Much of Trump’s support, we believe, flows from a sense of betrayal.

Success in the Democracy Movement - with human dignity as its foundation - requires addressing three aspects of American society that contributed to Donald Trump’s victory. Dave Brat’s successful upset of then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in 2014. Take Back Our Republic, a campaign finance reform effort founded by conservative Republican John Pudner, the mastermind of tea party Rep.It’s already staged numerous protests to pressure Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act. Voting Rights Alliance, a critically timed alliance founded by politicians and civil society earlier this year, that’s fighting to end once and for all the travesty of voter suppression in America.Formed in 2015, Democracy Spring continues to engage in civil disobedience across the country to get money out of politics and to ensure voting rights for all. Democracy Spring, a scrappy, grass-roots mobilization for democracy reforms (of which we’re proud to have been part), in 2016 pulled off what’s believed to be the largest act of civil disobedience on the Capitol steps in history.Its almost 60 organizations already boast 30 million members - each remaining true to its issue passion by joining forces for systemic democratic reforms without which none can succeed. Democracy Initiative in 2013 did what no one thought possible: cementing a coalition of labor, environmental, racial justice and election-reform groups.To galvanize the millions more who want to act but can’t see an entry point, our Field Guide offers plenty of options: Most importantly, it must be a movement that turns disillusionment and fear into the courage and resolve needed to tackle the deep, systemic roots of the crisis we now face.Īnd the great news? The pieces are already in place they just aren’t nearly as visible as they must be. To protect and further our democratic institutions, this movement must have strong grass-roots and national coordination. This Democracy Movement can mobilize people not just online, but face-to-face, creating personal bonds strong enough to carry out historic civic action.

Together we can create a vibrant, bipartisan, multicultural “movement of movements.” So we at the Small Planet Institute are launching a Field Guide to the Democracy Movement. Most of us find our courage through acting with others. To save the democracy we thought we had, we must take democracy to where it’s never been. We know we must act more boldly than ever. To save the democracy we thought we had, we must take democracy to where it’s never been.ĭespair isn’t an option it’s our greatest enemy.

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