The Evolution of Politics is Here.
Partisan competition is obsolete. The future requires collaborative fitness. This 12-week pilot program, at a cost of $0, is for the 25 people ready to build what's next.
Apply for the Pilot ProgramProgram Dates: September 7 – November 23, 2025
Priority Deadline: August 15, 2025
Our Political System is a Dinosaur Roaring at a Meteor
For decades, politics operated on partisan competition. But the environment has changed. Global challenges, technological disruption, and economic instability are the meteor, and the old ways are proving fatally unfit for survival.
"We're not witnessing the moral failure of democracy—we're watching evolution in real time... The old forms of political organization are struggling like dinosaurs wondering why it's suddenly so cold."
Geographic Extraction
National organizations have strip-mined local infrastructure, creating sacrifice zones where communities are drained of resources, talent, and hope.
Knowledge Hoarding
Political parties and organizations actively hoard the tools of power—data, strategy, and technical skills—while exploiting volunteers for free labor.
Active Gatekeeping
Those with titles but no vision block competent individuals. They'd rather preside over a ghost town than let someone with the skills help renovate.
Hollowed-Out Infrastructure
The "secret weapons" of campaigning are illusions. Data is useless, districts are nonsensical, and the machinery is held together with duct tape and denial.
My Journey From Public Service to Political Evolution
I'm Carrie Clendening. My education didn't come from a textbook. It came from a decade as a non-partisan legislative liaison, watching the kabuki theater of politics from the inside. It came from joining a Democratic party so hollowed-out its voter data was a joke. It came from being exploited by national organizations, and then learning the real rules of power from Republican defectors who were more honest about the game.
I was called an outsider for having the skills to fix the problems the insiders created. That rejection was the best thing that ever happened to me. It forced me to create the alternative.
The Thesis: A 12-Week Program in Collaborative Fitness
This pilot program is the intervention. It's designed to teach the skills the current political environment demands: adaptability, cross-partisan collaboration, and systems thinking. We will turn 25 participants into political education dealers, equipped to build new, more resilient networks in their own communities.
Weeks 1-3: See the Ecosystem
Learn to map power, follow the money, and recognize the patterns of extraction and gatekeeping that define the current landscape.
Weeks 4-6: Decode the Systems
Move beyond partisan labels to understand the doctrines, theories, and technological frameworks that shape our political reality.
Weeks 7-8: Build Connections
Develop the core competency of the new political era: building fluid, cross-partisan coalitions based on competence and shared goals, not rigid ideology.
Weeks 9-12: Engineer the Alternative
Design, test, and implement your own political evolution project, creating a tangible, sustainable alternative to the failing systems in your community.
Our Philosophy: Political Education is a Public Utility, Not a Luxury Good
Charging for this knowledge would make me part of the extractive system I'm fighting. The goal of The Political Evolution Project is simple but revolutionary: 100% access to political education.
"This isn't about converting people or building another organization that might become extractive. It's about democratizing the tools of political analysis and action."
Your investment is your participation. Show up. Do the work. Teach others. That is the only currency we accept.
This Isn't For Everyone. (And That's The Point.)
We are looking for 25 people who recognize that the old models are broken and are ready to do the hard work of building the replacement. We value experience and commitment over political affiliation.
✓ This is for you if...
- You're tired of being treated like unpaid staff and want to understand the system of exploitation.
- You can commit 1-2 hours weekly for 12 weeks of intensive virtual sessions.
- You want to build resilient, local alternatives, not just critique national politics.
- You believe competence is more valuable than partisan loyalty.
✗ This is not for you if...
- You're looking for quick political wins or easy, partisan answers.
- You can't commit to the full 12-week program and its practical homework.
- You're not interested in teaching others and multiplying the impact.
Become One of the First 25.
If you've read this far, you understand the diagnosis. This is your invitation to help engineer the cure. An informed citizen who disagrees is infinitely better than an ignorant one who agrees. That's not just democracy—that's advanced democracy.
Apply to Join The PilotPriority Deadline: August 15, 2025
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. You'll be notified within 7 days.