RAISING AWARENESS
Educating for Collective Action
There are so many attacks on democratic institutions and violations of the constitution that they be hard to keep track of, especially in today's fractured media environment. Many don't know how our institutions protect us and our democracy, why official acts may be unconstitutional, or what motivates silicon valley billionaires to support authoritarian rule.
Money in Politics
The Root of the Problem
Citizens United opened a floodgate of campaign cash, dramatically increasing the incentives for politicians to serve the donor class instead of the American people.
Erosion of Voting Rights
Changes to Voting Laws That Entrench Power
Gerrymandering, voter ID laws, voter registration challenges, third party ballot access, and other ways politicians choose their voters, when it should be the other way around. Exploring solutions like Ranked Choice voting that challenge the 2-party system.
Taking Collective Action
How to Join the Fight to Save Democracy
Spreading the word about local organizing efforts, upcoming rallies, and other ways to get involved in the Knoxville and East Tennessee community.
SUBSTACK
Resources
Sheet with links to dozens of local groups and their Google Calendar feeds.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State or Tennessee.
We work with the East TN Alliance on depolarization and improving communication.
Printable QR for signs that takes you to local organizing resources.
Main organization coordinating action between various pro-democracy groups.
Educational resources to teach media literacy and prevent the spread of misinformation.
Great list of news and activism resources related to the current constitutional crisis.
The TN organizing group for 50501, the 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Movement.
Free news aggregator that shows bias and accuracy ratings for each news source.