# Backing Civic Punks Before It Had a Name — Olivia Dorey on Kindred, Ambassadorship & Building a Movement

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Podcast: [Civic Punks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/civic-punks-7565949)
Published: 2026-07-28T14:31:09+00:00
Episode link: https://civicpunk.podbean.com/e/backing-civic-punks-before-it-had-a-name-%e2%80%94-olivia-dorey-on-kindred-ambassadorship-building-a-movement/
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Duration seconds: 2023

## Resource

Olivia Dorey has been supporting Civic Punks since before Civic Punks had a name. So it feels pretty special to finally sit down with her — and to announce The Kindred Agency as our first sponsor. In this conversation, we get into Olivia’s story: how she became a Civic Punk, why she started The Kindred Agency, and what she has learned about building a company around work you actually care about. Then we dig into something we’ve been figuring out together: the Civic Punks Ambassador Program. We wanted to create a sponsorship model that felt a little different. Something built around shared values, trust and a belief that this community of people trying to make government better is worth investing in. My hope is that Kindred is the first of many organizations to come along for the ride. Have a listen — and if you’re part of an organization that thinks this kind of work should exist, I’d love to hear from you. You can reach me at derekalton@civicpunks.com.To learn more about the great work of The Kindred Agency and to test some of their new agentic AI's go to their website at: https://thekindredagency.com/

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