drive the large-scale collective action that moves our democracy forward.

Debilyn has initiated, partnered and advised on a multitude of big ideas:

• American Future, to add everyday people’s voices to the future narrative.
• Bridge Alliance, where hundreds of organizations became a pro-democracy ecosystem.
• National Week of Conversation, to provide a central annual event that promotes healthy engagement instead of toxic division.
• Living Room Conversations, to provide do-it-yourself conversation guides for understanding people with differences.
• Inter-Movement Impact Project, to connect several aspects of democracy work together.
• The Fulcrum, a news platform that covers democracy reform efforts at state and national levels.
• Bridging Movement Alignment Council, a network of more than 500 "bridging divides" organizations.
• JEDI Fellows (DEI initiative), to assist the pro-democracy ecosystem be representative using a four-fold diversity model (ideological, generational, gender and race/ethnicity representation) of the United States.

She brings a big idea or vision to reality by:

• Employing deep listening for underlying assumptions, blind spots and hidden assessments.
• Guiding purposeful conversations to ground dreams into action plans.
• Networking with people, sources and ideas that can be additive or collaborative to your idea.
• Challenging conventional wisdom and channeling missing voices.
• Communicating diplomatically, especially on tough topics.

I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Molineaux in June for the CityBiz “Meet the Change Leaders” series. Watch to learn the full extent of her democracy reform work:

The Fulcrum interviews Debilyn Molineaux, President & CEO, Bridge Alliancewww.youtube.com