“Admits He Doesn't Know Everything”

Vince has been endorsed by Change Agents of South Dakota

Change Agents of South Dakota endorsed our campaign. Their words were short and plainspoken. And the part that stuck with me most was the part a lot of politicians would never want said about them.

Here is the full endorsement from Change Agents of South Dakota

"We liked Vince Danh the best. Young. Good communication skills, admits he doesn't know everything. We endorse him."

Three sentences. No fanfare. Just honest.

Who Change Agents is.

Change Agents of South Dakota started in 2021 over coffee — three people frustrated with the political climate and ready to do something about it. Two weeks later there were four. Then dozens. Today they are one of the most engaged civic groups in Sioux Falls, led by founding member and former Sioux Falls Mayor Rick Knobe. Their membership spans Independents, Republicans, and Democrats who care more about reasonable outcomes than party lines.

That matters. An endorsement from a group that crosses the political spectrum means something different than one that comes from a single side of the aisle. It means the conversation we're having in this campaign is landing with more than just one community.

How we got here.

I first visited with Change Agents back in February at one of their regular Wednesday morning meetings at Caille Branch Library. They asked hard questions and I answered them honestly. It was exactly the kind of conversation this campaign is built for.

A few months later, they hosted a community roundtable with all the council candidates. Eleven tables. A buzzer. Ten minutes at each. No talking points. Just people asking real questions about what Sioux Falls needs next.

They watched. They listened. They voted.

Why "admits he doesn't know everything" matters.

A lot of people in politics treat certainty like a credential. The confident answer. The ready-made solution. The resume full of institutional knowledge.

But here's something I've been saying on the trail for months: Sioux Falls doesn't have a knowledge problem right now. It has a listening problem.

At a forum earlier this spring, I learned that only 7 of Sioux Falls' 21 neighborhood associations were represented in the room. Seven out of twenty-one. That's not a communication failure. That's an engagement gap. And it doesn't get closed by someone who knows more about how City Hall works. It gets closed by someone willing to go to where people are and actually listen.

I've spent my entire career as a communicator doing exactly that. Literally and figuratively. As a kid, I translated lease agreements and permit paperwork for my parents — bridging the gap between their vision and a system that wasn't built with them in mind. As a financial advisor, I helped non-English-speaking business owners access tools nobody had ever explained to them in a language that made sense for their lives. At 4Front Studios, I help organizations across healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture, and civic life translate complex ideas into something people can understand and act on.

That's the same skill City Hall needs right now. Not someone who knows more about how the system works. Someone who can translate between the system and the people it's supposed to serve.

Change Agents saw that. And I'm grateful they said so.

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It's always been our city, and now is our moment.

Let's rise together. ☀️

— Vince Danh

Candidate, Sioux Falls City Council At-Large | June 2, 2026