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Karin Chenoweth's avatar

I am trying to get out the word on a new resource for what I consider to be an under served sector of our democracy--school board candidates who are standing up to right-wing extremists. Because school board seats are usually non-partisan they seem to be neglected by the Democratic Party. And many of the organizations that have sprung up to support candidates don't focus on school board races. And yet the right wing has trained enormous resources on school board races. (Steve Bannon said the road to Congress is through the school boards.)

In any case, I started Democracy and Education to provide school board candidates with information about education issues and how to campaign. I hope soon to start regular calls where they can share information, strategies, and tactics. In the meantime, we have a podcast on how to run a school board campaign. Three episodes are posted; two more coming shortly. If anyone reading this knows a school board candidate who could use this information, please pass it along.

https://www.assistdemocracy.org/

(And yes, Dan, I used Squarespace because of the constant hectoring of your colleagues.)

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Thank you for these great resources, most of which I knew and agree are great and some are new to me and look forward to using.

I'd like to add the Media and Democracy Project. We just published an open letter to journalists of recommendations to be pro-truth, pro-democracy in this election. We have gotten some great attention and honored that both luminaries and ordinary people have signed on.

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/prodemocracycoverage

We also have active twitter accounts @FixMedNow and @MAD_Democracy, please follow.

See our web site for information on latest activities or to sign up for newsletter.

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/

End of shameless self-promotion ;)

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