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  • Community Conversations for Election 2024

    Becca Kearl

    Virtual event organized by Colorado State Libraries. In this session, we will cover how to hold community conversations leading up to and following the 2024 election using the Living Room Conversations dialogue model. We will go over election resources and conversation guides that will enable your library to bring your community together around this topic through conversation.

  • Introduction to Living Room Conversations

    Becca Kearl

    Join us for an interactive introduction to Living Room Conversations, our model, and upcoming programs. This is a great first step to help you understand what we do, meet some of our staff, and decide how to get involved– whether as a host, participant, volunteer, or all of the above. There will be time for…

  • How To Steal A Presidential Election w/ Lawrence Lessig

    Cindy Black

    SPECIAL EVENT: How To Steal A Presidential Election with Lawrence Lessig Fix Democracy First is hosting a special Democracy Happy Hour event with Lawrence Lessig to discuss his latest book, How To Steal A Presidential Election, on Wednesday, May 15th @ 5 pm PT/8 pm ET. Lawrence Lessig is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the…

  • Introduction to Money in Politics

    Jere Halligan

    Learn the basics of money in American politics and how YOU can be part of the solution to this problem! Our nonpartisan presentation covers big money, dark money, and foreign money that continues to flow — unchecked — into U.S. elections. You will learn how we got here, and why we need a constitutional amendment…

  • Election Essentials: Voting in Our Community

    Vikki Conwell

    The following template was created by the Convergence Collaborative on Trust in Elections, a cross-sectoral and cross-ideological group of 13 leaders with deep expertise in elections at national, state, and local levels along with communications and behavior change experts. The group met six times from August 2023 to February 2024 to discuss approaches and solutions…

  • A Conversation with Michael Donne and Maureen Kline

    Jere Halligan

    Do you ever wonder about the impact political spending has on the state of American businesses? Join American Promise for the next chapter in our Speaker Series where we will talk with leading economic experts, Michael Donnelly and Maureen Kline, about how our lopsided campaign finance laws negatively affect the U.S. economy. Their conversation will…