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Darcy Burner is an author and organizer writing about the different forms of power and how ordinary people can change the world. Her forthcoming book offers a practical framework for building and wielding power.

Darcy Burner is an author, technologist, and political organizer whose forthcoming book examines the six forms of power — moral, economic, political, cultural, network, and enforcement — and how ordinary people can build and wield them. A Harvard-educated computer scientist and former congressional candidate, she has spent two decades at the intersection of technology, politics, and movement building. Her work includes founding ProgressiveCongress.org and developing bootcamp trainings that teach communities to map and build power.

Darcy Burner is an author, technologist, and political organizer whose forthcoming book examines the six distinct forms of power — moral, economic, political, cultural, network, and enforcement — and offers a practical framework for how ordinary people can understand, build, and wield them to change the world. A Harvard-educated computer scientist who began her career at Microsoft, Darcy made a dramatic shift into politics in 2006, running for Congress in Washington's 8th Congressional District. Her campaigns became national phenomena, pioneering online grassroots organizing and small-dollar fundraising at scale. She went on to help found ProgressiveCongress.org, working with members of Congress to develop progressive policy platforms. Through decades of work in technology, campaigns, and organizing, Darcy identified a pattern: most people only recognize one or two forms of power, leaving them unable to see the full landscape of forces shaping their lives. Her book, written in the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, makes all six forms of power visible and actionable. The companion workbook and bootcamp training program turn the framework into practice, giving communities the tools to analyze their own power landscape and develop strategies for building the power they need.