You don’t have to be the U.S. President to make a difference. In fact, there are more than 500,000 elected offices in the U.S, each of which has a role to play in shaping their community.
Resources:
How to run for office – npr by Miles … read more.
Organizations that register voters:
League of Women Voters
Rock the Vote
When We All Vote
Learn to register voters
Sample Narrative
We Americans value our freedoms, our way of life, our democracy. Based on the words that the anti-democracy folks are saying, it appears they want to turn the United States into an authoritarian country. A recent article in the Atlantic contains fifteen examples … read more.
Our democracy is in danger; our country is at a crossroads. Those who support democracy, whether Independent, Republican, or Democrat, must speak out powerfully.
We must educate ourselves and others, including our family and friends. We must contest the errors and misrepresentations in the media. Above … read more.
We watched in horror on January 6, 2021, as right-wing extremist groups attacked the Capitol Building trying to prevent the results of a free, fair and well-verified presidential election from being implemented. Our long and unbroken tradition of the peaceful transfer of power was indeed … read more.
Midterm Takeaways from UUSJ Democracy Action Team Convener, Fred Van Deusen
[Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this commentary was published online last month in Medium]
The very good news from the recent midterm elections is that our democracy survived to fight another day. No significant disruptions … read more.
The Democracy Action Team (DAT) is focusing on reforming the Electoral Count Act, after the disappointing Senate filibuster of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
One measure under consideration – the Electoral Count Modernization Act – does have bipartisan support. It would update and clarify the … read more.
Despite this setback for the John L. Lewis Act, there are some important takeaways from UUSJ’s Democracy Action Team’s collaboration with many national groups pushing for passage of this important legislation
The coordinated and collaborative work included hundreds of groups, all with the same goal. … read more.
