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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.

  • How the Media Rage Machine Divides America

    Mary Anglade

    HOW THE MEDIA RAGE MACHINE DIVIDES AMERICA: CHRIS STIREWALT From cars to entertainment, technology to retailing, most large industries have faced huge changes in the past thirty years. But none more so than the news business. Since 2000, countless numbers of local and regional newspapers went bust. Those that did survive fired a big percentage…

  • CPRT Expert Dialogue: Nason Maani

    Jessica Kellner

    The communications and actions of companies and industries influence policy outcomes, including policies that affect people’s health, positively or negatively, directly or indirectly. One example of a large-scale industry with both influence and dependency upon policy outcomes is the U.S. firearms industry. Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy Nason Maani recently worked on a…

  • 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…

  • Rotary Intervention in Nigeria’s 2023 General Election

    Prabha Sankaranarayan

    Engage in this exciting webinar, Rotary Intervention in Nigeria’s 2023 General Election. This 90-minute event will be on June 4th, 2024, at 12:00 pm ET  (UTC -4) / 5:00 pm Nigeria. Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone. To bring to the fore the…

  • Democracy Happy Hour

    Cindy Black

    Grab a drink and come hear about the latest democracy news, topic of the week, ongoing efforts to fix democracy, and actions you can take at our weekly Democracy Happy Hour, Wednesdays @ 5 pm PT.