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Citizen Connect (ARCHIVED VERSION) was a nonpartisan doorway to civic action. This site preserves content from over 600 organizations – right, left, and center – previously working to strengthen our democracy. All materials are provided for archival and informational purposes only and are no longer actively updated.

  • Creating New American Stories of Us: The Transformative Promise of Documentary Storytelling

    Cambria Findley-Grubb

    Join us for this dynamic virtual event featuring celebrated filmmakers, producers, and industry leaders as we explore the unique potential of documentary storytelling to help Americans better understand and engage with each other across our political and social divides. Some of the questions to be explored include: What’s the “secret sauce” to documentary content that…

  • The Third Founding, with Mark Sappenfield

    Mary Anglade

    THE THIRD FOUNDING, WITH MARK SAPPENFIELD With our political system mired in problems, there’s plenty of talk about ‘fixing politics.’ But our guest, journalist Mark Sappenfield, says that idea is too simplistic. What needs to change, he says “is upstream from politics. It’s how we relate to each other as human beings in our society….

  • Democracy Happy Hour SPECIAL EVENT

    Cindy Black

    Fix Democracy First Democracy Happy Hour SPECIAL EVENT: Remembering January 6th on the 3rd Anniversary Wednesday, January 10, 2024 @ 5-6:30 pm PT/8-9:30 pm ET Virtual via Zoom On January 6, 2021 an attack happened not just on the U.S. Capitol building and the attempt to stop the electoral vote, but also on democracy and…

  • Year-End Show: Creative Ways to Find Common Ground

    Mary Anglade

    YEAR-END SHOW: CONFLICT, PATRIOTISM AND CREATIVE WAYS TO FIND COMMON GROUND Our final podcast for 2023 is the one-hundredth episode of “Let’s Find Common Ground.” We look back and include special moments from six shows during the year. Americans disagree on many things, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Journalist and author Amanda Ripley explains…

  • Disagree Better: Politics Across Divides

    Mary Anglade

    DISAGREE BETTER: POLITICS ACROSS DIVIDES WITH UTAH GOVERNOR SPENCER COX Recently, during a public event at Utah’s State Capitol, Governor Spencer Cox issued a stark warning: “Either we, the people, collectively decide we’re going to stop hating our fellow Americans, or we’ll start shooting each other.” In our podcast, we hear why Governor Cox passionately…

  • Book release celebration

    John Noltner

    Join A Peace of My Mind’s John Noltner as we celebrate the release of our new book, Lessons on the Road to Peace. In the fall of 2020, award-winning Minnesota-based photographer John Noltner and his wife Karen sold their home in Minnesota and hit the road to live small, listen deeply and learn about who we…