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Citizen Connect puts the events and organizations working to fix our politics right at your fingertips. Our 500+ member organizations need your help to heal America now!
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Community Action: Executing The Perfect Event
American Conversation CoalitionAugust 15 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
This activism workshop led by Vice President of Grassroots Strategy Stephen Perkins will...
Student Leadership through Civics Learning: Implementing PB in Your School
The Participatory Budgeting ProjectAugust 18 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Are you interested in bringing participatory budgeting to young people in your community?...
Mindful Conversation Explainer Session
BreakBread WorldAugust 23 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT
Think of a difficult conversation you’re dreading. Or a challenging relationship you’re...
Who should pay for YOUR higher education?
Citizen AssemblyAugust 21 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm CDT
In our Citizen Assembly meetings we utilize a new political networking and organizing...
Polarization Past and Present: What’s Changed? What’s Possible?
Network for Responsible Public PolicyAugust 25 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
A successful Democracy is messy. People are diverse in countless ways and have individual,...
Come join us for: Addressing Gun Violence In Public Spaces
American Public SquareAugust 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm CDT
Most citizens deplore the mass gun violence that is currently plaguing our nation. However,...
Improve Texas Elections – August 16ember 7
Ranked Choice Voting for TexasAugust 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm CDT
Join our bi-monthly meeting to learn more about ranked choice voting and how you can help...
An Overview of the Singapore Convention on Mediation
Mediators Beyond Borders InternationalAugust 18 @ 8:30 am - 5:00 pm EDT
Join Swarupa Madhavan for this dynamic PeaceConnect conversation. This 90-minute...
Reformers Lead: NANR Masterclasses
National Association of Nonpartisan ReformersAugust 19 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
Reformers Lead is a series of seminars to provide new expertise to budding election reform...
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Listen, Watch, Read or Experience ways to help heal America.
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The U.S. Economy
Network for Responsible Public Policy- Watch
- Video-on-demand
The economy is in the news constantly. Unemployment is at the lowest rate in decades, yet, inflation is rearing its ugly head, and the Fed has stepped in to increase...
Democracy in Danger Webcast
Team Democracy- Watch
- Video-on-demand
Ken Powley, CEO and Co-Founder of Team Democracy, joins panelists Rachel Brown (CEO, ProjectOverZero) and Tascha Mounk (author, speaker, democracy expert) to discuss what’s ailing America’s democracy, and how to...
The Conversation
Crossing Party Lines- Listen
- Podcast
Check out our podcast, “The Conversation,” to hear real Americans talking about the issues of the day. If you’re unable to attend one of our hosted conversations that give each...
Statistical Analysis of US Hot Spot Cities
TRUST Network- Read
- Research
This very thorough document provides critical data concerning major US cities that are prone to experience various forms of violence, derived from the Armed Conflict and Location Event Data (ACLED)...
Difficult Conversation Simulator
OpenMind- Experience
- Multimedia
Have you ever wished you could have difficult conversation do-over? Well, now you can! OpenMind’s Conversation Simulator teaches three science-backed strategies for navigating difficult conversations and enables you to practice...
Climate Action And The Global Need For Energy
Common Ground Committee- Listen
- Podcast
Energy demands are rising. So are calls for climate action. Can we find a global solution? At a time of increasingly urgent calls for climate action, the world also faces...
Race in America: A Free Dialogue Guide
Essential Partners- Read
- Toolkit
Informed by decades of experience, Race in America: A Dialogue Guide will provide a roadmap for you to lead courageous, constructive conversations about race in your community.
Try a Policymaking Simulation and Make Your Voice Heard
Voice of the People- Experience
- App
“At Voice of the People, we have developed dozens of policymaking simulations that put you in your elected officials’ shoes by simulating the process they go through in making policy...
Defending Our Constitution and Elections: A Bipartisan Conversation
Issue One- Watch
- Video-on-demand
Issue One CEO Nick Penniman and U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney discuss threats to the Constitution and future of American elections. Former Teton County Commissioner Paul Vogelheim and JH News &...
Find an organization
Here are a few change-making organizations to consider.
To find all the organizations working on what matters to you, click here.
Mormon Women for Ethical Government
- Voting, Elections & Policy
Mormon Women for Ethical Government's mission is to inspire women of faith to be ambassadors of peace who transcend partisanship and...
Essential Partners
- Engage Across Differences
Essential Partners invites us each to discover and re-discover the core of who we are and what we value. Grounded in our own truth, we can find...
RepresentUs
- Voting, Elections & Policy
RepresentUs is building a non-partisan movement to pass tough anti-corruption laws in cities and states across America, and end the legalized...
R Street
- Voting, Elections & Policy
R Street Institute's nonpartisan researchers work with policymakers to reform Congress, and to restructure energy, criminal justice, national...
BridgeUSA
- Engage Across Differences
BridgeUSA is developing the next generation of engaged, informed, and constructive citizens. Our movement catalyzes the passion of the next...
The Sphere Education Initiative
- News & Education
The Sphere Education Initiative is a project of the Cato Institute and empowers grade 5-12 educators and administrators to restore a spirit of...
Public Agenda
- Engage Across Differences
Public Agenda is a nonpartisan research and public engagement organization dedicated to strengthening democracy and expanding opportunity for...
Urban Rural Action
- Engage Across Differences
Urban Rural Action is a national grassroots movement that brings together Americans across divides to tackle our country's most urgent challenges
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