Sarah Burris

Future Majority

Sarah is a current editor for Future Majority and the media consultant for unions and organizations in Washington DC. She was previously the New Media Manager at EMILY’s List in Washington DC. She is the former new media consultant for Mixed Media, LLP and has worked on campaigns for women candidates across the country for the last 8 years.
Previously, Sarah worked for Skyline Public Works where she helped state based youth organizations connect with major funders across the country. In 2008 was named one of the five Rock the Vote Rock the Trail Reporters and reported on the election from the youth perspective attending the Democratic and Republican Conventions, the first debate at Ole Miss and the Vice Presidential Debate in St. Louis as well as a reporter that interviewed elected officials across the country including Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Bob Barr, Gavin Newsome, and many more.
Bragging rights: Sarah was of the first recipients of the Democracy for America Netroots Nation scholarships and in the first group named by the New Leader’s Council as one of the 40 Emerging Leaders Under 40 in the United States. In 2010 Sarah was named by the Oklahoma Truth Council as one of the 25 young Oklahomans to watch. She is a founding blogger at Everyday Citizen, and was a long time writer and researcher for Wiretap Magazine.

YWA 2013 Nominee: Sarah Burris

When I came to the labor movement it wasn't just because I had an opportunity to try something different. The appeal was in working with a bottom-up union that allowed me the connectivity to the kind of people I knew best.