How you can protect democracy

THe Democracy Playbook

These concrete actions are a tangible way to push back against abuses of power and create something better.

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Why Your Actions Matter

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Featured Action

Learn how to assemble safely and effectively

Dive deep on the authoritarian threat (opens a new window)

Refresh your knowledge on how American democracy is supposed to work (opens a new window)

Help your network vote (opens a new window)

Help someone run for office, or run for office yourself (opens a new window)

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Become a poll worker (opens a new window)

Thank your election official (opens a new window)

Get a job working on democracy (opens a new window)

Get involved with a local political party (opens a new window)

Organize around an issue, not a candidate (opens a new window)

Reach out to your elected officials (opens a new window)

Engage with a younger person (opens a new window)

Connect on democracy issues with your local religious leaders (opens a new window)

Volunteer in your community (opens a new window)

Set a giving budget (opens a new window)

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Dialogue with people who don’t agree with you (opens a new window)

Organize people who agree with you (opens a new window)

Go to a local community meeting (opens a new window)

Secure your communications (opens a new window)

Clean up (and build up!) your contacts (opens a new window)

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Can I Make a Difference?

Protecting democracy starts with you

We are not helpless. Start with what is closest to you and let your actions ripple outward.

You

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National & World Events

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Learn. Start with what you can control.

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Build Community. Extend to the people you influence.

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Engage in Political Action. Support the institutions we all rely on.

What Actions Make Possible

Defending Maine communities from federal surveillance and intimidation
- Safeguarding the Public Square
- Litigation
- Case Documents
Constitutional gatekeepers: The history and role of grand juries
- Stopping the Consolidation of Power
- Research & Analysis
- Reports
Challenging the federal use of chemical weapons against Portland residents
- Safeguarding the Public Square
- Litigation
- Case Documents

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