Alan Khazei
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 28, 1961
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Vanessa Kirsch |
Children | 2 |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Website | Official website |
Alan Khazei (
Khazei has led two unsuccessful campaigns for
Early life and education
Alan Khazei is the son of an
Career
City Year
In 1988, Khazei and his then–Harvard roommate Michael Brown founded
President
In June 2003, when AmeriCorps funding was cut by 80%, Khazei and other service leaders organized "Save AmeriCorps", a grassroots campaign culminating in a 100-hour hearing in the Capitol. At this hearing, more than 700 AmeriCorps supporters testified. The campaign led to half of the AmeriCorps funding being restored in 2003 and to full restoration plus a $100 million increase in 2004. As a result of the increased funding, the AmeriCorps program was able to engage 25,000 more corps members.[8][10]
ServiceNation
In 2008, Khazei organized
From 2012 to 2015, he served as the co-chair of the Leadership Council of the
Other work
Khazei has served on the board of multiple organizations including
Additionally, he founded Democracy Entrepreneurs, which promotes new change agents who are inventing new ways to engage people in our democracy, and Be the Change, Inc., a
Awards and recognitions
In 2006,
He has received honorary degrees from Clark University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Northeastern University, Suffolk University, and Mount Ida College.[12]
U.S. Senate campaigns
2010 election
Khazei ran to fill the
Khazei's campaign was the only campaign among the candidates for the Democratic primary that accepted donations only from private citizens. The campaign did not accept donations from political action committees and lobbyists. Khazei came in third place in the primary, earning 13% of the vote.
In November 2009, The Boston Globe endorsed Khazei for Senate, writing: "With high hopes, the Globe endorses Alan Khazei, the prime mover behind national-service policies, as Massachusetts' best chance to produce another great senator."[18] Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City, former Colorado Senator Gary Hart, and retired 4-star General Wesley Clark also endorsed Khazei's Senate bid. While she never give an official endorsement of Khazei, Caroline Kennedy came out in support of Khazei's bid, attending some of his fundraisers and claiming he would make an "amazing" Senator.[19]
2012 election
On April 26, 2011, Khazei announced that he would be a candidate in the 2012
In response to the entry on September 15 of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren into the Senate campaign, Khazei issued a direct challenge to the other Democratic candidates—and specifically to Warren—to forego campaign funds from corporate lobbyists and all Political Action Committees. He pledged to do so himself. The Boston Globe's Noah Bierman reported that Khazei was leading the field of Democratic candidates in campaign funds as of the previous reporting period (June 30, 2011) with a reported total of $920,000, but that Senator Brown had a dramatic lead over all the Democrats, having amassed about $9.6 million in campaign funds as of June.[21]
He signaled on October 26, 2011, that he planned to withdraw from the race, citing a lack of funds and media attention in the wake of Elizabeth Warren's entry into the race.[3]
U.S. House campaign
Khazei ran for Congress in 2020 to represent Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Incumbent Joe Kennedy III vacated the seat to challenge Ed Markey for the U.S. Senate.[4] Khazei lost the election, garnering 9.1% of the vote.
Personal life
Khazei is married to Vanessa Kirsch, a social entrepreneur and graduate of Tufts University who has established several philanthropic organizations, most recently New Profit Inc., a group that provides grants to innovative social projects.[10] They live in Brookline, Massachusetts, with their two children.[22]
He is also the cousin of Boston TV news anchor, Kim Khazei.[23]
References
- ^ Frost, Toby (November 5, 2009). "Introducing Alan Khazei". Wicked Local. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "City Year". City Year. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ a b Abraham, Yvonne (October 26, 2011). "Alan Khazei pulls out of Senate race". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b "Who is - and isn't - running for Joe Kennedy's seat in Congress" The Boston Globe. October 3rd, 2019.
- ^ "Bio: Alan Khazei". bethechangeinc.org. Archived from the original on March 13, 2008.
- ^ "Social Justice - Alan Khazei and Vanessa Kirsch". Fastcompany.com. December 19, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ "Social Justice - Alan Khazei and Vanessa Kirsch". Fastcompany.com. December 19, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Alan Khazei for Massachusetts". Alanforsenate.com. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ City Year. "Alan Khazei". Echoing Green. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ a b Perry, Suzanne (May 7, 2009). "Being the Change - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas". Philanthropy.com. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ a b "TheNonProfitTimes". Nptimes.com. June 15, 2011. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ a b [1] Archived September 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alan Khazei for Massachusetts". Alanforsenate.com. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ "Alan Khazei: A New Patriotism". The Huffington Post. April 21, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ "Alan Khazei: The Service Solution". The Huffington Post. September 28, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ "Alan Khazei: Enough with the "Money Primary" Let's Move on to the Big Ideas Primary". The Huffington Post. April 7, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ "The Aspen Institute's Franklin Project Announces 21st Century National Service Summit". PR Newswire. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ "For Democrats - Alan Khazei for Senate". The Boston Globe. November 29, 2009.
- ^ Smith, Ben (December 4, 2009). "Caroline Kennedy: Khazei win would be 'amazing' - Ben Smith". Politico. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ Bierman, Noah (April 26, 2011). "Khazei seeking 2012 Democratic Senate nomination". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Bierman, Noah. "Khazei challenges Warren to reject lobbyist, PAC money in Senate fight". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 26, 2011. [dead link]
- ^ Beam, Alex (November 24, 2009). "My dinner with Alan". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Heslam, Jessica (December 3, 2009). "Candidates' media kin honor 'firewall'". The Boston Herald.
External links
- Alan Khazei for Congress campaign site
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- Blog posts at The Huffington Post
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Appearances on C-SPAN