Diego Rivas

Alumnus

At Das Progressive Zentrum, Diego was a Project Manager and primarily coordinated the annual Progressive Governance Summit and the New Urban Progress transatlantic dialogue. Diego is also currently the Get-Out-the-Vote Coordinator for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Democrats Abroad. Before that role he was Chair of Democrats Abroad Berlin and also a Bernie Sanders Delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Originally from California, Diego has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Political Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Masters of Art in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin.

Publications

Empowering Cities: Building Urban and Transatlantic Infrastructure

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What are successful approaches and polices to the most pressing issues for German and US cities? How can cities and international networks strengthen the transatlantic partnership?
Diego Rivas, Emma Gasster

News

Recap: NUP Fellows Travel Across the United States

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Our Second New Urban Progress Trip Took Our Fellows to Chicago, Denver, and Austin
Diego Rivas, Greta Lenzing, Karola Ammon
Project Report

100 Days of Scholz: Bridging Domestic and Foreign Policy

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Key takeaways with Daniela Schwarzer & Michael Werz
Florian Ranft, Diego Rivas
Event Report

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